3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle, 7.5% ABV, bought at a reduced price at Ølbutikken, Cph in May 2010. Properly stored and matured in my cellar. Nice bottle design, as always, of reindeer and Santa. Deep, mahogany coloured body topped by a fawn-coloured head. Lacking lacework. Malt-fruity aroma with emphasis on the fruity part. Dried and ripe fruits in flavour with caramel malts beneath, lightly spiced. Citrus hoppy ending. Soft in the mouth. Well balanced, warming and refreshing (Tromsø, 27.12.2011).
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Ølfestival, Esbjerg, 2009.
Pours muddy dark brown with a small, staying, beige head. Aroma has coriander, cloves, anise, liqourice, caramel and light berries. Soft carbonation, nice dry mouthfeel. Flavour has oats at first, caramel, spiciness. Cloves, coriander, anise. Long, lingering, spicy and bitter aftertaste with a hint of smoke. Okay.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Esbjerg Festival, 2009. Pours dark unclear amber with a small creamy white head. Christmas spices and berries. Ashy and yeasty. Medium bodied. Warmth. OK
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear dark amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, giner, licorice - anis, smoke notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, with a chilli - peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20091022]
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
6 curious smokey aroma, a touch dusty and cocoa powdery, quite complex.
4 Very deep red, small beige head
7 Rich roast, full and tingly.
4 smooth palate. noble hop finnish.
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Botle. Dates, raisins, nuts and hops in aroma. Redbrown colour with light brown head. Spicy flavour with a rather bitter finish mixed with liquorice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Amber with a small off-white head. Aroma dominated by anise, with other spices in the background. Dry and fruity flavour with spices, and a mild smoky touch in the finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear, dark red with a smallish, firm and beige head. Lots of Xmas spices in the nose, with dark fruit, berries, and roasted malt. Flavor is strongly smoky, anise-spicy, slightly burned-ashy, sweetish and berryish. Flavor is quite different from the aroma. Indeed a different Xmas brew, but quite good in its own way. The burned smokiness was a bit too much for me, though.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Bryghuset No5.
Redorange. Aroma moderate to heavy malty (caramel, spicy), moderate hoppy. Flavor moderate to heavy sweet, moderate bitter, to spicy. Medium to full body.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 50 cl. Hazy dark reddish amber with a small, off-white head. Nose is rich with sweet spices. Quite full-bodied, spicy ginger - perhaps even a whiff of chili? Caramel and fruits. Very subdued bitterness. 221009
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