4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Brown, hazy, with red notes.
Malty aroma with notes of barnyard, sweet fruit, citrus and spicy hops.
Citrus flavour with notes of american hops, vanilla and cinnamon rolls.
Round with some kick in the finish and some acidity.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Söderbärke Mikroölfestival. Ruby colour, small head. Spicy nose with notes lavender and juniper berries (even if these are not the spices added), as well as grassy hops. Medium bodied with clean rounded mouthfeel. Complex and intriguing flavour from the mix of spices, hops and caramelly malt. Rather light for a Christmas ale, but who cares with all these flavours?
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Draught]
Cloudy orange colour. Not the biggest head. Rich fruity aroma with tidbits and red apple. Bit spicy. Rounded, almost oily mouthfeel and very British. Berries and licorice was what I detected in this orgy of hard-to-track flavours. Pale spicy. Very flavourful with perfect balance in bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught@Pikkulintu) Slightly hazy,dark ruby red with a small, but lasting and lacy head. Toffee-malty, christmas-spicy and flowery-hoppy, balanced and tempting aroma. Woody-hoppy, toffee-malty, dryish flavor with a strong, anise-licoricey finish. Medium-bodied, slicky palate with quite low carbonation. A very nice and balanced, christmasy, but not spicewise overdone brew.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy dark amber, with a medium head. Hoppy, spicy aroma. Some hints of liquorice. Flavour is spicy as well. Decent bitterness. Really dry. Long finish.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at the Rover in Göteborg with Gnoff. Malty caramel and chocolate aroma. Very good, taste sweet and a bit salty as well! For the christmas beer style: it sets an example.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Bishop’s Arms, Malmö
Cloudy dark amber color. Very nice aroma, malt, but most of all hops (earthy, English). Good body, where the caramel preveals, on some malt, roasted malt and hop. Final bitterness, equally from the roasted malt and the hop.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Glenfiddich Warehouse, Stockholm. Amber color, great creamy offwhite head. Fruity, hoppy aroma with some licorice. Fruity, hoppy flavor, licorice and some viol in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ Bishop’s Arms, Malmö. Pours a slightly hazy dark reddish colour with an off-white head. Hoppy spicy malty aroma. Sweet malty piny hoppy flavor. Dry hoppy finish with a long bitter aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught@Pikkulintu (way back in 2006). Hazy deep ambery brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops along with some spicyness. Flavour is spices, hops and some sweet malts. Balanced and quite pleasant beer, that probably suits the X-mas table.
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