3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. Brown color with a average light-brown head. Aroma is pear, licorice, spices (stjerneanis). Flavor is heavy sweet, with a long duration.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A deep red beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of berries, while the flavor is sweet malty with a light spicy touch besides the caramel.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium as #84 Postel Christmas. Pours copper and golden with a little orange lacing head. Malty and slight dried fruity aroma. Flavour starts sweet with a solid caramel malty note mixed with a slight herbal and spice note. Finish is a lingering spice note with a medium sweet spiced malt flavour.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled (as Postel Christmas, 9.0%) at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Cloudy mahogany colour, rocky head. Toasty vinous nose with figs and dark bread. Sweet and near full bodied with well rounded mouthfeel. Brown sugar on dried figs with some grassy hops atop. Light spicy bitterness with a bit of warming alcohol. A likeble, rather complex and warming beer, where my sampel alrady had matured a little.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Hazy golden colour with mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is caramel, spices with some sweet malts and rye in it too. Flavour is caramel malts, rye, fruity and slightly herbal.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle.
Clear orange coloured with an off white ehad.
Spicy aroma of liquorice and fruits.
Flavour of fruits, liquorice and spices.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
3 years old, corked bottle
Dark amber color; giant creamy head. Malty aroma, barleywine-like, with spices (white pepper) and bitter oranges. Good malt, quite sweet, with a strong liquorice character. A real Christmas beer; ends less sweet (the age…).
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured into a Postel chalice that accompanied the X-mas 4-pack. Big creamy tan head that endures, atop opaque red-brown body. Aroma is rich -- sweet, raisin, some spice/yeast and slight alcohol. Flavor is moderately sweet, raisiny, caramel. Slightly watery palate.
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