Widmer Brothers Brrr Seasonal Ale

Brewed by Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

On tap at Widmer Gasthaus in Portland, OR--Floral summit onion hop nose from an amber-copper body with hints of clear chestnut. Silky thin white head. Spicy, smooth like it came out of a laboratory. Not bad.

Widmer NW Red 8 3 16 5 9 41 1/19/08 On draught at the Portland brewhouse. At first thought it was the W ’06 re-brewed, but their menu made no mention, and this was a much more drinkable brew. Aroma is c-hop forward balanced by sweet malt, very PNW pale ale in character. Appearance is clear copper with a moderate off-white head and heavy lacing. Flavor is a blend of ESB and APA characteristics, with a near perfect balance of low flora bittering hops and sweet caramel malt. Simple, and VERY easy drinking. Mouthfeel is medium/light bodied with medium carb texture and a spicy/sweet finish. Overall, very well made, great blending, and can down one in a heartbeat.
Earlier Rating: 2/9/2008 Total Score: 2.9
From the bottle, summer ’06. Overall, this just struck me as slightly stale. The malt was just too low on sweetness, and the hops came of as very earthy, with a low flora to them. Dryness was a bit high for the style as well.

Trade from Ross, thanks! Pours a coppery red with average off white head. Aroma is of light citrus hops and caramel and sweet malt. Taste is same as the aroma but the alcohol shows up, barely. However, this is a very smooth and enjoyable beer.

pours a red...almost brown in color color. nice head retention. the smell is rather hoppy. hints of grapefruit and sweet malts as well. hops stand out...but not a huge aroma coming from this. taste is of sweet caramels.there are bitter hops in there as well. lemons and grapefruits. there is a somewhat burnt fruit taste in there to me. mouthfeel is is somewhat oily...not what i was expecting but a nice surprise. it is somewhat drinkable as the alcohol likes to rear its head. a very nice brew that i wish was more available to me. would pick it whenever it came it out in the winter

Very nice brew that had a major hop hit a long with some graininess to it. Had some malts but the main player is the hops. Had a nice bitterness on the tongue.

Copper clear body, thin light beige head. Fruity citrus hops and chocolate milkshake, sweet perfume hints. Well blended sweet rye-like malts (chocolate) with some hops in the background. Pretty pleasant, reminds me of the Terrapin Rye PA, but just a little sweeter and different.

Poured copper/red with a medium off white head. Faint citrus and sweet candy like nose. Taste is candy sweet, hoppy and lots of malt as well. The intial sweetness is nice and the caramel malt comes in the end. Moderate carbonation. Finishes with decent bitterness. This aint half bad.

Wonderfully hoppy aroma. Really a nice beer throughout. Much more hoppy than what would be right if this was actually a red ale. That said, I was very pleasantly surprised by this.