3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Travlr (5390) - Washington, USA - DEC 18, 2011
Draft. Murky, muddy brown, bright white edge head. Aroma of spiced butterscotch, sour citrus. Taste is sweet and sour caramel. Decent.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Wim (1975) - Weelde, BELGIUM - JAN 2, 2012
@ kerstbierfestival essen dark brown coloured body with a off white head a spicy herby malty aroma a spicy herby malty fruity bitter taste with a alcholic bitter finish
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Yves (1615) - Turnhout, BELGIUM - DEC 26, 2011
@ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011. Hazy dark amber coloured beer with small white head and only few carbonation. Malty fruity aroma with some roasted hints. Medium palate. Finish is herby ending slightly roasted.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Bart (2513) - Brussels, BELGIUM - DEC 23, 2011
Draft@ Essen Kerstbierfestival 2011. Brown coloured beer with some average carbonation and a small white head. Malty light fruity and grainy touched aroma. Medium to full palate. Finish is sweet grainy with a malty sweet hinted touch. Medium.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Benzai (2711) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - DEC 20, 2011
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011. Hazy red-brown color, small off-white head. Don’t smell much, just some malts. Taste malts, slightly sweet, earth. Decent carbonation, decent body.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 tderoeck (1595) - Gent, BELGIUM - DEC 20, 2011
17/12/2011 on tap @ Kerstbierfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2011-714)
Bells are very slowly coming up in the glass, like a nitro draught stout. Pretty cloudy purple brown beer, small white head, more like just a couple of bubbles. Unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: dusty, wood, bit of raisins. MF: very little carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, strawberries, some sour citrus notes, bitter hops. Aftertaste: very dry, bitter ending. Very English feel to it.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 sebletitje (4394) - Enghien, BELGIUM - DEC 18, 2011
15cl draft sample @ Kerstbierfestival ’11, Essen.
Cuivrée, col fin beige.
Arôme de fruits noirs, levure belge typique, pomme caramel.
En bouche, fruits noirs, malt caramel, carbonnation moyenne faible. Profile malt est présent mais léger pour une bière à 9% tout en restant bien belge sans vraiment apporter qcq chose de nouveau.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 fonefan (24927) - VestJylland, DENMARK - FEB 25, 2010
Draught @ 15e Kerstbierfestival 2009, Essen, Belgium. Clear medium brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic - galvanized pipe. [20091212]
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 goozen (1884) - Leiden, NETHERLANDS - DEC 23, 2009
Kerstbierfestival, Essen tap: Dark brown coloured ale brewed for the wintertime. Its gots some fin spicy and hoppy taste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Ober (2260) - Bommelerwaard, NETHERLANDS - DEC 21, 2009
@ Kerstbierfestival Essen (B). A clear brown colored beer, with light beige head. The aroma is a little sweet with fruits. There is bitter and yeast. The taste is some sweet with bitter and fruity. A litlle thin, despite of
the 9 % abv. The aftertaste is some bitter with sweet.
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