3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, cardemomme and cinnamon with a light hoppy fruity note. Sweet, spiced and caramelish malt flavoured. Mild spiced, medium dry and light caramelish flavoured finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
15.05.2009, 0,5l Bottle. Amber colour with off-white head. Medium body with malty aroma. Some bitterness.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle 50cl. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, barnyard - Christmas cake. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081230]
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle 0,5l. Amber colored. A large creamy head. Spicy aroma. Fruity and spicy flavor. Some fruity bitterness. Quite good for a 4,7% beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate. Bottle at Chris O’s pre NYE tasting. Cloudy amber with a thin off white head. Straight forward Scandinavian Christmas beer smell. A little more bitter than the regular in the flavour however. Nice and fruity too. All the usual Christmas spice is there but it’s the extra bitterness that makes this one pretty decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. It’s an alright Christmas beer. Some nice drinkability. Good bitterness, nice fruit. Reminds me of a fruity English bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle from Fenaknoken in Oslo. The body colour is amber-orange with a slight haze. It is covered by a frothy, beige head, slowly fading while leaving fair lacing on the glass. Dry fruity smell of some kind of Christmas cake. The malts have got taste of caramel and bread, joined by cloves and a touch of cinnamon behind. Ends in a modest way with bittersweet spiciness and a note of yeast. Soft in the mouth with a mild oily texture. Medium bodied. A notch better than other Norwegian juleøl at this abv level [enjoying the spirits of Yuletide at home in Tromsø, 25.12.2008].
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cl bottle from Vinmonopolet. Batch 057JB. It poured a slightly dark orange
colour with a huge off-white creamy head that settled down slowly in the glass. Visible carbonation. The aroma is a bit sour and smells of yeast, syrup and malts. The aroma is a bit spicy and tastes of cinnamon and gingerbread, but it is too thin and watery for a christmas beer. It has a lingering aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Deep amber colour with a healthy head. Complex, spicy caramel aroma. Orange zest lingers in the nose. Some roast, very fruity with orange zest in the lead. Also moderate spiciness. well-balanced. Quite original for a Norwegian Christmas beer. Would not feel out of the place in Belgium.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tasting at thewolf. Pours a hazy light brown with a very small head. Aroma of sweet caramel. Flavour is sweet on the tip of the tongue and then borring and watery.
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