3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours hazzlenut brown, golden and clear with a lacing white head. Spiced aroma. Flavour has a mild caramel malt base with little sweetness. On top is a herbal towards spiced mix. Lingering cloves and ginger notes in the flavour. Finish is mildly spiced. Strange, the waitor gave me this and told me this is the most difficult beer, but it holds nothing against some of the Danish heavy spiced X-max beers. Nice though.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, 33cl. @ home (tasted for the second time)
Dark amber color, with a thin lasting head. Aroma caramel and spices. Medium body. Taste malts, toffee,
and much spices.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Botled@Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is alcohol, cloves and some mild alcohol. Flavour is spices (cloves and cinnamon) along with some caramel malts and mild notes of alcohol.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From bottle at 13e Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Cloudy, ruddy brown with a warm white-coloured head. Spices galore-supposedly from 30 different spices-coming out peppery. sweet flavours with spices overdose. A bit flat. Overspiced, yes. Too sweet, probably. But still it works as a Christmas treat.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 23, 2010 (Bottled, BBE 05/2012, moderate gusher) Quite clear, deep amber with floating particles and a small, firm head. Aroma of caramely malt and cinnamony Xmas spices. Flavor of caramel, slightly sour malt, some dried fruit, touch of spices. Medium body, slightly fizzy carbonation. Cleaner than last time around. Easy, but still not interesting.
(Bottled@Kerstbierfestival 2007, Essen, was 6-3-6-3-12=3.0) Dark amber with a small, partly lasting head. Toffee in the aroma with diacetyl hints. Grainy toffee maltiness and some glue in the flavor, but not much else. Medium-bodied, medium-carbonated palate. Not very clean or interesting.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle Kerstbierfestival 2007: Poured a copper amber with an off white head. Aroma is spicy and sugary. The taste is caramel and malt. There some strange spice mixes going on.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 10, 2008 A christmas beer on bottle wich is very spicy and has a little sweet taste. I read once mentioning it has 21 different spices in it.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. 2005 bottels. Dark amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma is herbes (30 different herbs !) timirian. Flavor is short moderate sweet and bitter, sour with some herbal and yeast notes. Not my kind of christmas beer !
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 12, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Gaverhopke’s christmas-beer is quite dark with a slightly red tone. A bit hazy with a light brownish head. Has the Gaverhopke sour character, which is here suppressed by all the Christmas spices. I think it’s cardamom, that I sense. Which is quite unusual. Could bring reminders of the Swedish "Jule Mumma" (shiver....) 140804
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle conditioned, at Essen Kerstbierfestival 2004. Hazy brown, no head and low condition. Low spicy nose with hints of cinnamon, cloves and some citrus. Sweet and soft in the mouth with more christmas spices apparent. Short and gentle sweetness in the finish.
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