The aroma is lovely; sweet with notes of caramel, cloves, and bread. The color is a deep red and it has a small though disappearing beige head. The flavor is sweet too with notes of caramel, yeast, roasted bread, and alcohol running over the tongue. The end is slightly bitter.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden amber to brown with no head. Smooth and fruity hoppy aroma with a sweet caramel malt and breadish base. Flavour follows this closely and is rather sweet. Nicely spiced and lingering breadish sweet into the finish. Full bodied.

Bottled. Black/dark amber colour, mediumsized bubbly head. Plum, malt and hops in aroma along with raisins. Sweet plummy flavour. Very Christmassy feeling over it. A bit bitterness in finish.

<b>Name:</b> Harvey’s Christmas Ale<br /> <b>Date:</b> 03/11/2004<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Bottle<br /> <b>Source:</b> Whole Foods Market, DC<br /> <br /> black with ruby highlights, pours like oil, almost headless, sweet aroma of rich plums, rich dark malt flavor, lots of fruity character, no real alcohol presence, light bitter finish<br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 7/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 8/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 7/10; <b>Palate:</b> 5/10; <b>Overall:</b> 16/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3.7/5.0<br /><b>Score:</b> **4<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <i>The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.</i><br />

Muddy brown body with no head. Aroma is sweet plum/raisin, caramel, wood, and sherry. Taste is very sweet and malty, some dark fruitiness, wood, and light sherry/wine. Body is syrupy and minimally carbonated.