Summit Winter Ale

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

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.

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.

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.

tastes a little like a porter. scent of burnt roast and coffee and some molasses. taste is the same and is quite enjoyable. I would probably purchase this again.

12oz. brown bottle served in a shaker pint glass. Poured a deep brown with less than a finger of white head. Deep malty aroma, molasses and caramelized sugar. Rich malty flavor and mouthfeel. Plenty of caramel malt. Not a lot of hop bitterness, but enough to balance out the malt sweetness. Very easy drinking, solid beer.

My favorite of the strong ales. Buy up enough in November to last until it comes out again.....

A good winter brew. Dark in color with a somewhat bitter brown sugary body. Warms the insides. I like Summit, and this is their best seasonal in my mind.

Clear dark red, little head. Heavy fruit and medium crystal malt aroma. Nice soft large body. Extremely lacking in flavor. Just a bit of caramel and spice.