BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Dec 27, 2007 Dark with minimal head. Aroma was light spice. Quite a lot of abv and not much flavour on this one. Some noticeable spice but otherwise thinner. CapFlu (3340), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Dec 25, 2007 (Draught) Sampled at Dix X-mas Xtreme Caskival 2007. Pours near headless body. Strong English hard candy aroma. Sweet with a very vanilla and strange spiced finish. Caramel stands out at the end. Sham (1846), Seattle, Washington, USA Dec 18, 2007 Brown with mahogany edges and a light head. Roast malts and lots of allspice in the nose. The allspice completely destroys anything else in this beer. Oakes (6979), Miami Beach, Florida, USA Dec 16, 2007 Dark brown, no head. Aroma is a mixture of vanilla and allspice with the beer aspect subsumed. The vanilla/booze note rather muddies the stout on the palate...and the stout may be getting a little long in the tooth at this point anyway.
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