Kerst Pater Special Christmas

Brewed by Van Den Bossche
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
St. Lievens-Esse/Herzele, Belgium

Bottle. Dark reddish brown body with a lasting off white head. Sweet sugary aroma with some spices and dark fruit. Flavour is malty, spicy and sweet sugary. Dark fruits and caramel in aftertaste.

330ml Bottle at Le Trappiste, Altrincham 10/01/2008 Fruit and some chocolate aroma. Small beige head. Dark red coloured fruity and strong in alcohol. Initially a little bitterness and richness leading to a warming sweet chocolaty malt finish.

Bottle. Dark red colour with a nice beige head. Aroma and flavour of caramel, fruit, malt, hops and spice.

Bottle found in the deep recesses of my beer fridge. Pours a dark brown with large tan head. Aroma is fruity and a bit spicy with some alcohol. Flavor is fruity and sweet. Alcohol is noticeable but not in a bad way. Spicy and carbonated finish. Just ok.

8/4/6/2/13 Black and shiny with a tall, tan head. Rich dark malt aroma, sweet, with caramel, spices, raisins, cookies, and sesame oil. Sweet, spicy flavor, rich and fruity with dark fruits (cherry and raisins) and licorice, but a bit simple. Yeasty, slightly hopped finish. Thin, slightly fizzy body. Decent and enjoyable but not too special.

A dark Christmas beer, from a 75cl bottle, dark coloured. The smell is similar to the taste: alcohol and above all: sugar. Beer diluted with much sugar, too much sugar, nice to smell, not that pleasurable to drink. And for the rest: alcohol, to make it a strong, but very boring and monotone Christmas beer. Nothing special.

75 cl bottle@poatersgat Brugge, Dark red colour and brown head, Smell: alcohol and candy sugar. Taste: The only thing I taste is Sugar, Sugar and Sugar + alcohol. I don’t understand the high ratings. Maybe I had a bad bottle? No complexity at all, very boring beer.