North IV - Strong Ale
Fort George Brewery + Public House
- From:
- Fort George Brewery + Public House
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Winter Warmer
- ABV:
- 9.6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.34 | pDev: 9.68%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 14, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Made with a 2 lb candy cane, 60 lbs of cranberries, and over 40 lbs of spruce tips.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by John_M from Washington
3.9/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.9/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Bailey's last night.
The beer pours a brownish amber color with good head retention and lacing. The nose is pretty outrageous, with plenty of spruce tips, caramel, sweet malt and underlying spice. Based on the nose, I expected a fairly sweet beer, and this definitely is. However, the flavors of caramel, chocolate, sweet orange citrus and vanilla are buoyed very well by a boatload of spice and spuce. Mouthfeel is medium modied with a fairly long, spice filled, moderately sweet finish. Drinkability is pretty good, though the spice, sweetness and fairly high alcohol wear on me after a bit. Still, I thought this a very enjoyable winter warmer/strong ale, and one I wouldn't hesitate to order again. Impressive.
Dec 29, 2010The beer pours a brownish amber color with good head retention and lacing. The nose is pretty outrageous, with plenty of spruce tips, caramel, sweet malt and underlying spice. Based on the nose, I expected a fairly sweet beer, and this definitely is. However, the flavors of caramel, chocolate, sweet orange citrus and vanilla are buoyed very well by a boatload of spice and spuce. Mouthfeel is medium modied with a fairly long, spice filled, moderately sweet finish. Drinkability is pretty good, though the spice, sweetness and fairly high alcohol wear on me after a bit. Still, I thought this a very enjoyable winter warmer/strong ale, and one I wouldn't hesitate to order again. Impressive.
Reviewed by loren01 from Washington
4.41/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Pours into a snifter a brown color, slight head with a little bit of lace down the glass.
S: I can smell peppermint, spruce and caramel...very fragrant beer
T: Tastes somewhat earthy, but i can for sure taste the candycane flavors as well as spruce tips in there.
M: Medium to full bodied beer, very sticky going down
D: This is something new...never had a beer made with candycane/cranberries and a spruce combo before. Very good wintery beer.
Dec 20, 2010S: I can smell peppermint, spruce and caramel...very fragrant beer
T: Tastes somewhat earthy, but i can for sure taste the candycane flavors as well as spruce tips in there.
M: Medium to full bodied beer, very sticky going down
D: This is something new...never had a beer made with candycane/cranberries and a spruce combo before. Very good wintery beer.
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