 UNCCTF (461), Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
Nov 20, 2005
On tap at Linda’s in Chapel Hill. Red coloring with a small off-white head. The mouthfeel was very full with a flavor full of orange, ginger, and cinnamon. A great brew for a cold day.
rman18 (150), South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Apr 6, 2008 Flavorful beer- but too many spices. Tastes very much like a all spice, cinnamin comination with a taste of ginger. I’m not much of a fan of ginger. You can’t drink too many of these, but it is worth the try.
kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Feb 24, 2008 Name: Santa’s Secret
Date: 02/02/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, fine beige head,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with lots of ginger and cinamon aroma,
Flavor: rich sweet malt candy flavor, lots of ginger and cinamon, light bitterness comes out of the spices,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4
gotohelunc (347), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Jan 11, 2008 Draft at the brewery. Smells heavenly of cloves, cinnamon, brown sugar. and everything wonderful. The first flavors to hit the tongue match the nose, but after a few sips its gets thinner and thinner. By the end it gets sour and watery, but still tastes lovely on the tongue. It seems like they decided to super flavor a beer that didn’t have the body to withstand the onslaught of spices that they had in mind. Nice effort for a superficial beer.
CaptainCougar (4624), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Dec 16, 2007 Pours a transparent copper ruby with a stringy wispy-lacing white head. Sweet cinnamon potpourri nose has some honey, ginger and clove character with some light fruitiness. Body starts brown sugary sweet and well-spiced with some cherry notes towrad a drier, crisp finish. A nice winter warmer.
OldGrowth (1269), Cary, North Carolina, USA
Dec 29, 2006 Pint at brewpub. Good aroma, sweet & spice. Cinnamon & nutmeg. Toffee/caramel. Clean coppery orange color. Little to no head or lace. Spiced flavor, like aroma spices rule the day. Medium body, creamy smooth mouthfeel, spiced sweet finish. Tasty,easy to drink but I dunno. Seems kind of a common attempt at a winter offering
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