Bottle. The beer tried to gush out over the table, but got all of it into the glass, where it presented itself with a hazy dark amber body under a thick, dense beige head. Lots of carbonation going on. Spiced nose with cloves the most evident. Dusty cellar, dried fruits and caramel too. Sweet in the mouth, with some alcohol, cloves, some cardamom, prunes and dades. It actually has some resemblance to gløgg or gluhwine. Cardamom, pine, alcohol, dried fruits and a little herbal bitterness in the finish. A bit thin on the body, but not watery, and with a fine effervescent feeling. A nice one, sure maintaining the Christmas spirit. A bit boring on the nose though. (081222)

Bottle at poechenellekelder. Pours hazy reddish amber with a small creamy head. Nose is sweet and vinous. Caramel, yeast, clove and cinnamon. Smooth & full bodied. Warmth from alcohol. Nice.

Cloudy brown,lasting tan head.Salty spicy nose.Dark fruits, sweet malt palate.Light spice overtones. After initial explosion, lacks carbonation. I get no anise whatsoever. Very fruity with mild alcohol heat.

From bottle at 14e Kerstbierfestival, Essen. dark red-brown, small head. Nice cardamom fruit aroma, with cardamom taking over in the mouth.

Small yellow head over dark amber-brown beer. Cloves, ginger, oriental spices, Szechuanpepper, <i>soit>/I>, the whole shebang. Malts, liqueur and all the spices mentioned above – I’d even say Chinese five spices. Pappy, sugary, slick, oops… Just a bit too sweet and overspiced, getting it caricatural.