Powder Hound Winter Ale

Another offering from my friends at Big Sky Brewing of Missoula Montana. Pours orange-amber with a three-finger head that stands up after five minutes. The texture is similar to a porter, thick and creamy, but even with eyes closed, the citrus from the hops belies the porter connection. No spices that I can detect; did they just take a regular amber ale and slap a "winter ale" label on it? Who can say. Not a bad option for the porter-phobic among us.