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Winter Warmer
Upland Brewing Company
- From:
- Upland Brewing Company
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 11.32%
- Reviews:
- 67
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 24, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 15, 2003
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 11
No description / notes.
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Ratings by 1Adam12:
Reviewed by 1Adam12 from Indiana
4.1/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
2010 bottle
Pours a mahogony color with a decent head and very nice sticky lacing. Smells of dark fruit, figs, currants, raisins, and cherry's. No trace of alcohol on the nose. Lots of raisin and fig on the front end of the flavor. This is followed up by cherry's. The finish is odd. I can't place it, but it tastes like a rice cake. Very odd, but pretty good none the less. Mouthfeel is a bit too light for me. I'd like more body to it as well as a bit more heat from the alcohol. If I let it sit on my tongue for a bit I can catch mild carbonation and just a bit of alcohol. The alcohol is still barely noticeable. Overall, this is quite tasty. I'd really like to try the barrel aged version of it.
Aug 05, 2011Pours a mahogony color with a decent head and very nice sticky lacing. Smells of dark fruit, figs, currants, raisins, and cherry's. No trace of alcohol on the nose. Lots of raisin and fig on the front end of the flavor. This is followed up by cherry's. The finish is odd. I can't place it, but it tastes like a rice cake. Very odd, but pretty good none the less. Mouthfeel is a bit too light for me. I'd like more body to it as well as a bit more heat from the alcohol. If I let it sit on my tongue for a bit I can catch mild carbonation and just a bit of alcohol. The alcohol is still barely noticeable. Overall, this is quite tasty. I'd really like to try the barrel aged version of it.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.79/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottled December 09, so rating set to current average.
Aroma is rich with toffee sweetness initially, becoming fairly sherry dominant and almost vinous late.
Flavor reveals a combination of both vinous sherry and slightly sweet, deeply caramelized malts. The finish is nutty. The vinous notes add nuances of dark cherry, which are pleasant, but definitely overpower. Not meant to age 6 years.
Jan 05, 2016Aroma is rich with toffee sweetness initially, becoming fairly sherry dominant and almost vinous late.
Flavor reveals a combination of both vinous sherry and slightly sweet, deeply caramelized malts. The finish is nutty. The vinous notes add nuances of dark cherry, which are pleasant, but definitely overpower. Not meant to age 6 years.
Reviewed by GPHarris from Alabama
3.67/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
bottled 12/2012
a - poured a two-fingers thick creamy tan head into a snifter that left great lacing and a thick sheet throughout. the body was a bright mahogany color.
s - caramel and toffee with some piney hops underneath.
t - big malty flavors with a hint of hops. a little heat in the finish.
m - bubbly and dry.
o - had some high points but overall it seemed a little conflicted.
Feb 20, 2014a - poured a two-fingers thick creamy tan head into a snifter that left great lacing and a thick sheet throughout. the body was a bright mahogany color.
s - caramel and toffee with some piney hops underneath.
t - big malty flavors with a hint of hops. a little heat in the finish.
m - bubbly and dry.
o - had some high points but overall it seemed a little conflicted.
Winter Warmer from Upland Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
129 ratings
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