Géants Noël des Géants

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a large, frothy off-white head. Lacing is strong. Aromas of ginger, hay, and a bit of port. Palate is medium body, clean texture with a slick finish, fizzy carbonation, and a moderate finish. Tastes of banana, raisin, and ginger. Pretty good Christmas beer.

A pretty decent Christmas beer. The color is brown and hazy, with small floating sediment in there as well. The aroma has subtle hints of grains and barley. The taste is somewhat sweet, but refreshing.

Hazy copper orange color/ tan head. Sourdough bread, peppercorn clove sweet n’ dry aromas. Frothy light mouthfeel. Decent, if thin flavors of citrus fruit, sweet apple, earthy yeast.

Bottle courtesy of Greg Engert at Churchkey. Chestnut/amber color with a large white head, long-lasting, with great lacing. Subtle aroma of spice, maybe cinnamon and nutmeg. Flavor begins with light mixed winter spice, then grass, then malt, then pumpernickel bread, and finishes with a faint bitter edge. Nicely complex. Great body. My second favorite Christmas beer of the 2009 season so far, very nice indeed.

Not bad. Nothing too dramatic. Poured with a nice large off white to light tan head that lasts a a while and great lace. Color is a slightly hazy copper. Aroma is a little malty and caramel, a hint of fruit and yeast. Flavor is mild - mostly caramel and malt with a hint of perfume. Body is nice and so is carbonation . Definite alcohol in the finish. Decent beer in a general sort of way.

The aroma is sweet and malty with caramel, yeast, fruit (banana), spice, and bread. The appearance is hazy brown with a large head. The flavor is like the aroma with a sweet yet lightly peppery finish. The palate is average. Overall this a nice beer even if it’s not a great beer, and it’s an interesting seasonal.

Sampled on 12/9/2009. This Belgian Strong Ale pours a medium orange brown color from a 33cl bottle. Medium sized white foamy head with nice lacing. The aroma is fruity, sweet, yeasty and spicy. A medium bodied Belgian Strong Ale. The malts are caramel, brown sugar, molasses and sweet. The hops are herbal. Spicy and estery. Lively carbonation. Interesting beer. Hides the alcohol well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter and spicy.

Dark amber with an off white head. Aroma holds notes of caramel, some fruity easters and spices. Flavor is a little sugery sweet with some nice sweet fruity notes and a well balanced amount of warming alchohol. It great, just abit simple

UPDATED: DEC 9, 2009 11 and 1/5 ounce bottle. Pours a deep ruby with a large tan head which quickly collapses into itself. Aroma is mostly of dark malt, brown sugar, maple syrup. Weaker aroma, but what is there is nice. Complex flavor; thick dark malt, maple syrup again, medium hop presence, molasses. More complex than expected. Elegant, gooey mouthfeel, medium carbonation. I’d never heard of this one until I spotted it on the shelf at Total Wine & More, Roseville, but I’m very glad I picked it up! Choice Noel! Overall, excellent, and underrated in my opinion.

Bottle. Pours a murky brune sludgy body with a tan head. Incense, ginger root, light dirt and earth foliage aroma, that’s subdued and almost drying. Lighter malt bill but well disguised due to the domineering nature of the spices. Sharp alive carbonation that prickles at your palate with a cinnamon, ginger, vanilla tone. To be straight forward the spices dominate this beer, so as long as you enjoy that, this should be quite warming on a winter eve.