Summit Winter Ale

Brewed by Summit Brewing Company
Style: English Strong Ale
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

Bottle--drank this a little late. My kind of beer, dark brown color with a decent head. Aroma was caramel and malts. The taste was the same but chewier. I’ll have to try this again in the winter. Produce place.

Clear copper color/ light tan head. Toasted caramel, nutty, dark fruit aromas. medium bodied. Nutty, spicy toasted caramel, dark fruit flavors are lightly sweet--good.

Dark with an off white head. Aroma is musty and moldy with chocolate - interesting. Taste has chocolate and caramel flavors - pleasantly light for coming into the summer in Texas. Taste finishes with a bit of burnt malt or coffee. A good winter brew if you want something a bit lighter in the winter category.

Poured from 12oz bottle, pours a very dark reddish brown with a thin diminishing head, aroma was of slight malt with a hint of spices, the flavor is smooth but forgettable with nothing really standing out, some spices in the finish, just not great.

Thanks to NuBrewm for this brew. Served in a snifter. Pours dark brown with a bit of reddish hue. There is a good head and quite a bit of lace. The nose is sweet caramel and some mild spice as well as dark fruits. The taste is slightly sweet with a nice malt character. Good, light spice. The age has treated this one well. Finish is a bit dry and the spice comes through a bit too much. Overall, a nice balance between normal beer and an overspiced seasonal. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-29-2010

Pours medium dark brown with foamy tan head that disipates rather quickly. Aroma is not this beer’s strong point. Some roasted malt with a touch of caramel or perhaps molasses. Taste is fuller than the aroma, a nice mix of smoky coffee, caramel and chocolate. Very lightly hopped. Kinda reminds me of a porter but with a bit more carbonation and perhaps spice to it. A pretty decent winter warmer overall.

Sampled this from a friend since I usually don’t try dark beers. Was not able to drink a full one, had strong coffee flavor that was unpleasant to me.

Pours hazy brownish red, nice off white head on tap. Aroma has notes of toffee, molasses, spice, and some roast. Taste is full bodied, with hints of cinnamon, molasses, toffee and caramel, slight roast and earth, with a bread and warm rum soaked cake like finish. Good stuff!