3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a medium golden yellowish color. Aromas of fruit, yeast and some pepper. Flavors are sour, yeasty, and a touch of sweetness at the finish.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle thx ekstedt cons 2011-12-02 Göteborg
AR: honey, fruity, oranges, koriander
AP: wee hazy, wee white head
F: wee dryness, fruity,
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle sampled @ Ekstedts tasting on December 2. Courtesy of Ekstedt. Pours hazy pale golden with a white head. Smell is sweet with very ripe fruit and yeast. Taste is slightly sweet and slightly bitter with fruit, metal and herbs. Mouthfeel is rather watery. finish is sweet and spicy.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle (33 cl) from the Cracked Kettle. Clear golden, medium white head. Malty and spicy aroma. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonatiopn. Semi sweet, low bitterness. My all time low for De Ranke, but then I don’t like spiced belgian holiday beers.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
golden, cloudy, white foam, grass, citrus, dough, medium body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter, medium sweetness, very bitter,
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at Ekstedt’s Testing 11-12-02. Pours golden with a big white head. Smells and tastes hoppy, sour and ginger with a slight bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle at ekstedt tasting on December 2, 2011
33 cl
Hazy orange color, white head. Sweet, herbal, spicy, alcohol scent. Sweet, herbal taste. Bitter aftertaste, also some berry. Moussy mouthfeel, low bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(bottle) Pours hazy golden with an off-white head. The aroma holds spices, dust, cracker, wood, grass, lemon, wet stone, minerals and mild flowers. The flavour is dry, light to medium bitter and light acidic. Spices, grass, crackers, dust, lemon, wet stones and minerals. The mouthfeel is fairly clean and soft with a near medium carbonation. Dry and elegant hop finish. Light to medium bodied.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33cl bottle. Pours a hazy, copper brown with a nice sized head. The nose has melon, apples and toffee. The taste has ginger biscuits with extra ginger then a grapefruit finish. The palate has a medium to large structure, with a medium to thick texture and a very dry refreshing finish. Overall, a very zesty beer relative to most Christmas ales.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A subtle Christmas beer. The licorice is understated and supplemental. Finally a ’festival beer’ without heavy-handed spice. Nice yeasty character.
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