Week 5 of 52
Summit Winter Ale
January 28th thru February 3rd
Brewer's Description
This unique beer has its origins in British neighborhood pubs where villagers gathered to shake off the damp chill of the English winter. Winter Ales is brewed in the tradition of those winter warmer ales, with a robust, full-bodied flavor that can take the chill out of even the coldest nights.
Made with 2-Row Pale, Caramel, and Black Malts and Williamette, Fuggle, and Tettenanger Hops. It's 6.2% alcohol and 36 IBUs.
Overall Rating based on 43 reviews
3.84 of 5 stars
Brewery Information
Summit Brewing Company
Saint Paul, Minnesota
summitbrewing.com/
Interesting Fact
In June of 2007 Summit launched a site that shows videos of groups that do interesting things: The Social Element
Photography
Courtesy of Erin Reichelt. View more on her flickr set.
CJ Camp says I don’t know what it is…
January 30th, 2008
I just can’t get excited about this beer, which is too bad, because if I read its description somewhere, I’d tell myself that I ought to get some immediately.
I’ve been drinking this all winter, both at Tracy’s and at home. On my most recent pour at home, I managed about a finger of head. Lovely reddish-brown color. Smells like someone put roasted malt in there!
And then…
I don’t know. It just kind of tastes like a basic dark beer. Thin-to-medium body. It’s got decent malt-to-hops balance, with the roast flavor coming on fairly strong midway through and a mild, hoppy finish. It tastes like a light porter.
I like it. I drink it. I just can’t get excited about it.
Jan 30th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Ok, I’m down with the fact that you can’t get excited about this beer, but…you’ve been drinking this all winter, but you can’t get excited about it?! Um, there are like 4,000,000 beers out there, but you continue to drink the one you can’t get excited about?! I’m a pretty fuckin picky beer drinker, and I can find a beer to get excited about, every night.
Jan 31st, 2008 at 6:43 am
It’s hardly the only beer I’ve been drinking. I probably should have added “off and on” in there. It’s on tap at Tracy’s, the only bar I frequent, and it’s available even at the liquor stores with the worst beer selection. Plus, I’m not willing to work overtime to be able to always afford the beers I get excited about in the winter, like Thomas Hardy’s Ale, Samichlaus and Bell’s Expedition Stout and Third Coast Ale.
And as I said, I like it. It’s simply an easy beer to fall back on if nothing else sounds good because it’s always there.
Jan 31st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
CJ, my apologies…upon re-reading it this afternoon, I see my comment sounded pretty bitchy, rather than sardonically humorous, as was my intent. That will teach me to attempt to write witty posts after having a few beers
Jan 31st, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Ah… that’s cool. It should teach me to write more clearly. Seems I’m quite out of the habit.