3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Big Ridge Liquor Store, Surrey
Amber color; medium sized head. Aroma of gingerbread cookies (dry, not sweet), hazelnuts and light cinnamon. The body is weak; some (dryish) caramel flavor, but well blended with delicate Christmas spices. Simple, at least not excessive as other Christmas beers.
1.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Sample from bottle, pours a clear orange amber with a small white head. Aroma of Xmas spices (nutmeg, cinnamon), turnip and toasted bread. Flavour of metallic notes, watery bread, and light Xmas spices. Very weak and watery. Not good.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber and bright. The aroma is gingers and mildly spicy. Thin, messy with bland amber and a bunch of incoherent spices. Boring.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
This tastes exactly like it would taste if an ale had cinnamon and some other spices thrown into it. There is just no jiving together of this stuff, it’s way out of balance. Certainly a poor attempt at a Christmas ale, but then again, we did manage to finish the bottle!
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bomber. Dark amber, moderate head. Aroma is certainly bland, of stale cardboard malts and supermarket gingerbread. The spices are not expressed well, and are barely there at all. A thin stream of generic cakey malts and light, low-grade brown sugar are the only things I taste here. Dreadfully boring.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Thanks DougTicket for the bottle. Poured a dark amber with minimal white head. The aroma was very weak to me and I had a hard time picking out much. There was a touch of gingery spice. The taste was full of spices with a solid malt base. I get a good dose of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. I found the spice a little overpowering by the end of the bottle. Mouthfeel was smooth and quite highly carbonated. Decent christmas beer but too heavy on the spices for my regular enjoyment.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
OK Xmas beer. Sweet, possibly too sweet. Spicy, but not overspiced. Malts are toasty, with sugary notes of honey, nuts and caramel. Hops are subdued, with very subtle hints of grass and flowers. Cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg are noticeable, but they’re not necessarily excessive, as mentioned. Alcohol level is low, especially for your typical Xmas beer. Overall, it’s a pleasant and relatively easy-to-drink beer suited for the holidays.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Spicy aroma. Sweet spicy flavour, too, similar to a pumpkin ale. Cinnamon, finger. Too much sugar and spice here.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off-white ehad.
Fruity aroma of caramel with notes of spices and cocoa powder.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and spices with notes of hops.
Spicy finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 fl zoz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and slight spiced to dry malty. Spiced, cinnamon, cardemomme and herbal. Nutmeg?. Dry and malty flavoured. Slight bitter and dry spiced finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear amber with a smallish off-white head. Sweet, spicy gingerbread aroma. Fairly light body, sweet and spicy, lots of cinnamon here, doughy. Hardly any hops. 080411
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