Medium-bodied, it is appropriate to pair not just with desserts like autumn pie or vanilla-bean ice cream but dishes like duck l’orange and savory-sweet soft cheeses. As for the flavor, it’s a richly spiced pumpkin pie from start to finish. Lacing appears in large persistent gobs the glass will tell the beer’s story.Ī hint of alcohol pulls apart velvety curtains of bread dough, cinnamon and nutmeg on the aroma. It pours a gorgeous ruddy amber that’s completely filtered, and the carbonation is sprightly, if a little light. bottle, the ale gives a formidably sturdy head of beige that clings to the edges for a respectable amount of time, and even returns momentarily when agitated. When poured into a taster-sized tulip from a 12-oz.
This year’s batch – sold from November to January – clocks in at 5.9% ABV and 22 IBUs, with a base of caramel and pale malts and hops added primarily for bittering. The recipe for Winter Warmer has been tweaked more than once over its 23-year history, and opinions diverge on whether that’s a good or a bad thing.
Lucky for us, Harpoon has survived while many of that early era didn’t, and its brewers have kept this cold-weather spiced ale in rotation even as they’ve added six more seasonals to their repertoire.
This was way back in 1988, long before most Americans had any concept of a seasonally brewed beer, or for that matter, any beer that wasn’t a lager. Winter Warmer was the very first seasonal to come out of Boston-based Harpoon Brewery.
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