Widmer Brothers Brrr Seasonal Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Pours a nice red. Great citrus hops smell. The flavor is citrus and pine hops well balanced by the roasty malt. Like a winter IPA but red. Very enjoyable. Leaves behind some lovely lacing.

Bottle. Pours a red orange with a moderate off-white head. Has a sharp hoppy aroma, with lots of mandarin orange and grapefruit citrus. Flavor is a bit of toasty sweet, fruity malt, with a pine and grapefruit hop finish. An above average winter warmer with a nice balance of sweetness and hops. I’m surprised it’s classified as an amber ale considering this is hopped up to IPA levels.

Poured from 12 oz. bottle. Ruby red color, muted nose. Mild hoppiness which was welcomed. Overall average winter warmer.

UPDATED: OCT 8, 2010 Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--W’06 N.W. Red Ale--Brewmasters’ Release 2006 12 oz. Bottle. 7.00% ABV--65 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Red Ale--Mild lace head. Clear thin bronze red color. Rich earthy toasted floral hop front. Crisp earthy crusty toasted toffee caramel dry sweet mild fruit biscuit body. Clean bold bitter hop spice citrus end. Sampled 3/2/2006. Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd. Brrr Seasonal Ale--Bold Hop Flavor, Candy Sweet Finish--Warm up with a cold one--2008 12 oz. Bottle. 7.20% ABV--50 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Red Ale--Imperial--Mild lace off white head. Clear thin bright rich amber ruby red color. Toasted floral fruit hop front. Dry sweet crisp tangy mild sweet Winter spice hint burnt fruit biscuit body. Tangy hop malt spice Winter candy crisp clean mild hot end. Hoppy Winter Red! Sampled 12/16/2008. 6-Pack $8.99. Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--Brrr Seasonal Ale--Warm Up With A Cold One--To: You; From: Rob / Kurt W--2009 12 oz. Bottle. 7.20% ABV--50 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Winter Ale--IPA--Thin mild lace white head. Clear rich bright amber red color. Sweet floral malt hop front. Smooth mellow sweet light toffee caramel vanilla hint rich malty mild fruit hop body. Clean crisp mild hop spice rich cloying mild earthy pine malt end. Rich smooth Red. Sampled 11/29/2009. 6-Pack $7.99. Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--Brrr Seasonal Ale--Warm Up With A Cold One--To: You; From: Rob / Kurt W--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 7.20% ABV. 50 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Winter Ale--IPA. Thin mild lace off white head. Thin clear bright rich red gold color. Crisp floral toasted Cascade hop front. Tangy spicy cinnamon malt clove caramel dry toasted body. Hot malt Winter spice bitter Alchemy hop end. No spice added--cinnamon nutmeg Malt. Sampled 10/7/2010. 12-Pack purchased @ The Ballard Market for $ 12.99 on 9/30/2010.

12 oz bottle- Pours deep amber with a decent head, aroma is of resinous sweet hops, very pleasing. It has a sweet candy flavor to it, but doesn’t over do it. I can’t believe I am saying this but I am a fan of Widmer, compared to the other craft brewery that Budweiser has acquired (Red Hook) this brewery wins hands down every time.

Pours a copper color with the head disappearing immediately. Smells of hops and caramel, rather reminiscent of an IPA. That’s a bit disappointing. There’s a layer of some sort of sweetness...I can’t quite put my finger on it though. Is it sugar, molasses, just caramel? It also has a bit of spice in there. It’s an interesting aroma.
Now the flavor is rather unique. Immediately the hops are noticeable on the tongue but give way to some sweetness in the beer. As the beer goes down, the hops seem to come back. Then again another flavor of grains, nice typical amber beer flavors along with some spice come out. As the beer finishes, the hops come out again and wave good bye. This actually quite a bit of fun to drink. It’s unique and rather flavorful.

I hated this beer. It poured redish dark amber, and the smell was pretty bold. I thought it tasted so horrible that I downed the six pack as fast as I could. Not going to buy it again.

Clear amber pour, soapy lace - nose is that of a malty IPA (caramel and spicy, herbal hops) - the flavor is much the same - malt forward at first (caramel, toasted grains), but spicy hops arrive through the middle - the difference comes in a warming spicy character at the end that works well with the hops - simple but tasty.

Bottle.
Pours a nice, deep amber with a healthy head of off-white that leaves a beautiful latticework of lacing. Nose features sweet, syrupy hops and grapefruit with just a hint of strawberry. Flavor is buttery hops with a nice bite of grapefruit in the finish. Tingly mouthfeel that is surprisingly thick. More IPA-esque than an amber, as I’m getting more hops than malt. Pretty decent beer.

12 oz. bottle from the Portland brewery. Colour... orange amber with thin head. Nose... quite hoppy with some malt. Palate... plenty of hops up front, some malt, slightly carboardy, wet earth and lingering hops on the back palate.