Géants Christmas Goliath (8%)

Brewed by Brasserie des Géants (Brasserie des Légendes)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Irchonwelz, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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75cl, new brew Anno 2008, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex X-Mas brew, balanced, hazy, rocky head, good brew, probably the same brew as Noël des Géants

Bottle. Hazy brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of cinnamon, clove. Taste is sweet raw brown bread, raisins, light spice. Not bad.

Bottle @ Home. Pours dark brown with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel. spices. Taste is malt, caramel, fruit, spicy. Medium body, lively carbonation. 060212

Clear dark orange with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and spicy - cardamom. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 150112

75cl bottle. Poured amber color with a lasting white head. Aroma is xmasy spicy, cinnamon and cardamom? and yeast. Flavor goes well in line with the aroma. Nicely balanced, spicy christmas brew. Quite sweet though.

Bottle. Dark with a small head.Sweetness dominates with an overall warm taste.No carbonation and very easy to drink considering its relatively high strength.

Bottle. Light amber, hazy, small to average and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate, malty and caramel sweetish aroma, light fruitiness and some spiciness (cinnamon), faint yeast. Body is medium, malty and sweetish flavor, light fruitiness, some caramel and spiciness. Finish is average, malty and sweetish, light fruitiness and some spiciness, alcohol. Somehow forcibly made Xmas brew.

Bottled 330ml (BZ, BB 09/2014)
Hazy reddish color, small steady beige head. Aroma of blueberries and Christmasy spices (clove, cinnamon). Medium-bodied. Sweetish yeasty and berryish flavor with cinnamon, ginger and clove spiceyness. A bit alcoholic. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste, otherwise a bit empty finish.

From a Magnum (1.5L Beatifull large round botle) expired a year ago. Pours a hazy amber brown color with a nice thick beige head. Aromas of malts and liquorice, pines and spices. Flavors of caramel malts, pines, ginger bread and spices. Nice sparkling and crispy texture, Flavors of dominant ginger bread and xmas spices notes. Very pleasant and very Xmassy, wonderfull tastes.

Botte: Small off white head which change quick into an off white lacing, on top of a deep hazy dark ruby colored beer. Smell 7up, lots of lemon, light spicy like anise, soapy/chloric/light sweet toasted malts. Doesn’t smell atractive... Taste fruit, lemon, spices, anise, sweet, medium bitter, herbs, barley malts. Not too well balanced and actually kind of nasty ingredients like the spices, lemon fruit and malty bitterness. Malty herby light spicy aftertaste. Low to lightly medium carbo, soft mouthfeel, medium bodied and a light creamy texture. This is nasty! A pity! Unbalanced and an unfortunate drainpour.

orange, red, hazy, caramel, citrus, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, medium body, lively,