Bristol Edge City Christmas Ale

Brewed by Bristol Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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2011 bomber. Aroma is bold with nutmeg and cinnamon bark and some toasted malts. Very dark brown with some magenta on the edges. Good carbonation no head or lacing though. Taste is the same as nose, plus some oak. Okay, but didn’t leave me wanting another one.

Pours a dark brown with a huge foamy/creamy head. Nose is nutmeg, cinnamon, molasses and spice cupboard with some wood involved. Oak I believe. Taste is Cinnamon, pumpkin, and spice, toffee and candy with a slightly sprucey green edge to it. Definitely one of the more unique and edgy Christmas beers I’ve encountered. Medium creamy in the mouth. Lingering sugar. Nice

The pour is a very deep garnet color with an average, beige, pillowy head which is mostly diminishing and leaves minimal lace. The nose is full of pumpkin pie spices; nutmeg, allspice, molasses, some brown sugar, faint rosemary, and maybe some pumpkin? The flavor is similar with light brown sugar and molasses, light roast, still pumpkin notes as well as nutmeg and light ginger, and the same rosemary note. The palate is lively, medium, and velvety. The beer finishes with molasses, pumpkin, and the rosemary note. Actually a pretty nice pumpkin beer. Not sure that is what it is supposed to be being that this is a Christmas beer. Nice malt base with complementary spicing and a decent palate. Odd for a holiday beer but pleasant.

Bomber - pours a clear amber - nose is full of cardamom, cinnamon, ginger/gingerbread - medium bodied, full carbonation - fairly dry and Biscuity, which is a relief, since the label says it is made with molasses - cardamom is showcased well up front - the tail end is spicy ginger and cinnamon - fairly crisp maltiness throughout - a solid Christmas brew.

Bomber poured a clear reddish brown with a small lasting tan head. Aromas of toffee, cinnamon, cardamon, clove and molasses. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of molasses, toffee, cinnamon, clove and cardamon with a smooth lingering spiced finish.

Draft at a local. Pours a minimal, short duration, off white head, over a clear brown (SRM 30) body....nose is cinnamon, lighter clove, cardamom, slight dark roast malt (coffee, chocolate) touch of toffee/caramel......taste is dominated by cinnamon, clove, cardamom, with sensation of toffee/caramel sweetness, minimal hints of chocolate....mouth feel on the light of medium, carbonation low. The spices, although a major aroma and flavor component, were done with a lighter hand than in many others, leading to a more nearly balanced malt and spice combination than in many of this genre. BJCP 7/3/13/4/7

pours very dark red, almost brown, with small grey bubbly head. Aroma of carrot cake, caramel, cinnamon. Medium bodied, pretty smooth but somewhat thin finish. Flavor of molasses and toffee, overlayed with spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, and there is a fruitcake flavor. Pretty nice.

22oz bottle poured into a Tulip at 42°. Color is a deep brown with ruby showing in the light. Carbonation is light with a very small off white head. Aroma is a spicy roasted malt scent. Medium body that gives a smooth mouth feel. Flavor of nutmeg, clove, cinnamon and just a touch of coriander then some roasted malt and toffee. After taste is mildly bitter and surprisingly clean with just a bit of the spices hanging on. Overall it’s pretty good for a Spiced brew, normally I don’t like these Holiday spice brews because there over spiced, but this one is very well done.

Tasted from a bottle at the Parade of Darks in Denver, Colorado. Dark pale orange appearance that’s mildly clear. Head is very spicy and similar to Anchor Christmas with hints of cinnamon, nutmeg, and especially ginger. Big ginger flavor with the other aforementioned spices with medium malty body. Spicy finish and aftertaste. Pretty good Christmas beer.

(draft). Black color. Spare tan head. Moderate spice aroma. Strong cinnamon and black licorice flavor. Long duration. Smooth finish. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.