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I am cleaning out my fridge of all the winter seasonals I had left and instead of doing a weeks worth of videos (I had 4 winter seasonals left but had already reviewed two, so two videos) I decided to just do them all together in one review as more of a head to head battle. So here goes it.

Up first Pyramid Brewery’s Snow Cap Winter Warmer. Very dark red/brown beer that pours pretty thick and the head grows slowly after you have finished the pour.  You get a great cream color head that starts to lace the glass almost  immediately.  The nose is faint of sweet malts with a little bit of floral hop notes.  Has a great mouth feel.  Really fills up the entire mouth nicley and coats the palate as you swish it around. Reminds me of dark fruits like plums and prunes with a real bitter hop that tingles on the tongue long after you have swallowed.  The hop is really the dominate component to this one. I really like it 3.75 out of 5.

And the contender is Southern Tier Brewing Company’s Old Man Winter Ale. Old Man Winter pours a much lighter burnt orange ruby red,  with little head the dissipates quickly to a thin ring, but also started lacing almost immediately.  The nose is almost all malt, thick malts. It is weird, but I feel like I can feel the body of the malts just through the nose. Completely different set of flavors here. The hops are much more subtle and give way to very sweet and roasted malts.  it reminds me of a honey roasted peanut, and I love it.  There is a definite mixture of spices it here too, maybe a little  all spice. 3.50 out of 5 on this one.

I prefer the smoother less spicy of the two, that is just my palate so Pyramid’s Snow Cap is the winner in this head to head battle. But I think that the are both absolutley delcious and would recommend you get them next winter when they are back in season. I know Robbie would probably love the spicier of the two, he loves all the extra flavor in his beers and I salute him for trusting his palate, but it just isn’t for my tastes.

But now that the winter seasonals are done so let’s move into the spring and get this party started with amazing beer and amazing weather.

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the Brew Review!

If you have been keeping up with the Brew Review then you probably know that I haven’t liked much of what Blue Moon has had to offer up so far, but we give them another shot today with their Winter seasonal Full Moon. Let’s hope this one has a bit more to offer the world of craft brews.

About Blue Moon’s Full Moon

Described as a deep auburn/copper Full Moon is Blue Moon’s take on a winter ale. They say is helps imagine a winter wonderland full of snow covered cabins and is to be enjoyed with a holiday meal or party.

My Review

The Pour

Full Moon has a great color a burnt orange brown that looks delicious. You can tell the beer has a light body because even in the pic you can see completely through this dark colored beer. I got a great head pouring this beer right down the center of the glass, but it went away quickly and left no lacing.

The Nose

The noise is dominated by a sweetness and orange aroma, which is followed up with a strong malty aroma.

The Palate

The sweetness is really prevalent on the palate, but not in a bad way. Unlike the Honeymoon review I am not immediately repulsed by the sugars. The sweetness in this is actually quite unlike the honeymoon and really reminds me more a the sweet flavors you would find in a diet Coke. It tastes like fake sugars though, not the real stuff.

The malts are pretty well balanced and I would guess some of the sweetness comes from a caramel malt. It is not dry or biscuity at all on my palate.

There are virtually no hops in there. You won’t find any bitterness in Full Moon.

This is definitely something I could drink in the fall, light bodied and good flavor, but it doesn’t have the body to compare to Upland’s Winter Warmer. This is a seasonal beer, I just think they picked the wrong season.

The Rating

3.5 out of 5 beers.

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