Vertical Winter Ale
Tree Brewing

Vertical Winter AleVertical Winter Ale
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From:
Tree Brewing
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Winter Warmer
ABV:
5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 13.87%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
52
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 16, 2021
Added:
Nov 11, 2010
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  6
Medium bodied Ale with nut and caramel flavours. Finishes smooth, with a subtle hint of Vanilla.
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Reviewed by rdteadoirm

4.98/5  rDev +32.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Well, this beer is excellent! On the initial taste you get great, almost perfect hoppy taste, and it finishes in an incredible vanilla. I would recommend this beer to anyone who maybe doesn’t fully enjoy the taste of beer, as a way to accumulate the taste and reclaim desirability. As I’m drinking it I can’t help but fully enjoy the taste and the aroma and aftertaste is the most intoxicating part of it all.
Oct 16, 2021
 
Rated: 3.56 by IPAnicked from Canada (BC)

Feb 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)

Nov 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by BcCraft710 from Canada (BC)

Apr 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Dec 16, 2016
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Rated by notheroic from Canada (AB)

5/5  rDev +33.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5s across the board. Best beer I've had yet. I could drink this stuff all day. Love it.
Sep 13, 2016
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Reviewed by Trosevear from Canada (AB)

4.43/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Light brown but a dark amber with a nice white foamy head to it.

S: Caramel butterscotch and sugar cookies with a slight hop presence in the background.

T: Sugar cookies with a hint of almost gingerbread cookies in there has a lot of caramel and butterscotch notes with almost no hop presence.

F: full bodied mouth feel with a nice level of carbonation to it as well.

O: one of my favorite winter beers I wish it was available year round.
Apr 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by MilkLeg from Canada (AB)

Feb 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by Leif_Eriksson from Canada (AB)

Jan 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.01 by imfinished from Canada (BC)

Dec 31, 2015
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Reviewed by Roby923 from Canada (AB)

3.97/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A worthy après ski beer. A caramel biscuit in beer form. Not an everyday drinker. The sweetness may turn some people off. Perfect in can, bought directly and fresh from the brewery in Kelowna, British Columbia.
Mar 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by ZachT from Canada (BC)

Feb 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.06 by BCborn from Canada (BC)

Jan 18, 2015
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Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)

3.38/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pint on tap at Beer Revolution in Calgary. A reddish copper with a light smattering of beige foam, mostly on the edges of the glass. Aroma is pungent vanilla (the "subtle hint" promised in the description here is a bald-faced lie), maybe some additional nutty brown bread and caramel, floral hops in the background. Palate is a solid red ale base, toasted biscuit, caramel and a little dry spice, but again the vanilla is overwhelming and overshadows anything else happening here. Decent full body, moderate carbonation, and a semi-dry finish that finally manages to showcase something besides vanilla (the aforementioned floral, grassy hops). This is a pity as I get the sense that this could be much better with a less lavish hand on the extract bottle.
Nov 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Exeter from Canada (AB)

Apr 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Mar 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by McBastard from Canada (BC)

Mar 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by artemh from Canada (AB)

Jan 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by FadetoBock from Canada (AB)

Jan 15, 2014
Vertical Winter Ale from Tree Brewing
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 52 ratings