Brewery: Long Trail Brewing Company
ABV: 5.6% or 6%
Serving method: 12-oz bottle in a pint glass
Born/Bottled/Shipped on: Bottled 11/3/10
There's still lots of new beers in the fridge, so the streak continues. I've got a Long Trail Survival Pack and 4 more untested bombers, so there should be daily updates from here to Christmas. Consider that your present from me.
So, Beer Advocate says that Hibernator is 5.6% ABV and Long Trail's website says it's 6%. I would assume that Long Trail knows its beer, but then again, it's in Vermont which means there's probably a lot of pot smoking going on. Hooray for stereotypes!
Long Trail's Hibernator is their winter beer in the Scottish ale style, which means that it probably gets rip-roaring drunk and then goes golfing and eats haggis. Yeah, stereotypes again!!. Anyway, the beer is a cloudy orange color with a thin head and a light lacing. Its aroma is a malty scent with a little bit of bread/grains and maybe something sweet like coffee or caramel.
This beer is deceptive. The first sip is weird, and seems not good. But then it gets more tasty as it warms up a little bit. Don't get fooled by that first taste. It gets much better. The beer has a slightly sweet malty flavor with a little bit of hops in the background. There's not a lot of carbonation, but it still seems like too much. The beer finishes cleanly without an aftertaste.
Final thought - This beer is good for the winter, since it tastes like a winter beer. I do wish it was slightly less carbonated, because then I could definitely just drink a bunch and avoid going outside for an extended period of time. Which is pretty much all I'm looking for during the winter.
-Jon
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