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Winter Ale

pFriem Family Brewers

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Hood River, OR


Tavour Rating

3.9

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Style

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India Pale Ale

ABV

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7.5%

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A Note on This Beer

Come December, my parents’ house is always overflowing with seasonal scents: an orange and cinnamon concoction on the stove, fresh bread and spiced fruitcake in the oven, a decked-out spruce next to the crackling fireplace. 

I’ve always wanted to bottle up that cozy feeling and take it with me wherever I go. Luckily, the mash magicians at pFriem basically did that for me in today’s Winter Ale!

Every caramelly sip of the tawny amber brew overflows with fruity aromas and a touch of cinnamon spice. Chinook, Mosaic, El Dorado, Citra, and Nelson Hops bring fresh, piney flavors with a hint of orange and huckleberry. Its rich maltiness creates a smooth finish.

Like a holiday fruitcake, this Ale is great to share with friends — but make no mistake, it certainly won’t be regifted! Paste Magazine named pFriem’s seasonal brew one of the Top 15 Winter Beers in their ranking of more than 100! 

The Beer Connoisseur deemed pFriem “unequivocally the best brewery in the world.”

Tavour strictly supports independent beer. pFriem Family Brewers is certified independent by the Brewers Association


Reviews

3.9

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331 Ratings

mppavese

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3.75
Tasty winter ale. Orange zest and spruce
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raymundo

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4.0
This winter ale is a true ale beer, crisp, clean and nutty.
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bill.harddog

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5.0
A welcome beer on a frosty Midwest evening!
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david4919

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2.25
Much too juicy for a winter ale. It’s a juice bomb. Disappointing.
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Frisbeeguy

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4.0
Beautiful amber pour with lacy head. Copious amount of spruce and wet hay aromas. Taste is simultaneously malty and bitter with warming boozy finish. Great winter warmer!
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DeweyTCBC

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4.5
Excellent piney brew
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Fotsm

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3.75
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grant283

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2.75
Too much spruce
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carl6

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4.5
Solid Ale. From bouquet to the tasting notes.
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loudmacleod

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4.0
An interesting looking beer. Pours a hazy, caramel color. Malty nose with a twist of pine and earthiness. It has a nice spicy, hop bite with a lingering, slightly sweet finish and a hint of smokiness. Pulled this out of my cellar. Bottled 10.31.17.
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Dannygdandan

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5.0
A pleasure to drink. It’s a west coast foil to Alchemist’s Heady Topper - a more zen hop bomb that is almost too drinkable. This is a pine forward, crisp, and malty dream.
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matthew4095

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3.5
Strong noble hops with a touch of juniper.
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Mikebikesforbeer

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2.75
it was kinda like a yuengling lager. nothing special
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sumdumbchum

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4.0
just the right profile for a cold night next to the fire.
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chris12063

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3.75
tastes like a Sam Adams
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brian8310

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3.0
piney, bitter finish
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D185

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3.0
just not for my liking. bitter and not flavorful. far off from the high expectations and standing I have for pFriem. this could be due to my needing to cool it on ice and then poir to glass. they get a pass on this one for sure; I still think highly of
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StefanoSPQR

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3.75
ehh
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Cfama2

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3.75
Too juicy to be a winter ale…still tasty
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calbear

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3.75
Nice hops with light cinnamon flavors.
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