TipsyMcStager (916), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Mar 21, 2008 (2007)Aroma of molasses, prunes and slight licorice. pours a very dark brown with tan foamy head. Licorice again up front, gingerbread. Mid range body. Finish has slight alcohol and is fairly dry. Enjoyable Sammy (3976), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Mar 21, 2008 Updated: Dec 9, 20082006 Fir ’n’ spruce flavoured and aroma ale. Always somewhat different and interesting and carbonated. Pours yellow with off-white head. Full mouthfeel.
2007 dark fruit, nice roasted chestnut dryness, licorice..even better.
2008 on tap at Cole’s, bit sour and chocolately. Blom (390), Odense, Denmark
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Mar 20, 2008 2005 tasting notes. Ruby red with a grey massive head. Sweet and spicy aroma with some orangy fruits and perfume. The flavours are spicy but balanced and it finishes a bit dry.
JasonG (700), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Mar 19, 2008 2007 12oz bottle - pours a very deep ruby red color with medium sized tan head. Aroma is full of medium toasted caramel, fair amount of cinnamon, vanilla, bit of anise, spruce tips, orange peel, cherry syrup. Flavor is malty, nutty, touch of caramel, seville oranges, spruce. Finish is mildly bitter, a bit too much for the style, IMO. I think given a few years the spices would mellow a bit and the bitterness would drop out a bit, and would overall be a bit better. durhambeer (1200), Durham, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Mar 16, 2008 I think this has mellowed nicely since I first tried it late last year. Dark brown pour and bubbly and persistent tan head. Aromas of anise, chicory, caramel, vanilla, and juniper. Mostly the same flavors, with added cola taste. Refreshingly light on the palate. It’s spicy, but not in a bad way, I think. Worth revisiting with some age. travita (1887), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Mar 12, 2008 Red to dark brown in color with a nice tan colored head. Smell is of a fresh spruce tree, it smells like Christmas. Flavor has slight hints of pine with a delicate malty sweetness that balances out the spices and hops nicely.
mistersinalin (367), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Mar 11, 2008 This beer helped me win a best of seven pool match, which turned into a best of ten, for which I then lost. Good beer though. Unique tasting herbs, just right for holiday times. jacobwennbom (274), Uppsala, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Mar 10, 2008 Darkish. Aroma is very chocolatey. Taste is spicy. There is marsipan, vanilla, all kinds of floral perfumy notes and that taste the air has at your local butcher. Exciting but maybe a little too much going on for its own good.
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