 DougShoemaker (2552), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 6, 2008 Aroma is malt and treacle, hazy copper, tiny white head. Lovely malt taste,spicy, pit fruiot. Medium bodied, very well balanced, blessed mouth feel, great for the winter season. Terrific!
MrManning (1403), London, Ontario, Canada
Jan 17, 2008 Sampled both at the brewery, and from growler. Pours a transparent orange/amber liquid, topped with frothy, slightly off white foam. Again, nice head retention and lacing, as is a constant with this brewer. Nosing it, there is a huge blast of nutmeg, cinnamon, rose petal, Christmas cake, floral and honey notes. Good sweet caramel malt up front, excellent balance of nutmeg, cinnamon, floral spices, ginger, with a superb addition of equalizing hops to finish it off. This is really excellent craftsmanship. The somewhat higher alcohol content doesn’t even seem to be there. Excellent.
mabel (1246), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jan 12, 2008 [948-20071210] Tap @ Victory Cafe (Toronto, ON). Nutmeg floral yeast aroma with cookies and allspice. Clear, orange brown body with a long-lasting creamy white head. More nutmeg cookies in the flavour with a bit of grainy oatmeal. Medium body has a fairly gravelly feel. Great balance, nice spices.
mds (2111), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jan 4, 2008 Draught. Clear golden-orange with a white creamy head. Aroma has some pleasant sweet spices including some cinnamon and caramel notes. Very well balanced flavour - plenty of spices, marked bitterness, and dark toasty bread. I like this stuff.
Tasted at Volo sometime in November/December 2007.
Tessic (355), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Dec 31, 2007 This spiced ale poured a golden yellow colour with a nice big white foamy head. To the nose there are scents of alsice, yeast, gum, and hopps. First taste is smooth and flavourful. Flavours of Juicy Fruit gm, allspice, hopps and pumpkin. palate is slightly bitter with hopp flavour lingering.
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