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Blue Point Winter Ale Brewed in Patchogue, New York
Blue Point Winter Ale Brewed by Blue Point Brewing Company -
Patchogue, New York
You might not look forward to the colder months of the year, but this brew
is guaranteed to warm your insides. Careful, it may even warm your heart
towards Winter as a whole. Our Winter Ale is a hearty and robust amber ale.
Brewed to chase away the chill of cool Winter nights, it’s created with
pale, Vienna, crystal and chocolate malts. This uncommon amber is brewed
with a tasty balance of malt and hops, only during the cold months of the
year. One of our most popular seasonal specialties, just remember this
special ale is gone with Winter’s winds. IBUS: 25. ABV: 7.0%.
Beer Review by Beer Advocate
You might not look forward to the colder months of the year, but this brew is
guaranteed to warm your insides. Careful, it may even warm your heart towards
Winter as a whole. Our Winter Ale is a hearty and robust amber ale. Brewed to
chase away the chill of cool Winter nights, it’s created with pale, Vienna,
crystal and chocolate malts. This uncommon amber is brewed with a tasty balance
of malt and hops, only during the cold months of the year. One of our most
popular seasonal specialties, just remember this special ale is gone with
Winter’s winds. IBUS: 25. ABV: 7.0%.
Appearance: Poured from bottle to pint glass a very clear reddish amber color
with a frothy tan head that faded to a layer of bubbles. Good lacing on the
glass as the beer goes down.
Aroma: Caramel, toffee sweetness with a slight roasted malt aroma and some hints
of vanilla and spiced rum. Some slight earthy hops fade in the back.
Taste: Sweet and roasty at first with toffee, brown bread, molasses, vanilla and
caramel for the sweet notes and a slight roasted malt bitterness but not burnt
tasting. Slight spice of maybe ginger and cinnamon and some bittering from
earthy and slightly spicy hops. A touch of alcohol but hidden well.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with a crisp but smooth carbonation. A slight
boozy alcohol warmth is hidden but detectable.
Overall: This beer keeps me very interested the whole way and has pleased me
with each bottle. I am certainly glad I bought the case and feel it is a very
approachable winter ale that can work to session or just have one or two to warm
up. Thumbs up on this one!
Blue Point Brewing 101:
The Blue Point Brewing Company is Long Island’s only microbrewery. It was
founded in 1998 by two long-time friends, Mark Burford and Pete Cotter.
The brewery was inspired by their life-long dream and built from a rare
assemblage of equipment collected from breweries around the country.
Blue Point's storage tanks, fermentation vessels, and other brewing equipment
were also gathered from other breweries like Frederick, LaJolla, Red Hook,
Pilgrim and others.
The brewery’s unique direct-fire brew kettle, dismantled brick by brick from a
brewery in Maryland and rebuilt in Patchogue, imparts a lightly toasted, complex
taste to produce a line of ultra premium microbrews.
Located in the 1970’s Penguin Ice Factory on River Avenue in Patchogue, Blue
Point Brewing Company’s 5000 square foot facility gives them ample space for
brewing 10,000 kegs of beer a year. Kegs from the brewery are unpasteurized, and
delivered cold to ensure they are as fresh tasting as possible-a feature only a
local brewery can offer.
