Widmer Brothers Snow Plow

Brewed by Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft. Poured straight black with tan head. Roasted malt and dark chocolate flavors up front with coffee coming through. Great creaminess and some nice warmth at the finish.

Has a bit of winter warmer in it mixed with the stout, pretty malty, a good winter beer all around.

01-Feb-11 (12-oz bottle: $7.49/six-pack at BevMo in La Jolla, CA) 2007-8 Release. I do like this beer fresh, but I think it really hits its stride with 2-3 years of cellaring. The moderately sweet, dark, malty flavors have rounded out, offering cola, molasses, licorice, caramelized brown sugar, dark toast, coffee, chocolate milk, earth, and prunes, finishing with a touch of campfire. Even though this is a milk stout and it’s moderately sweet, it doesn’t taste sugary. Enticing aromas of dark toast, cola, shitake mushrooms, fallen trees, dark chocolate, prunes, and peat bolster the impressively complex flavors. Medium-full bodied and gently carbonated on the palate, and though the beer is sweet, there’s enough roast and even a touch of acidity to keep the beer balanced on the palate, so it’s not cloying. Very dark brown in color, black and opaque except at the edges, but the dark beige head pours to only a quarter inch and settles to a thin ring, leaving only a few spots of lace on the glass. Absolutely delicious! Hands down, the best 6-pack beer Widmer makes.

05-Sep-09 (12-oz bottle) 2004 Release. Been in the fridge since the day I got it, so this is an unintended experiment on if this beer’s life can last five years. Frankly, it’s a lot better than expected. Prominent flavors of sweet cola and molasses set the tone, with light roast in the background, but the beer doesn’t taste especially malty. The taste is rather sweet, but on the sugary side, and there is a bit of metallic flavor in the finish. Body is medium and carbonation is light. Cola, brown sugar, dark fruits, bread and a touch of metallic in the nose. Very dark brown in color with seemingly good clarity, and the rapidly dissipating, light-brown head pours to a quarter inch. Almost certainly better when fresh because the metallic flavor probably isn’t going to be there, but sugary sweetness is what it is, so probably not substantially better. Nevertheless, this isn’t bad for a beer that was meant to be consumed five years ago. (6, 3, 6, 3, 12 = 3.0)

Haven’t seen this one for a while. Beer pours medium with a nice medium head. Good beer

Poured almost jet black, nose was cocoa and cream, taste is rich, almost milk chocolatey, hints of dark cocoa powder, and whipped cream.

Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--Snow Plow Milk Stout--Winter Seasonal--2004 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV--28 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Stout--Milk--Thick pour. Mild lace head. Clear dark red black color. Mild roasted chocolate fruity mild hop front. Thick creamy chalky sweet cherry toffee fruit milky cocoa body. Creamy malty mild hop end. Sweet Stout. Sampled 2/12/2005. Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--Snow Plow Milk Stout--Winter Seasonal--2005 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV--28 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Stout--Milk--Thick pour. Mild lace espresso head. Mellow espresso chocolate hop front. Creamy slightly tangy milky roasted chocolate body. Creamy mild tangy mild hop end. Rich mellow easy to drink Stout. Well Made Brew. Sampled 11/21/2005. Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--Snow Plow Milk Stout--Winter Seasonal--2006 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV--28 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Stout--Milk--Mild lacy espresso head. Clear opaque dark obsidian black red color. Mild roasted chocolate hop front. Creamy roasted milk chocolate mild coffee mellow sweet fruit body. Mild tangy smooth mild hop end. Nice. Sampled 10/27/2006. Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Ltd.--Snow Plow Milk Stout--The Ultimate Defroster--Silky, Smooth Warmth For The Winter Season--2007 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV--28 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Stout--Milk. 6-Pack $6.99. Mild lacy espresso head. Opaque dark ruby black color. Chocolate milk mild hop front. Silky creamy mild crusty smooth chocolate mild sweet fruit malty body. Cloying mild hop tang milk chocolate end. Sampled 10/18/2007.

Nice dark brown to black color. I get mostly coffee notes with a little bit of roasted flavors filtering in afterwards. Very easy to sip. Almost a winter session beer.

Bottle. Pours a dark burne body with a tan head. Malty chocolate notes, with some light roast y hints, burnt coffee tones, hints of licorice, and caramel. Roasted with a thin session body. Nice.

UPDATED: JAN 19, 2011 Jet black, sticky head, barely tan. brewed in october, maybe this isn’t in it’s prime, but here we go. not much coffee or chocolate on the nose, more of a spongy damp moss and wet dog. but not in a flawed and bad way, it’s very earthy and rich. The coffee comes out in the sip, creamy and strong. Quickly fades, thinner body, kind of muffled on all sides. I remember this being more dynamic fresh.........at one year old.......pours black with a sturdy tan head. Roasty coffee nose. Creamy and very rich up front, dark roasted coffee builds in the finish. Holds up excellently

A very interesting stout, that was good for cold days, and a better stout / winter seasonal than most. Moderate ABV, but a real smooth malt body.