Coors Winterfest

Coors Brewing Company celebrates the holidays with Winterfest - the nation's longest-running seasonal brew. Brewed once a year, in celebration of the season, Winterfest is a handcrafted brew that has earned Coors much recognition. Prior to its broader availability, Winterfest was enjoyed almost exclusively by the Coors family, company employees, and their friends. In 1986, Coors expanded the tradition of Winterfest to include the entire state of Colorado. The response was so enthusiastic that, every year since, Coors has offered the special winter brew in limited quantities and packages. Winterfest is available on draught and in six-pack longneck bottles, from early November through January, depending on how long supplies last. Winterfest is the perfect beer to toast a new season or a new year. 190 calories per 12-ounce serving and 5.6% alcohol by volume.

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193 reviews

Golden, United States

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1.8 78609/99840. Pours a crisp red with off-white foam. Smells very simply of barley and slightly sweet. Tastes Like a sweet bittered Budweiser.

2.3 bottle. Pours clear red / orange amber color. Sweet aroma with a weird macro aspect. Tastes pretty good but with a macro malt liquor 40 oz finish, kind of dirty. Medium bodied, sweet amber, with the sweetness taking on a bubblegum aspect.

2.6 it was malty perhaps a bit of plywood and kinda flavorful having been brewerd by a macro. a bit sweet and some body if you include the seltzer like carbonation as taken with the bit of syrup.

3.3 Adolph Coors Brewing Company--Winterfest--1998 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV. (3.0 / 5.0) Clear cherry red color. Light mouthfeel, but rich spicy front, tasty body and smooth finish. 11/27/1998

3.0 For Bud or Coors drinker that wants a little step up to a nice, smooth easy drinking seasonal, this is the one I would suggest. For a more serious drinker, this will be too light for you.

2.3 This beer pours a clear medium amber with a fairly generous white head. The beer smells a bit malty and sweet, but other than that the aroma is fairly nondescript. This beer doesn’t have a lot of flavor, but the taste it has is just a bit sweet without much else to distinguish it. This beer isn’t terrible, but it looks better than it is.

2.5 (bottle). Clear amber color. Medium off white head. Light sweet aroma. Light grainy/malt flavor. Long duration. Dry finish with a lasting off flavor. Thin texture. Moderate carbonation. Fair lacing.

2.9 12 oz bottle - according to the label, this beer is only available in Colorado, which is obviously a lie - but I must admit, that claim, along with the fact that the bottles are actually individually numbered, are probably the reasons that caused me to buy it - so, bravo, AC Golden, for your successful marketing ploy - however, the props stop there, I’m afraid, because this is a pretty weak-ass amber ale - metallic and overly sweet up front, but at least the sweetness is fairly clean - some toasted grain flavor - its saving grace is the noble hop bite at the end, which is actually fairly tasty - as stated, it is fairly clean, and lacks any major flaws, it’s just fairly pedestrian.

3.0 Grassy spicy nose, some raisins. Deep reddish orange color with a thick long lasting foamy head. Slightly burned honey sweetness, solid bitter snap provides good balance. Massive carbonation, medium body, big bitter spicy finish that tapered off into chewy honey biscuits. Very tasty, does not have terribly complex flavors, but the ones that are there deliver nicely. Finish was the strongest aspect.

2.1 12 oz botle. Pours brownis amber with a fizzy beige head. Smells of malt and wood. Tastes of sweet malt, honey, and a small amount of burnt wood. Hints of citrus also. Very little seasoning. Afertaste is sweet and bitter, slightly dry.

2.1 Another bottle sent from my buddy in CO. Amber color, thin fizzy head. Very light citrus aroma. Flavor, grapefruit citrusy, light malt. Decent light flavor, not too bad.

2.8 Found this on sale for $2.50 a six so I figured I would give it a try. Poured amber with a nice malty aroma and hints of spice. Flavor is caramel, a little coffee, spice, and a little hop bitterness.

3.6 Found this sucker at a small deli in the upper west. Prior to that, I’ve never seen or even heard of it before. Pour is impressive, dark brown with a tint of ruby.. generous amounts of sediment which i would have never expected from Coors. Its actually the first macro ive seen with this. Aroma is malty, maple, and a bit of vanilla. Taste is bitter, malty, some nutmeg, sweet caramel, and a bit of burnt. Holds a bitter linger. So underrated, if this didn’t read Coors it would be 60/100 minimum. 3.65

2.6 Bottle. Pours a dark amber body with an off white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, a few of the spices that would show up in a winter warmer but the lack of etoh is hurting this. If only they buffed it up a bit. Oh well.

