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Summit Winter Ale

Summit Winter Ale - English Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
77
overall
Brewed by Summit Brewing Company
Style: English Strong Ale

St. Paul, Minnesota USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2253.34/5.03.33/5.0Winter5.9%75.5English pint, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
This unique seasonal beer offers the warmth of an old English pub to help ward off the chill of a winter’s night. It has its origins in British neighborhood pubs where villagers would gather to shake off the damp cold of the bitter English winter. They’d share a pint or two of winter warmer ale by the fire, catch up on local gossip, and stay inside, where it was warm. We’ve brewed our version in the tradition of those winter ales, with a robust, full-bodied flavor and a tangy hint of spices.
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 GJF (480), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 20, 2008  
This varies quite a bit year to year so rating may be misleading. I didn’t particularly like it last year. This year’s quite solid though. Deep ruby with thin white head. Lots of malt and toffee flavor with just the right touch of hops in the finish. On tap at Kieran’s--I would have had a few more if we hadn’t had to move on!


 BelgianBeerGal (1276), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Draught at Ginger Man. Poured a bronze, brown colour with a medium off-white head and foamy lacing. Not a big aroma but some malt and coffee. Enjoyable sweet flavour that gives way to some bitterness in the finish. Good brew.


 Trev (850), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 17, 2008  
Poured a ruby brown mahogany colour with a thick tan head. Aroma was dark roast malt, light vanilla and coffee, some woody hop. Flavour is dark toffee sweetness. light coffee and some vanilla again with a burnt woody bitterness in the finish. A bit rough around the edges but still not too shabby.


 WisconsinBeer (514), St Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 17, 2008  
Bottle. Deep brownish red color, thin head with a few carbonation bubbles. Flavor is dark roasted malts, some coffee. Similar to a porter, but without the sweetness. Light bodied. Finishes on a lingering bitter note. Would like to see a bit more ABV, but this is still a decent winter warmer.


 17thfloor (1403), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 17, 2008  
Pours a light see-thru dark brown with larger carbonation bubbles. Light roast aroma. Nice flavor, good amount of roast and light creamy chocolate, well balanced and easy drinking. Medium/light body with lively carbonation but still has a nice creamy mouthful.


 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Jul 19, 2008  
7/19/08: Bottle.
Red brown body with a fluffy, tan colored head. Lacing. Floral aroma. Flavor of malt with hints of spice (nutmeg, cinnamon). Finish is bitter.


 phishpond417 (1861), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/512/20
Jun 17, 2008  
This beer pours a deep dark brown colour with a small tan head. It is accompanied by very sweet aromas: dark chocolate, tobacco, smoke and coffee. Taste of roasted malts. dark coffee and cinammon. fairly strong tasting, but above all a winter warmer indeed.


 BigBeer45 (676), Troy, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/513/20
May 27, 2008  
Pours dark, looks to be dark brown but is a dark ruby with dark brown and black at the sides of the glass when held up to a light, has a small creamy off-white head that diminishes, displayed some creamy bubbled lacing on the glass, aroma of roasted and toasted malt, some chocolate and malt sweetness, faint nut fragrance, resembles a brown ale, taste of roasted malt, brown sugar sweetness and some chocolate, resembles a brown ale in flavor to with chocolate and more sweetness added, not much in hops and the finish has minimal bitterness with malt flavor and sweetness following, this is very easy to drink, has a medium or less mouth feel, I would want a little more weight on the palate with a Winter Warmer but this is a light version of a Winter Warmer, not a bad drink at all.



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