2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle (300ml). Shared with blankboy and biegaman via trade with gloublouburp. Best before NovemClear deep amber, off-white head. Light matly aroma, slightly herbal. Pungent, sweaty taste, iron, minerally, honey and paper - not great. Light, minerally mouthfeel - sort of harsh, not something I’d want again.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: NOV 17, 2008 Bottled at Kerstbierfestival 2007. A hazy amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and fruit as well as lighter notes of spices. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of spices and fruit, leading to a dry spicy finish. The body is thin, and the beer is a bit boring.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle bbe 04/2006) Dark reddish brown, small off-white head. Nose is sweet syrupy malts, spices and strong sweet pear. Flavor is sweet malts, spices and pear. Rye puddingy finish with some warming alcohol, hops and liquorice. It’s got something going on, but not for me. That sweet pear gives me goosebumps.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A Sim rate (bottle at Kerstbierfestival, Essen): So sweet: honey, syrup, Christmas pudding. So rich. It’s the brandy baked inside rather than the actual cake. Glorious lacing. Lasting head. Rich plum flavour. Christmas pudding. Brandy and sweet honey.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
75 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours hazy copper orange/brown with a lacing off-white head. Raisin fruity aroma, sweet and somewhat malty. Flavour is dry malty with a slight spice note and some fruity tones without being sweet. Ends with a slight bitter-spiced note, mild caramel and slight hoppy soapy finish . Nice and not overly done X-mas brew, but clearly lacks some body to be great.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
From bottle at 13e Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Orangey amber, hardly any head. Cinnamon aroma. Sweet malts, some licorice, dry spices. Sweet, but good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle Kerstbierfestival 2007: The apperance from pour is a copper with off white head. Aroma is sweet fruit and spice with a warm alcohol scent. The taste follows up sweet with fruit and spice, nice soft alcohol finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours an amber color with rusty hues and a small, offwhite head. The aroma has a candy sweetness with fruits and mild alcohol, it feels a bit tame and bland. The flavor has more kick though, the candy sweetness and the fruits mingle happily while the alcohol is alone, mumbling by himself and the spices wonder if they should enter the party. The body is light to medium with a liquorous texture and moderate carbonation. It’s not a bad beer, far from that, it just needs a little something to be more interesting.
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