 TheBeerOrg (1371), Kentucky, USA
Dec 8, 2007 Pours orangish amber with a fully receding tan head. Aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Tastes of toffee, apple, spice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mouthfeel is full bodied with moderate carbonation. A pretty enjoyable spiced winter ale.
Optigon (535), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Jan 27, 2007 Pours dark amber with little head. Rather malty with a slight alcoholic quality. Flavors of maple, cinnamon, and orange come forward. Rather like a malty belgian.
wheninhell (476), louisville, Kentucky, USA
Jan 9, 2007 on tap at richo’s saturnalia 2006. dark copper with an off white head. molasses caramel and cinnamon. flavor sweet molasses caramel and spicy cinnamon. medium body. overall good but fairly standard spiced holiday beer.
Brigadier (833), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
Dec 27, 2006 On tap at Sportsline Pizza
It looks like noone has rated this yet, so I get to add the first rating. This was an interesting and fun beer described as a ’winter warmer’. With everything else on tap, it was hard to make a choice but I eventually settled on this to start. It was worth it - I was tempted to get a growler fill if they would have been open on the trip home.
Aroma / Appearance - Scents of watermelon, candy sugar, sweet malts, peaches and caramel formed an inviting and unusual nose. When held up to the (dim) light, it seemed to a deep brown roughly the color of a chocolate bar. A light white head graced the top giving it a nice appearance.
Flavor / Palate - Peaches, caramel and candy sugar created a sweet first impression. After that came a chocolate malty taste. The finish was only slightly bitter. Overall, this was extremely drinkable and definitely something to consider on a cold winter day. If it is still on tap when you visit (and you can get past the insane list of guest taps and bottles), give it a try.
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