Aass JuleFest

Formerly brewed at Aass Bryggeri
Style: Dunkel
Drammen, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

An amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is very light with notes of caramel and grain. The flavor is acidic malty with primary notes of caramel, and a dry slightly roasted end.

(Can 50 cl) Beautiful, clear orangey brown with a creamy, off-white head. Completely unclean and flawed aroma of metal and caramel. Light body with weird, unclean accents of vegetables and sweet malt. This beer must be off. 211006

UPDATED: MAY 9, 2007 Can. Reddish-brown with a small off-white head. Caramel, raisin, sweet caramel and spices in aroma. Roasted malt flavor with some bitterness in finish. (051123)

Can. Red brown colour with a beige head. Thin roasted coffee aroma. Sweet roasted caramel flavour. Light roasted finish.

Can. Amber colour with a big beige head. Corn, light caramel malty aroma and taste. Medium body with a sweet light dusty finish.

Big, offwhite, somewhat creamy head; deep dark red body. Sweet malty aroma with notes of straw- or grass-like hops. Taste is full of sweet malts initially, followed by sweet, caramel and chocolate malts, and relatively mild grassy hops. Overall, an OK beer. Ok for Christmas, ok for any other time. Not that interesting.

Sweet beer, lacking a proper bitter finish. The 2005 edition is not recommneded. Watery and thin. Nice colour, though! 50 cl can.

Bottle pours reddish copper with a medium frothy off-white head and decent lacing.   Fairly grainy on the nose, light malts too.   Forwardly malty and grainy with subtle spices.   Mouthfeel is somewhat velvety, at least moreso than any other Aass offering.   An enjoyable sweetness on the finish.   Wow, not half bad!