Redhook Winterhook

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: English Strong Ale
Woodinville, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

From a bottle poured a nice amber/brown color with a fair amount of head. Nice rich hoppy flavor with a good finish.

Meh. Not my favor winter seasonal. Lacking full taste. Has decent pour. Ok beer

This is a classic Redhook seasonal ale. Its bold but smooth flavor rests well on my palate as comfortable as a majority as my other favorite beers.

Pours a hazy rust-gold with a decent head that persisted. Started promising; the attack was sweet and yeasty. But mid-swallow and into the short finish the beer just ’peters out’ and fails to deliver. Not enough bitterness here, and the malt is rather indistinct. I wanted to like this beer but it lacked follow-through.

Bottle. Pour hazy amber a little bit of maltiness on the nose with a hint of coriander spice. Malts are balanced with nice bitter hops on the palate but the body is not as big as I would like. Decent brew.

Yellowish amber in color with a whitish head. A balance of malt with a hoppy bitterness much like an ESB, though a bit weaker and more watery in the finish.

Bottle. Poured an amber color with a smaller white head. Aroma was malts, caramel, and lemon zest. Flavor was sweeter than I expected. More lemons in the aftertaste. Smooth on the palate then I like. Kind of watery body. Average at best

Pours a light copper with thin head. Some decent lacing. Only a light malt aroma but flavor is malty and clean. Not much in the way of spicing but good flavor. Not a bad beer.