3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Big aroma of sherry and spices, christmas pudding’s abound with a sweet note of marzipan. Vibrant ruby in colour. Taste continues in the same vien with a strong alcoholic heat with dark fruits and spice. One to savour on a cold night.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 50 cl Westholme Stores, shared with Mats. Pours clear red amber with a nice beige head leaving lace. Aroma is malty sweet fruity caramel and a bit dry as well. Flavor is alcohol malty fruity phenolic caramel sweet and bitter, very nice. Finishes bitter malty and fruity.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown and malty with a small head. Low carbonation and quite sherry like.Full bodied and a bit overpowering. Pleasant but needs to be drunk slowly.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A clear red/brown colored beer, with a light beige head. The aroma of red fruits like berries, with sweet malts. The taste is bitter sweet, fruity with some alcohol. The aftertaste is bittersweet and some spicy.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at home. Dark ruby brown pour, medium white head fades with good lacing. Big marzipan, fruitcake, spices on the nose. Similar flavours, some golden syrup sweetness, good peppery bitterness on the finish. Very nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Dark red with thin white head, diminishes quickly. Sweet banana nose, ginger, cloves. Unavoidably Christmassy flavour, marzipan present as well. Really very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home ... with my home made Christmas cake ... copper ... thin tan lacing ..sweet plums ... deep figs ... sweet malt nose ... big sweet juicy malts ... very figgy ... quite oily ... juicy malts ... light pine hop ... big marmalade ... It does indeed go with my cake ...
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle for chrimbo.
"like Christmas cake in a glass"
no head. deep dark ruby brown. oily mouth feel. loads of dark fruit flavours and a clove hint. sweet finish, almost no bitterness, big alcohol hit.
definitely one to take your time over.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK via The Dram Shop. Hazy dark apricot-brown colour. Very little head. Raisin, prune, brown sugar and faint clove aroma. Sweet, syrupy with an immediate pepper hit that continues through the long, sweet, alcohol, banana and oak infused finish. Further through the glass more fuggles hops come through brightening the overall experience. Quite nice, perhaps slightly more interesting with a bit of aging.
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