 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 21, 2005 25-cl. bottle, courtesy of my Milwaukee YEHa! Secret Santa (thanks Nathan?) Translucent cherry brass in color with a creamy, sudsy, clinging tan head. Delectable aroma comprised of cloves, lemon zest, bananas, brown sugar, dates, nutmeg, anise, cinnamon and mulled apple cider. Prunes, dates and sugar plums dance for the flavor. Slight aluminum steel chord at the back belt of the tongue. Allspice, anise and straw doormats further the flavor, but the doormat is weathered, as if it’s been brought in after a particularly harsh autumn season and a few too many weeks trailing into winter. Heavily effervescent with airy quaffs filling up my belly, so it’s a touch too spritsy. Suggestions of rye, raisins and dried prunes manifest in the finish. After all these years, I think I’m finally beginning to understand what "figgy pudding" is. Well, at least Corsendonk’s interpretation of the yuletide classic.
Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 21, 2005 Bottle. Dark brown colour with a great head. Strong aroma of cinnamon and anis, also in the taste, a very spicy christmas ale.
TomDecapolis (3149), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2005 Pours a slightly hazy ruby amber with a large off white foamy head that laced nicely. Aroma I’m picking up ginberbread, yeast, orange and dark fruits. The flavor is more of a roasty malt, with some dark fruits and yeast also picking up some metallic in the taste. Nice palate...can’t pick up much of a 8.5% at all.
onystrom (780), Århus-Randers Crew, Denmark
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 20, 2005 Great dark color with greeeeat head. Cinnamon, orange licorice taste - but its too orange for my taste.
IvanLauridsen (32), Aarhus, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 19, 2005 botlle, head large light brown, lacing excellent. Sweet with medium bitterness.
Poured deep red
xproudfoot (729), Paleolithic, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 18, 2005 big bottle xmas gift from kirk82. deep brown with a billowing beige head. spicy gingerbread nose; frosking, cake on the nose. alcohol well hideen in the body, slightly sweet, quick finish. an easygoing, enjoyable brew.
sunevdj (1770), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2005 Updated: Nov 18, 2006Pours brown with an off white head. Sweet with medium bitterness. Aromas of yeast, banana, orange, malts and plum/prunes. Full bodied. Mellow bitter finish, with some alcohol. Quite nice.
NoiZe (1290), Mooi Zeist, Netherlands
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2005 Nice spicy aroma and deep red, brown colour. Flavor is fine too, very dark malts give that christmas feeling :)
A bit sweet too, hints of caramel. Nice one.
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