2.8 Had this with my neighbor. Thought the rating was low because its a big 3 beer. Very tasty and wish it would be a regular in the Coor’s lineup. Smooth, drinkable and perhaps the best beer in the Line.

2.3 Amber coloured body with strong ruby highlights and a decent looking tan head that tops the beer. Aroma of strong malt, a light spiceyness that stays in the nose for a second and a very light hoppiness. Light to Medium-bodied; Faint hoppiness that starts the taste fading to a bit of a maltiness with a subtle spice character all ending with a bit of a bittering tone. Aftertaste shows the bitterness and nothing else really. Overall, one-dimensional and not good at all in the taste. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia way out in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 13-December-2005.

2.6 12-oz bottle from Woodstock Wine & Deli--Poured a clear amber witha small and quickly dissipating to nothing head. Sweet and fruity. Artificial flavoring. Pretty weak, though it started off ok. Of course, Coors sucks.

3.1 Nice red amber color witha frothy head leaving spotty lacing. Coffee, and some nuttiness noticed in the smell. Has a nice roasty taste to it with a little more coffee flavor in the finish. Light body, low carbonation. Pretty easily drinkable, and was a little surprised at this one, it turned out pretty good, especially since I got it free from a BMC buddy who hated this.

1.5 My first experience with a commemorative or seasonal brew. It was nice, not too far from Extra Gold.

3.1 Had this beer on 1/6/2006, it was from the 2005’-2006’ bottling. Aroma is malty and a bit toasted. Color is a crisp brown with good carbonation a thin head. Taste is mildly toasted and crisp. Starting with a light/medium body it goes down with a crisp clean feel. Finish comes in with a nice roasted malt flavor that is backed by an easy bitterness. Its nice to drink but not as rich as I like to see a Winter Brew.

2.7 Has a nice caramel undertone to the flavor, was suprised when I first tried this one. Has a good finish with a slight bitter aftertaste. Overall a good seasonal brew!

2.6 Date: 11/14/1996 Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta clear amber, whispy head, slight malt aroma, malty flavor with a slight touch of spices, dry finish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 12/08/2005 Source: ww same as always Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20 Rating: 2.6/5.0 Score: **/4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

2.0 Bottle. Pours a deep red body with nice head. Aroma is off - malt, caramel. Flavor is sweet with malt, light caramel, old hops. The bitterness seems to overwhelm it.

1.1 Same as Coors Original with a heavier body. A head that as a faint aroma, but nothing special.

3.1 It was an old bottle with a date of January 2006. It shows no signs of age however. There was a sound of escaping gas when I removed the cap, and the beer is well carbonated. The beer is amber and there are lots of bubbles and a long lasting head. Aroma is pure malt. Flavor is more malt as well, with a light addition of cinnamon and nutmeg. I would call this a Vienna, and it is actually a good beer, even for being old.

2.1 from old notes. amber-ish in color with some orange and carmel and hitns of toasted nuts. sweet on the finish with short lived flavor. more than i expected but not too great.

3.0 The Dan Journal #12. Tasted May 2006. Filtered and ruby. Trace of white head. Toasty, soggy grainy nose. Nutty and malt dominated. Cocoa and caramel notes. Oily and slick. Sweet with notes of raisins and toast. Finish is lively and mildly bitter. Slight citrus and sugary blast. Short lived finish. But not that bad.

3.2 About the only mass production beer I ever glance through the supermarket coolers for. First bought it in college when invited to a Christmas party - impressed some of the girls who were used to the guys showing up with Keystone. I ended up marrying one of those girls so it was definitely worth it in that sense. Now she lets me buy much higher quality beer.

2.6 ’97-’98 bottle-A medium to dark amber color with an average off white head. Aroma of a little malt but nothing else. Taste of sweetness, molasses, and dark malt. It seems after it ages it becomes a little more heavy bodied. I almost prefer it after it ages.

2.5 The 12 ounce bottle poured a clear deep reddish amber beverage with an ample smooth off-white head that was mostly diminishing and average to poor lacing on the glass. The aroma was fully malt centric with the most prominent contributions coming from sweet caramel with some back notes of grass and earth. The body was medium with average carbonation and a watery texture. The flavor started off lightly sweet and gradually took on a light bitterness through the medium length finish. This is a load better than Coors light.