Bi-Frost Winter Ale

Elysian Brewing Company

Bi-Frost Winter Ale - 7.6% ABV

Rating: A-

"The rainbow bridge made from fire, air and water, used by the gods to travel from the world tree, Yggdrasil, to the heavens. Asgard. Brewed with Pale malt and small amounts of Munich and Crystal malts. Bittered with Centennial, finished with Amarillo and Styrian Goldings hops. Strong, hoppy, and smooth"

I've heard great things about Elysian and their craft beer. So I had to try them out. I started first with their Bi-Frost Winter Ale before it's gone for the season. I love winter style ales so I was looking forward to this. It poured a nice golden orange color. Lighter then I thought it would be given the description. A nice big full head as you can see. It smelled wonderful. A nice big malty and sweet honey spiced citrus aroma. Once I sipped on some I got an immediate taste of the sweet cakey flavor and honey/fruity notes. After the initial flavor burst the earthy citrus hop flavor comes right in as you'd expect. Though even they had a slight malty sweetness to them, It has a nice warm, dry, and almost toffee flavor to finish it off. A very nice warming taste at the end. The bitterness of the hops overall works very well to balance the sweet malty and fruity flavors out.

Overall this is a damn fine winter ale. A bit more sweet/malty and citrusy then many darker winter ales. Though I think that's one of it's strengths, and it still gives ya that warming effect at the end to warm ya up on a cold winter day. This easily gets a very solid A rating.