3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I really like the name of this beer. It tastes like watery coffee that has had chocolate banana bread soaking in it. The aroma is of chocolate and nutty malts. It’s too light in color for a stout, and the palate is a little watery.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, bought @ Kvickly, Haderslev.
Pours dark brown, bordering on black. Fine, staying, light murky white creamy head. Aroma has good spices, clear ginger, some chocolate, raisins, light glögg. Medium to high carbonation, a bit thin but very dry palate. Flavour is good, the cocoa gets through nicely, adding light zest and dryness to the chocolate base. Good, lingering dryness in the finish. Very different to many other (sweeter) Christmas beers, this is a nice change of pace even if it is nowhere near perfect.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
10cl sample at Håndverkerstuene. It poured a pitch black colour with no head. Aroma is laden with peppers, ginger and koriander. Flavour is also very spicy. Lots of peppers, ginger and koriander again. Some carbonation. A fun beer to try, but a 33cl bottle is just too much. Medium long, lingering aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 6, 2010 Bottled. Pours deep mahogany with a large off-white head. Excellent lacings. Low carbonation. Spicy nose especially of ginger, cinnamon and star anis with lightly roasted malts. Sweet flavour, again with yule spices, malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Medium bodied. Nice bitter finish. Very x-mas like despide the name but maybe too overpowered by the spices.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown, clear ale. Huge, lasting, creamy head. Malty aroma with loads of ginger. Notes of cinnamon too?. Soft carbonation. Spicy flavour dominated by ginger. Some bitterness. Some underlying malty sweetness. Watery, yet sugar sticky palate. Im noit very fond of spiced xmas-ales, but this is surprisingly good.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle.Dark brown almost black colour with creamy beige head.Aroma is spicy and sweet taste of ginger and cake most like Danish Brune kager.Good mouthfeels and for me the best X-mas brew so fare.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours black with a nice thick espresso coloured head. The head retention isn’t too good though - hence the less than perfect score for appearance. The aroma at first is dominated by roasted malts and ginger. After a while the cocoa bits start showing up as well. On the palate it is rather light wiht lots of chocolate flavours and a nice hoppy note. Pretty long finish. A very nice beer that I’ll drink again. And for me, that’s a big thing with Christmas beers...... This one stands out as being a balanced beer without excessive alcohol.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Deep brown, small brown head. Aroma is christmas, pebernødder, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, fresh baked cookies. Taste has cocoa, light body, slightly roasty, roasty sourness, ginger, dry hoppe finish. A really alternative take on a christmas ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark, dark ruby, almost black pour, minuscule off-white head. Aroma is indeed in the spirit of christmas. It smells like all the good christmas-sweets. Lots of cinnamon, ginger, pepper and sugar. Taste is very similar, with sweet ginger and cinnamon, pepper, cocoa. Slightly sour and with some hops in the finish. Big body, low carbonation. As a christmas beer, this is a very interesting and refreshing brew, albeit slightly off-balance and a bit too punchy perhaps. It is very innovative, and an enjoyable alternative to the wide selection of christmas brews.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Flaske: Flot sortbrun øl med et stort flot skumhoved. Det er så absolut det bedste der kan siges om dette kanel helvede. Alt det værste i en juleøl samlet i en stout der dufter kraftigt af kanel og smager endnu mere af det. Virkelig en prøvelse at drikke.
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