Muggle Juice
Nepenthe Brewing Co.

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Nepenthe Brewing Co.
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Winter Warmer
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 3.99%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 06, 2025
Added:
Dec 19, 2023
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Spiced Winter Ale

We enchanted this deep amber ale with a blend of cinnamon, cardamom, orange peel, and ginger

NOTES: Clean malt, caramel, & toffee tones with a warming finish from the spices. Notes of gingersnap, spice cake, chocolate frogs, and the evil-defying embrace of a mother's love.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.92 by Boone757 from Virginia

Jan 06, 2025
 
Rated: 3.55 by YeastEnthusiast from New Jersey

Mar 12, 2024
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Reviewed by 57md from Pennsylvania

3.8/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a brownish copper with honey edges and over a finger of head. The nose has nutmeg and ginger upfront. The flavor follows the nose except that the cinnamon really comes out in relation to the other spices.

The holiday spices in this offering are terrific, but the base beer is common, at best. It lacks the maltiness or the body to pull off the style properly. I'm good with adjuncts in my winter warmer, but the base beer will always be the most important part of my evaluation.
Dec 20, 2023