3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Pours clear gold with a white head and served with an orange slice. Fruity citric aroma with light sweetness. The flavor has citrus, wheat, coriander, and orangey fruity sweetness. Nice.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Draft at Asheville brewing. Pours slightly orange with a thin white head. Slight hint of orange on the nose and on the tongue. Finish had a slightly astringent quality. Odd choice for a Christmas ale.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a light orange. Very light floral aroma. First hit is bread. Followed by a medium strong dose of apricot. A little hop bitterness sneaks in there as well.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, courtesy my GF. Pours slightly hazy white/yellow with a decent white head. Flavor is lightly sweet with a typical wheat malt bill and some spices in there. Not much of a Christmas theme going. Big butter/diacetyl/biscuit action going on as well.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
651mL courtesy of MsBillingslea. Pour is a hazy bright straw with speckled white bubbles. No head formation. Actually looks like melted butter. Aroma at first is a tad clovey and rich like an Abbey Tripel, but quickly moves to melted butter in the aroma! Taste has a massive diacetyl element, watery, buttery all over the palate, buttered biscuit taste. 100% diacetyl bomb. Very faint straw and biscuit freshness tries to save this beer from imminent self-destruction.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On draught at the brewery, it pours a hazy Sourwood Honey into the glass, with a thin fuzzy head that leaves ring lace. The nose is of some yeast and wheat, not too complex. Some pepper, wheat and paper notes, and a hint of zest and citrus. The finish is peppery paper and contains a light body with a seltzery mouthfeel, little substance to the body. The pepper is the only thing I could possibly associate with a spice for the holidays. Otherwise, a below-average American Wheat.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
I expected there to be some type of Christmas spice in this one, but I couldn’t find anything. Clear color, very much like a light beer. Not a lot of flavor and nothing really to note. Very bland.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
@RichmondX Gathering Thanks -22oz bottle-pours a white head and yellow color. Aroma is coriander, herbal, pepper. Taste is coriander, herbal, pepper, light malt. Dry finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Yellow pour with light white head and lace. Aroma of coriander, paper. Coriander, paper, pepper, and a light bitter. Thin and fizzy.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Name: Christmas Jam
Date: January 03, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Ticker
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, fine white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet spicy aroma, orange citrus, lots of spicyness
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of spicyness keeps it dry, touch of bitter orange peel
Overall: the spices are a bit over the top making it too dry, or is it too dry allowing the spices to come through too strong
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4
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