Sigtuna Holiday Booster 2009

Formerly brewed at Sigtuna Brygghus
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Arlandastad, Sweden

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled 500ml (BB 07/2010, Beer Hunters)
Dark ruby brown color, big cloudy beige head. Spicey nose, clove, cardamon, some metal and yeast. Medium to full bodied. Licorice, dark malts, brown sugar, spices (cinnamon, clove) in the flavor. Sweetish caramel in the aftertaste.

Sampled at SBWF-10 Dark brown with a small, tan head. Loads of spicie; nutmeg and clove. To much spicies for me.

SBWF 2010. Dark amber color, huge beige head. Spicy aroma, mint notes, malty, some cardamom and muscot. Malty chocolate flavor, cocoa, fruity notes, muscot and again some mint.

Bottle (Stockholm Beer Festival 2010) - Copper red with a tan head. Fruity aroma with a hint of marzipan. Tangy taste with dried fruit, malt, hops and a hint of marzipan.

Bottled@Man In The Moon, Stockholm. Deep amber colour, small brown head. Aroma is a bunch of spices with coriander being the most evident one. Also caramel malts, mild fudge as well as some mild liquorice and bananas. Flavour is fruity, liquoricy, spicy, mildly yeasty as well as a bit caramel/fudgelike notes. Very pleasant winterbeer.

Draught at Bishops Arms Sofo, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy reddish brown colour with a low firm beige foam. Spicy aroma of juniper, licorice roots and cloves with notes of yeast, fudge and toated malts. Medium to full-bodied with yeasty notes of cloves, sweet licorice, mild juniper and mild Seville oranges with roasted undertones. Rather warming finish of yeast, dough, coriander, juniper and cinnamon. Quite wierd, had more hopes for this.

(Draught at Bishops Arms SoFo, Stockholm) Poured deep reddish brown and clear with medium sized, long lasting and lightly brown coloured head. Aroma contained malts, hops and spices. Flavours were spices, malts, salty liquorice, hops, sweetness and bitternes. Aftertaste was spicy and bitter.

(Draught at Bishop’s Arms, Vasagatan, Stockholm) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, spicy, slightly roasted nose with cinnamon, juniper and clove. Malty, roasted, spicy taste with notes of dark bread, raisins, figs, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and spicy hops in the finish. More than medium body, balanced sweetness. Nice and spicy beer.