Pours a deep crimson red with a long lasting head. Awesome lacing on the glass. The aroma is a bit hoppy with more malt coming through. Same with the taste. This is a great winter ale Ill be drinking this one on many occation. GREAT JOB BOLDER BEER!

A good winter beer with just the right amount of hops. A hoppy aroma, makes this beer the Hazed of the winter season. The hop combination is very good, producing a taste that is very flavorful. The caramel malts make this the dark seasonal brew and bring a full bodyto the table.

Aroma: Very sweet, with slight cherry, rose, and other earthy scents. Appearance: Cherry red, medium bodied, small head. Flavor: Mid-drink--a burst of flavors, especially chocolate-covered cherries or rasberries that linger long in the back of the throat after the end of the dink making one want more. Very sweet, flavors that fill the mouth, including tasting between the teeth. Palate: Flavors fill the mouth--first bitter up front, followed by a loud punch of flavors, then ending smooth with flavors filling the back of the tongue and throat and that wonderful lingering aftertaste. Overall an excellent winter beer. Wow!

Smells pretty good, cloves and nutmeg and caramel. Looks decent. Taste is sweet and with caramel and hoppy. Goes from thinnish to thick and pretty sweet throughout. It’s only real downside.

2003 bottle:Pale red color with a rocky, sustaining, light tan head. Toasty, biscuity malt, good caramel...reminds me of a throwback mild. Flavor is the same as the aroma with an extraordinary finish of rich caramel that comes back after you think its over. This is my type of ale though I do not get much of the spicing.