Newcastle Winter IPA

Zesty in character and jam-packed with a creamy finish, the Newcastle Winter IPA is full-bodied and hoppy, delivering unique and authentic malt flavors for the cold season and snowy matchdays.

2.6

254 reviews

Edinburgh, Scotland

Community reviews

2.6 Bottle @ Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty grainy weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

3.7 Bottle. Loved this beer. Not overly hoppy and great roasted malt balance. Dark color, tan head. Love it.

2.2 10th August 2013 ChrisO’s Pre GBBF ’Are You Scottish?’ tasting. Almost clear gold - amber . Little white head. Light dry palate with fine carbonation. Sweetish papery malt. Whisper of lemon and orange citric hops. Dry finish. To papery and malty!

2.1 Bottle. Clear dark amber pour with an off white ring. taste like squash and sweet potatoes. Doughy malts dirty water thin pecans . Gross.

2.8 Bottle shared at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13, 10/08/13. Dark amber/golden with a thin off white head. Nose is dark fruit, caramel, toasted malts. Taste comprises grain, grass, toasty malt, light fruit. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, a little watery. Mediocre offering.

3.5 Chilled 355ml bottle: BBD 30 Sep 2013. Poured slowly into a Gordon’s thistle shaped glass (well they are from the same brewery) on 17 Aug 2013. Looked fine: but what doesn’t in a thistle shaped glass? Good gold coloured body with a full white head sat on top. The aroma was of malty molasses: I thought this was an IPA? Caramel and toffee esters fill the nose and those malty smells carry on into the taste, this is no IPA, winter or otherwise. Fruity notes appear within the taste, more so as the beer warmed in the glass, but the semi-sweet maltiness drowns them out, the hops not really asserting any influence at all. I actually liked it: my sweet tooth picking up the bits others don’t enjoy. Body depth was fine and the alcohol (5.2% ABV) sat nicely within the brew.

2.7 Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2013. Gold pour with a white head. Sweet toffee aroma. Dry, toffee malt flavour. Drinkable.

2.6 Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2013. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is light toast, sweet caramel, brioche, dough and leather. The taste is doughy, orange, grapefruit, light sweetness, watery, wood and leather. Light-medium body and moderate carbonation. So-so.

3.1 35.5 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty, light breadish. Bitter, toasted malty and bitter. Caramelish and light roasted.

1.7 99p from Tosco. I thought the 17/1 score was a little harsh at first as there was a nice malty thing going on. Dark amber pour and all that. However, the chemicals soon kicked in. IPA as well? Nonsense branding.

2.8 Copper pour with a frothy white head. Malty spiced, fruit raisin aroma. Fruit malt flavour. Warming spice feel. Weird syrup texture. Odd finish.

2.0 Nice aroma, hops, grass. Nice golden colour. Nice head, dies slow, no carbonation, love lace. Disapointiong taste, mild, inoffensive. Bitter. Meh

3.3 Appearance: 3/4" creamy white head recedes fairly rapidly with decent lacing. Color is Amber and mostly clear with moderate carbonation. Aroma: some mild fruit (plums maybe), a little English hop spice, and bread dough Mouthfeel: just above light body (more so than a standard lager), fairly watery and slightly sticky, with a very dry finish. Flavor: nice balance of sweet malt, earthy hop spice. Flavors of toasted bread, a little of caramel, maybe a little licorice and some mild fruit (raisins or plums). Also pick up some citrus like orange rind and a slight metallic aftertaste as it warms. Overall: a very pleasant beer. This seasonal offering from Newcastle is a nice example an English style IPA.

2.7 Bottle from one of the supermarkets. Poured a crystal clear golden brown with a thin white head. The aroma is malty with nuts, leading to a medium bitter flavour with some liqourice, malt and nuts on the palate and a little hoppy bitterness in the finish. An IPA ? I dont think so. It’s more like Newcastle Brown on speed! I’d like to think these guys with all their resources could do better. Maybe they need to look towards the newer, smaller micros for inspiration.

3.2 Floral, herbal, dark sugar aroma. Caramel malt/sweet/dark sugar, and a little maraschino cherry-ish flavor. Floral, herbal, spicy hops flavor. Really thin mouthfeel... Light flavor--but interesting and pretty decent.

