 Heathen (795), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 10, 2007 THOUGHTS: I wish it was a little cloudy. Nice beer, but I don’t get the winter part of it. Seems a little more early Spring. Nice beer, I just don’t really think of it as a great winter ale.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a sparkling, medium amber with a small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left virtually no head. The aroma was moderate to heavy caramel malt, cherry, wheat and slight alcohol. The initial flavor was moderately sweet, while the finish was moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic and sour with an average duration. The flavor was very malty with a little wheat and lemon in the finish. The medium body was somewhat syrupy with lightly fizzy carbonation and an astringent, slighlty chalky and slightly metallic finish.
Sanchex (223), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 10, 2007 Tastes suspiciously like their Oktobertfest beer. The aroma has banana and sweet malt notes. Flavor has more banana, cotton candy, and hint of caramel. Very sweet beer. Cheers!
hopson (594), Williamsville, New York, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 10, 2007 draft- carmelly, with some roasted notes that are very subtle. Some definite sweetness in there with the typically subdued sam adams noble hops. A nice alternative in bars that dont have much in the way of selection.
elgavilancillo (63), South Gate, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 9, 2007 Updated: Nov 28, 2008bitter sweet with nice appearance very rich and smooth beer perfect on a winter night
beerlord (215), tonawanda, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 1/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 9, 2007 no aroma form a deep amber body with a small tan head.Matly sweet balanced well with hops, toatsed malt present along with a touch of hallertau hop flavor. Semi dry finish. not bad for a mass produced beer.
BeerDrew (2), USA
does not count  | 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 9, 2007 Smell cinnamon, cloves and orange. The taste is rich but not too heavy. The hops you’d expect from Samuel Adams, with a good bit of cinnamon and citrus. The depth of flavor is a bit hard to describe and unexpected in a lager. I enjoy it, and I’d say it’s worth a few. Good session beer.
naivepegasus (183), USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 9, 2007 Pours a dark red with two fingers of off-white head. Aroma is of wheat, vanilla, and caramel. Tastes like a wheat beer with a lot of spice to it- it has a full-body taste to it, yet at the same time its an easy session beer. Not bad, though.
mrant (330), New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 8, 2007 Smells dark and wheaty, some yeast. Taste is thick dark malts followed by a nice wheat taste. Nice and dark wheat.
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