3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAY 18, 2003 Red color with very little head. Malty hoppy aroma. Flavor is sweet and cider like with some hop bitterness. Dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 21, 2011 Deep and murky brown with a lasting, fluffy, off-white head. Smooth texture. Smooth notes of bread, light toast, cocoa, nuts and light toffee. A mild, herbal-like hop bitterness is restrained yet balanced. Its medium-bodied texture is surprisingly easy to drink. And it’s only 6.9 percent alcohol by volume, yet you still feel obliged to sip it out of respect. Pleasant winter warmer.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 18, 2004 Incredible. Slight hints of spice. Nice warming beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 3, 2004 Looks like you're drinking mud (but that's a good thing). A little fizzy to start. Gets much better as it warms. Flavor is dominated by fruits and malt (no hops or bitterness in sight). Apples, prunes, cherries, cinnamin, nutmeg, molasses. All combined to create a warming brew that isn't sour at all. Very well done, unfortunately, not my style.
Re-Rate: I'm warming up to this one a bit. Maybe my tastes are changing.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 19, 2005 Rerate-bottle-its been a long time since i have had this one. pours murky amber/mahogony hue with a sudsy off white head. some light oxidization on the aroma with some notes of cocanut, vanilla and apple. body verges on light, but the flavors here are pretty solid. definately not a good as i remember it. very similar to rasion de etre if you ask me.
wonderful winter ale!! my 22oz bottle was at least a year old, so my taste of this may be different than the 2002 version-wonderful cloudy ruby appearance-nose was plums, rasions and apricots-taste was subtle malt/spice(nutmeg) followed by a huge vanilla finish that was just out of this world!!! Ranks as my 3rd fav holiday warmer next to SN celebration and goose island christmas
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
One of the best Winter ales I’ve tasted. Full bodied ale with nice seasonings without a bitter aftertaste that many other seasonal ales impart.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Re-rate 12/21/02, 22oz bottle, deep dark amber color, white foamy head, leaves a nice lace in the glass, sweet spicey aroma, almost like cream soda. Starts sweet and malty and finishes with a creamy vanilla taste, medium-full body, has a soft and creamy palate, a nice winter ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden reddish color, medium bodied. I was getting a sort of cherry vanilla nose and taste out of it. Better than expected for a spiced winter ale.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
why is it..almost all the breweries that put out seasonal beers...only make a great beer then. why can’t they make it all year? this beer blows sierra celebration ale out of the park. full spicy taste. nice finish. great beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thick and syrupy, with a dominating berry flavor. Hops do come thru at the end, but this remains cloying from start to finish.
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