Corsendonk Christmas Ale

Brewed by Du Bocq
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

Why ruin a perfectly good Belgian Strong is what I say - this one looked nice - Dark brown pour with a medium off-white head. Aroma is quite citrusy with some cinnamon and roasty-sweet malts detectable. Flavor was not so great with the cinnamon-spice and orange peel not melding well at all. Its drinkable and mouthfeel is decent, but its just off on the flavor. Not much that I enjoyed about it.

I don’t know how many years I’ve been buying this, drinking it fresh but more often agin it. This one if fresh. Mohagany color; lingering head. Roasted malt and spice aroma, with a taste also including honey, carob, rich amber and dark malts, dark candy sugar, cocoa, persimmon fruit. Big carbonation. A touch cloying with bitter notes at the finish, but overall a lovely Christmas beer fresh or aged.

12 oz bottle. Pours dark amber with small thick yeasty head. Dark fruit yeast aroma, not overpowering. Yeasty malty fizzy with plum and raisin in the taste. A little thin with some alcohol sneaking through in the back of the throat. Not overwhelming like some Xmas beers, very easy to drink and enjoy.

Dark, plummy colour. Rich aroma of dark fruits comes through. This is quite fizzy on the tongue and relatively thin in texture. Flavour is heavy on malts and dark, dried fruits and it has a pleasant and not overpowering sweetness.

Ahhhh... Another Christmas seasonal to try. I usually love these offerings but this one...not so much. Looks pretty good in a glass. Nice and dark with a good head on it. Sp far, so good. Smells kinda weird, this one. Very grape-like, very sweet with something in there I aint crazy about. Smells more like wine than beer. I just don’t get this one. This should be in the wine section cause that’s what it is. Wine with a malty character is the best way I can describe it. I like the other Corsendonk beers but this one just isn’t for me, I guess. Disappointing. Saw this sitting there and hadn’t seen it before so I thought I would give it a shot. Should have picked up the Stone IPA instead.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of malt, fruit, spice and caramel.

plum raisin and date beer with a brandy or more port like quality. good body and slick velvety palate. smooth and lightly spicy there is a finish that is pleasantly tart and lasts just right.

From imported bottle. Reddish brown in color. Very spicy especially peppers and cloves in the aftertaste. You can really taste the alcohol. Large, lingering head. My first Christmas Ale. In my, ill-matured palate’s opinion, it feels like I’m drinking a champaign.