Aass Juleøl 6.5%

Brewed by Aass Bryggeri
Style: Dunkler Bock
Drammen, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

Bottle. Amber colour with a good head. Aroma and taste of malts and a little fruit. Good Norwegian, supermarket beer.

Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours clear dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread and some spices. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

"2010 edition". Dark brown, coca cola-ish colour. Smells like bread and of course sweet malts. Some dark fruits too, a tiny hint of strawberries. Nice, thick mouthfeel. Sweet taste, with some bitterness and a hint of sourness in the aftertaste. Pleasant aroma, coffee notes, roasted malts, hints of raisins and some fruityness. A little coffee-ish aftertaste, with a very pleasant fruityness. Surprisingly good christmas beer! After the ones I’ve tasted I’ve been tempted to give up norwegian macro xmas beers, but this one gives me back my hope!

Bottle. Dark bronze body with a fairly big, off-white creamy head, looking good. Nose is very vague, with only faint hints of caramel. Taste does improve, however; this is a Christmas beer with a bit of soul, at least compared to its many classmates from this particular segment of the Norwegian seasonal market. Dark malts, caramel - yes. But also a kind of nut-like character; hints of hazel and cashew, with fruity hints of raisins and red grapes that I haven’t found in a Christmas beer of this weight class before. Definitely one to buy if you’re not bound by local patriotism (as is the case with a lot of beer consumers in Norway) but rather attracted to good taste. God Jul from me to Aass for making this one.

Juleol Christmas Beer--1998 11.2 oz. Bottle. 6.20% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Winter Ale. Deep dark red color and clear rich appearance. Spicy malt malt body. No spice added. Rich flavor and good aroma with pleasing light fruity esters. Excellent clean finish. Light flavorful seasonal. Sampled 11/17/1998. Juleol Christmas Beer--2002 11.2 oz. Green Bottle. 6.20% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Winter Ale. Clear rich copper bronze red color. Lacy light head. Roasted mellow winter spice mild hop front. Rich toasted biscuit mild sweet toffee cherry creamy body. Clean mild balanced spice hop end. Sampled 5/15/2003.

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear amber with a creamy head on top. Nose is rye-bread, caramel and buiscuit. Medium bodied. Flavor is Bread and caramel. Thin palate and overall quite anonymous.

Bottle 330ml.
[ Trade by yngwie ]. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - roasted, spicy notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100417]

Bottle, 6.5%. Mild farty aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Small tan head. Good malty flavour, a bit of cream, quite roasted. Barley bitterness. Flavourful and good.