2.7 12 oz. bottle. An unusual “light”, non-hoppy IPA. Not overdone.. This leaves you with a dry, lingering finish but all in all it tastes like an ESB or a Pale Ale rather than an IPA

2.0 Malty bittersweet nose reminiscent of an unspecial ESB. The flavour follows. The vaguest hint of hops in there but really, do these guys have any idea? Basically it’s a bog standard ESB like a tanglefoot or an abbot and made the worse by a cloying finish and over-carbonation. Poor.

3.2 Golden-orange in colour with a very small head. Has plenty of dry pale ale character, both aroma and taste are well served in a full bodied ale.

3.4 From the 12 fl. oz. bottle. It is stamped: 30-09X. It pours a deep medium amber with a lasting moderate head. It is a nice looking beer. If this is supposed to be an IPA there is little in the way of hops on the nose. It is primarily sweet roasted malts, toffee, and biscuit. That does tend to be the make-up of an ESB as in the way Rate Beer describes it. The body is smooth and about medium. The taste is sweet all around with a slight lingering bitterness at the end. This is a tasty ESB but does not seem to meet the qualifications for an IPA - even a milder English one. But I definitely liked the way it tasted.

2.1 Pours a light brown with a thin short lived white head. Nutty aroma, with hints of toasted grains. The flavor has notes of caramel, malt, grain, and fruit. This brew has a thin watery body and fizzy carbonation. What seems to be missing is the citrus hoppy elements of a traditional IPA. Wait a minute, I thought this was an IPA. It says IPA on the label. The finish has a notes of toffee, and ends with sweet with a lingering biscuit flavor.This "limited" release by New Castle was nothing special. The IPA advertising was the selling point for me, but clearly this brew doesn?t live up to the style, actually it doesn?t even come close to resembling an India Pale Ale. Aside from the biscuit finish, the flavors were very watered down. It?s not terrible, but It close. I was defiantly expecting something more from this winter style brew. Its more along the lines of a nut brown ale, and even then, it?s below standard.

2.5 Light Brown, Minimal Head, Minimal Lacing. Lightly Toasted, Malty. Winter? Not really. Too Thin. Why Winter? May call it Spring IPA and it won’t make any difference.IPA? Definitely Not. Not enough hops present to make it a hoppy and bitter brew. ESB which is not remarkable, just ok....

2.3 Bottle. Pale brown beer with residual head. Aroma of malt and toffee. Taste is a bit of malt. Very watery and quite fizzy, bordering on a lager on the palate. Poor.

2.9 Orange/amber pour. Small white/off-white head. Plenty of lacing. Roasted aroma. Malt and a slight hop aroma. Taste is the same. Not very bitter in the back. Mostly sweet. Not a bad beer.

3.2 Bottle, Morrisons. Deepish gold, very thin white head, nice malty/hoppy citrus nose. Medium body, sweetish malt with some good citrus hops. Nice!

2.5 Bottle at home. Nose is nutty brown malt, some earthy hop. Amber brown in colour, thin loose white head. Aroma also has a lager yeast nose. Palete is thin and watery. Medium carbonation. Flavour is malt semi sweet. fruity yeast ester. some metalic flavour. Drinkable but to call this an IPA is crazy.

2.8 0,33l bottle from Tesco. Pours clear amber with a low head. Aroma is malts with a hint of fruits. Flavor is malts and fruits with some hops in the finish. Pretty basic bitter / english IPA. Drinkable.

3.8 I did not get the creamy finish but thoughts his was a very good and smooth drink with and slight after taste on the back if he tongue that did not linger. Will drink again.

2.9 A decent ESB.Aroma was all malt. Caramel and earth in the nose. Pour was a nice amber with no head. Taste was alright for a session beer. Strong caramel malt backbone with a hint of ginger and spices. Almost graham cracker finish. Nice carbonation. A lot better than I was expecting.

2.8 IPA? Umm...no. ESB? Yup. Pours a clear amber with almost no head. Aromas of caramel and spice. Gingerbread taste, with graham cracker and a touch of clove. Not bad. Id scroll past in the future though.

2.7 12oz bottle - pours amber with ivory head and thin lacing. Nose is floral caramel. Flavor adds grass and a hint of resin. Slightly sweet and mildly bitter. Easy to drink. Quite different from the standard Newcastle. Bottle says IPA and RB says premium Bitter/ESB. This is light for either style while remaining inoffensive. To weak ABV-wise for my liking as a "winter" beer. Despite all this tedious research behind the making of the label, the question is, will I buy another? No. Do I regret shelling out $2 for this? No.