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Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Copenhagen, Denmark
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RATINGS: 97   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.52   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 168   ABV: 5.6%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
English: First brewed in 1972. Retired on the Danish market in 2007, but availible as "Christmas Beer" on some foreign markets.
Revived 2010 with the original name for shops on the German/Danish border only. Can only.


highest score

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Bragesnak (4646) - Aarhus, DENMARK - APR 30, 2008
Aarhus, DK. Bottled. Caramel dominated. Brown sugars and a hint of malt. Hops are low

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Baadstorp (55) - Århus, DENMARK - MAY 27, 2008
simpel christmas beer a bit to mainstream not enougth caracter. lacs on spices and bitternes

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
GarethYoung (1109) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - OCT 15, 2006
[Can from ASDA] Red/amber colour, minimal head. Sugary fruity aroma, some caramel. Medium body, slightly tinny and sweet.

2.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
PorterCall (44) - (Formerly UK), DENMARK - DEC 9, 2005
A pleasant drinkable pilsner but not exactly your typical xmas beer as intended, very dull in comparison to others. Aroma malty, taste hardly a hint of spice, made for the mass Danish market by Carlsberg, OK for a pilsner I guess.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
KimJohansen (10343) - Frederiksberg C, DENMARK - FEB 3, 2008
Clear amber with meidum short lasting head. Aroma has caramel malt. Flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and spices.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
turbothy (1007) - Bonn, GERMANY - DEC 5, 2004
Bitter, uninteresting christmas beer. Still not as bad as many other brews from Carlsberg, though.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
NosirIwont (1733) - Aalborg Vestby, DENMARK - DEC 26, 2005
Bottle. Pours amber with a beige/brown head. Sweetish, malty aroma with cereal notes. Flavour is sweetish with a medium bitterness and metallic notes as well as slight notes of alcohol. Thin. 26-12-05.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
FrankJohansen (3597) - Sabro, DENMARK - NOV 20, 2005
Reddish colour with a small head. Hints of spices in a watery body. Bitter sweet, but good for nothing beer.

2.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
Habanero (1698) - Tranbjerg, DENMARK - NOV 24, 2006
Bottle: Pours with an amber body and an off-white head. Weak malt nose. Flavour of light malt and bitter hops. Watery texture. Light to medium bodied. All right bitter finish. Very pilsner like, not mutch x-mas in this one..

2.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
fiulijn (12360) - Malmö, DENMARK - JAN 11, 2003
[Keg] Some caramel aroma. Dry and metallic taste, with some caramel. Too watery finish.


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