3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to Dim for sending this want along. 12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass it produced a quickly lasting white head that trailed of to a ring of lace around the glass. The color of the body though is a beautiful maroon color
The aromas are interesting malty- citrus kind of strange for a winter warmer but interesting. The flavor is a bitter hoppiness the more I drink this I am thinking it is a winter IPA more than a traditional winter warmer. This brew is medium in the mouth not much carbonation.
I’d drink it again but not one of my favorite in the scratch series.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle thanks to machfive55. Dark red-orange with a finger of light tan head that leaves light crunchy lacing. Weak aroma but some grassy herbal hops and some caramel. Flavor is more caramel, some more floral English hops, some spicy sweetness and nutty molasses. Not that nice.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Reddish color with a mildly hoppy aroma, some caramel and sugar sweetness enter the nose but are rather weak. Flavor has some heavy burnt caramel malts, sugar, and floral hops. Not terrible, but whats the point of this one?
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
I discovered Troeg’s Scratch 4( now Flying Muffdiver), so I don’t want to catch any crap over this review. Anyhow, it pours brown with off-white head. Nose is caramel malt, hops, mild funk, and mild peppery florals. Tastes malty, hoppy, soapy, woth some pine, rock sugar, and vegetal flavors. Earthy and a bit odd at the finish. John and Chris, please stop this madness and make Scratch 4 year round!
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at EBF- they told me it was their winter warmer strong ale. Ugh- pretty damn bad. Pours a dull brownish with a thinning head. Aroma is light fusels and strange esters- lightly fruity and lots of herbal almost vegetal dms. Flavor is nutty, and lightly sweet with a slickness, ok caramel, weird fruitiness grassy and herbal with tons more dms. This was one of the worst scratch beers I have had.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
This one was pretty damn nasty. Simply put this one smelt and tasted like vegtables. Yuck.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear brown pour with an orange tint. Thing light tan head. Very bubbly. Yeasty aroma with molasses and brown sugar notes. Very dry and bitter. Hops with a bit of molasses. Bitter finish. Not bad. A little weak.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at ’Cole’s Rare Beer Fest’, Buffalo, NY. Pours a clear amber-brown with a small diminishing off-white head. Mild malty aroma, a bit toasty, along with light pine hops. Flavour, also mild, is malty along with light hops, some alcohol and a hint of spices. Starts earthy and finishes dry. Medium to full bodied. Good, not great.
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