Ninkasi Sleigh'r Winter Ale
Seize the season with Sleigh'r. Layers of deeply toasted malt are balanced by just enough hop bitterness to make it deceivingly drinkable. Paired with a dry finish, Sleigh’r is anything but your typical winter brew.
Tasting Notes
An Alt ferments with Ale yeast at colder lagering temperatures. This effect gives Alts a more refined, crisp lager-like flavor than traditional ales. The Alt has been “Ninkasified” raising the ABV and IBUs. Sleigh'r has a deep, toasted malt flavor that finishes dry and balanced.
Tasting Notes
An Alt ferments with Ale yeast at colder lagering temperatures. This effect gives Alts a more refined, crisp lager-like flavor than traditional ales. The Alt has been “Ninkasified” raising the ABV and IBUs. Sleigh'r has a deep, toasted malt flavor that finishes dry and balanced.
3.4
331 reviews
Eugene, United States
Community reviews
Bottled. Confused as to what this was supposed to be. Brown pour, some malts, or caramel or fruit or something
Bottle pours a dark brown you can see right through with a two finger puffy beige head and thick sticky lacing. Aroma is rust and wet dirt. Flavor is primarily burnt toast, initially sweet with a strong bitter finish. Neither pleasant nor unpleasant, but is not something I’d buy again.
Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, pine, alcohol. Taste of sweet caramel, dark malt, candied cherries, a little alcohol in the finish. The label doesn’t say ’Dark Double Alt’ but after seeing the name here I think that is an accurate description. A good winter beer with no spices or crap like that.
TAP. Amber to Cola colour pour with thin lacing cream head.. Malty nose with dark fruits.. Dark malt body with dark fruits & a hint of banana? Finishes with solid hop bitterness.. Sourced ninkasi
Spicy and rich nose with walnuts and spiced dark fruit. Dry and slightly bitter taste. It’s good, a straight bold flavor without any huge surprises.
Courtesy of 5000 via trade
Bottle: The aroma consists of light-moderate chocolate, light nuts, and a touch of alcohol. It pours dark brown with some orange transparency. It has a two finger khaki head that fades to a thin film outlined by a thicker ring. There is some thin webbing left on the sides of the glass. The flavor starts with light caramel and chocolate, The finish has light-moderate nuts with a hint dark fruit and alcohol.
Bottle from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes (Virginia(
Aroma: caramel, bread, nuts,
Appearance: clear amber with a tan head
Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness,
Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish,
Tasty
Dark brown with a lasting tan head. Lots of lacing in this one. malty aroma with a little spice. Medium body with lots of malt and the perfect amount of hop and dark malt bitterness to balance the added malt. Filling finish with some lingering hop bitterness.
From a 22 oz bottle. Pours a hazy mahogany with an off white head. Butterscotch aroma. Flavors of fruit cake. Bitter finish.
Served on tap at SFO. Black color with a white head. Roasted malt aroma. Malt coffee flavor. Medium body. Not much complexity.
Tap at craft Edmonton. Pours brown lots of head and lacing. Nose is sweet plum. Flavours plum, syrup, spice cake. Taste med sweet light bitter. Medium body low carbonation.
Pours clear dark chestnut brown, thin beige head. Aromas of caramel, dark cherry, leather, earth, toast. Medium body, velvety, lightly dry, good carbonation. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Well balanced, and enjoyable.
Raisiny aromas, grapey, subtle booze, cocoa, doughy. Dark ruby-bronze with a somewhat lasting, small, bubbly beige head. Pretty dry, lots of dried fruit and earthy hop flavors, kind of astringent. Medium-full bodied.
Faint aromas of coffee, caramel, grains. Dry and slightly bitter. Cocoa nibs, coffee notes, dark/dry fruits. Light carbonation.
Bottle. Pours a dark mahogany color and a small head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and grain. Distinct bitterness that lingers into the finish. Medium body, with a malty feel. Decent seasonal beer.
12 ounce bottle .. Not a fan of alts but I liked this .. Toffee, burnt toffee, and brown oat.. Decent, went down well with johnny pops and cornbread .. . . Been years since I ride a rollercoaster
Poured from a bottle. Medium brown color, small white head. Medium sour malt aroma. Medium body with a slight sour malt flavor and medium finish b
Aroma of all spice, pours a reddish brown color not much head. Tastes of spice watery body with a drive spice finish.
650ml bottle. Pours a clear mahogany with a medium, frothy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, bread, nuts and light spice. Sweet flavour of caramel, roasted malt, dark chocolate, nuts, grass and light spice with a dry, bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A good altbier.
Initial reaction, smoky. A little heavier, chocolate, some winter spices, overall very enjoyable.
Nice mahogany with a soapy light brown head. Malty. Burnt roast. Licorice. Chocolate. A little smokey. Moderate bittersweet. Medium body. Bold but drinkable.
Aroma caramel, bread, chocolate, roasty, nuts,
Appearance red, clear, tan foam,
Taste medium sweetness, medium bitterness,
Palate light body, medium body, thin feel,
Overall not my style of beer but I can get through it. Definitely has an alcohol twang to it that is off putting to me. I would not suggest this beer to a friend.
Bottle. Pours brown, cola like, with a very small head. Roasted malts in the nose along with glue, grass, light vomit. Taste is bitter roasted nuts, grass, glue.
Draft: Currant nose. Clear brown, thin head, good lacing.Cherries, dried leaves, clay. Elderberry overtones. Medium body, moderate carbonation, mild.
Poured into lager glass glass bottle brown with just off the white head and lace. Aroma was sweet on the nose and of carmel and roasted malts. A little toast noted. Taste was roasted malt, nuts, very late in the finish the roast gets a bit strong and tends to linger getting slightly metalic. Mouthfeel a bit past thin. Slightly bitter.
Appearance: clear amber-brown with one finger of loose light tan head, good retention and lacing. (4/5) Aroma: roasty malt, caramel, nutty, mild dark fruit, light smoke. (6/10) Taste: moderate-low sweet, moderate-strong bitter. (6/10) Palate: medium body tending to the thin, moderate carbonation, off-dry bitter finish. (3/5)
A bit of a strange beer: the sweetness is relatively low and the bitterness relatively high, but there’s not a lot of depth of flavour to back it up, so it comes across a bit thin. Smells sort of like a “holiday” ale, but the taste and body are more like a lager. Which, I guess, is bang dead nuts-on for the style, since alts are supposed to be brewed with ale yeast at lagering temperatures, giving a lager-ish flavour - but despite the relatively high bitterness, I can’t say I’m a big fan. Letting it warm didn’t seem to improve it a whole lot. At best, a not uninteresting alternative to the same old - but I won’t be stampeding out to buy it again. (12/20)
Bottle. Clear brown pour with an off-white head. Aroma is quite roasty with some dark fruit. Taste is bitter and roasty with some sweet fruit - nicely balanced and tasty for the style.
Brown body with a foamy white tan head. Aroma is sweet. Taste is ditch and slightly bitter sweet. Strong nuttiness and shunt of chocolate.
Pours a clear light brown color with off-white head. Caramel malt, roast, nuts, and a slight dark fruit on the nose; follows onto the palate. Medium bodied. Finishes with roast and caramel notes.
Draft at First Draft. Pours clear nut brown with a fizzy beige head. Tastes like dried fruits, smokey wood, earthy malt, light booze, and roasty. Light/medium body and low carbonation. Smells like dried fruits, roasted malt, woody and earthy, light smoke.