3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours hazy amber with small quick dissipating head. Tastes of ginger, plums, figs, cherry, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Belgian yeast and slight booze taste. Nice holiday beer
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
11.2oz bottle poured into a tulip.
Pours a deep dark reddish brown with a small fizzy head. Decent lacing though.
Smells of cherries and dark frutis; figs and plums. A very faint chocolate note as well.
The taste has underlying notes of chocolate with cherries and dark fruit being most prominent. The finish brings out almost a woodiness that is hard to describe. Finished pretty clean with the alcohol well-hidden and barely detectable.
Overall a pretty respectable brew and one that is good for cold winter nights.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours with a hazy brown body and a small off-white head. Aromas are spicy, phenols, medium esters, 4VG (clove), cardamom, medium malt, light oxidation. Seems slightly spicier than just yeast based phenols. Flavors are bready, malty, spicy and a bit boozy. Cinnamon and brown sugar. Light oiliness on the palate which suggests additional spicing to me (who knows). Lively bubbles, probably last years batch (feels like there is a bit of mileage on this beer).
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33cl bottle. Murky deep brown color with a small head. Boozy mint aroma, almost like peppermint schnapps, but the flavor has decidedly more chocolate and less spice. Boozy and moderately sweet up front with a distinct coffee and dried fruit finish. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Overal like a mint-chocolate shake or something. Interesting but I’m not a huge fan.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml bottle poured a clear reddish amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of yeast, cinnamon, cookie, nutmeg and fruittiness. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of cookie, yeast, nutmeg, cinnamon and light fruittiness with a crisp lingering spiced finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Unclear copper colour with a nice off-white head. Aroma and flavour of spice, fruit, caramel, malt and hops.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
330 ml bottle (bb 09/2013) from a Belgian Christmas Sampler Pack at Bevmo Salinas. Nose is caramel, cloves, yeast, and a hint of red wine. Very lightly hazy copper with a medium beige head. Flavor is a bit vegetal, with bitter, and caramel notes. Not a great BSA!
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear copper of colour with a beige head. An aroma of caramel, sweets and liqurice. A flavor of caramel, malt and bread.
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