Battin (Gambrinus) Christmas

Brewed by Bofferding
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Bascharage, Luxembourg

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle. Sweet malt aroma, light fruity, molassis. Dark red claret, low head. Berrylike base, light pine hoppyness, quick dry finish. Light sparkly mouthfeel. Light roast aftertaste. Pleasant enough, in a blind tasting I would have put this down as a fruity Dunkles.

Pours amber with a half inch white head. Aroma is caramel. Flavor is slight straw and caramel.

Brown 33cl bottle, bottled 14 Oct 09, drank 15 Dec 09. Poured into a Veltins badged stemmed tulip glass. Looked quiet promising, large tan head sat on top of a brown beer with red hints when held up to the Christmas lights. No aroma what so ever, not even a hint of hop, malt or yeast, let alone any Christmas type spices or flavours. Fizzy and tasteless, what a let down, malty but boring, dry from the start and with no sparkle or Christmas feel to it. Thin and with no redeeming features I could find, a huge disappointment.

Der Malzantrunk ist süßlich, vor allem aber wässriger mit trockenen Bitternoten, die sich nicht unbedingt gut einfügen. Im weiteren Verlauf wird das Bier noch deutlich wässriger, die auftauchende Herbe unterliegt hier augenblicklich, so bleibt das Bier labbrig und kaum aromatisch, langweilig leer, einfach uninspiriert. Schlecht! 9/6/5/4/8/5

Bottle, some time over the winter, somewhere in Luxembourg (maybe the Christmas market). Sludgy brown. Floral, some sherbert. Some cloves and soapy hops. Cinnamon. Finishes over-carbonated and thin. Sadly, one of the better Luxembourg christmas beers.

330ml bottle! The beer in glass is very discreet brown, with a creamy, large head. The smell is malty and roasty, comes close to a Bock beer.Starts malty, subtle sourish in background, also pleasant roasty. Theaftertaste is fruity and slightly tart, slightly roasty. Finish is bitter-dry Quite ok, but (as was the Christmas Bofferding Béier) too much sour.

bottle. Clear deep bronw colour, large beige head. Malty, roasetd malts, chocolate and caramel are presents, as well as some spices such as clove. Nice.

A Mes rate: bottle at the ever brilliant Chris O’s Pre GBBF Extravaganza.
Murky brown with no head. Floral and very soapy. Sickly sweet, lots of vegetables. Vile.

Bottle: Poured a reddish brown in color with a froathy head. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Taste was similiar and sweet roasted malt. Not the top of the heap as far as x-mas beers go.

Bottle, 5.5%. Nice dark red brown colour. The flavour is rather alcoholic. Otherwise a little like a malty strong lager.