This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac Brewery's Winter Warmer.
As mentioned in previous Sunday Night Suds - Saranac has continued to pump out new brews, including this year's 12 Beers of Winter mix box. includes new beers - Joy to Ale (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2021/01/sunday-night-suds-saranac-joy-to-ale.html), Winter Warmer and the Permafrost IPA (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/12/sunday-night-suds-saranac-permafrost-ipa.html), along with one of my all time Saranac favorites - the Big Moose Ale (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2009/11/sunday-night-suds-saranac-big-moose-ale.html).
Although this is the last of the new beers from the 12 Beers of Winter that I reviewed, I've been pairing and sampling this with various dishes over the last few weeks. The beer has an ale backbone with some hops, but the spices set this beer apart. Its versatility stands up to cholent, stir fry and other spicy beef dishes. But its also a good post dinner drink all by itself. There is not much in the way of citrus, but with this level of spice you would not expect it. Meanwhile the 5.8% abv seems to be a bit low on the estimate as there was a noticeable alcohol taste and seemed to pack more of a punch than a sub 6 beer should have.
The Winter Warmer is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.
To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, click you can search on https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/515966/.
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