3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at Kerstbierfestival Essen, Belgium, 2010. Hazy dark amber / red color, off-white head. Smell malts, some spices and caramel. Taste malts, sweet, bitter, slightly some spices. Body medium, carbo low to medium.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at Fairbar. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Very spicey. Moderate bitter flavor. Dry and cinnamon notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap @ Fairbar. Pours murky dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malt, fruit, caramel, xmas spices, light hops. Taste is malt, caramel, fruit, raisins, plums, some cinnamon and other spices. Medium body, soft carbonation. To me the flavors from the "juleøl" dominates over the IPA, still pretty good. 071110
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught - offered generously by fonefan, thanks - at the 16th Kerstbierfestival) The beer poured amber and cloudy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had hops, malts and berries. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, fruitiness, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. Refreshing one.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught @ The 16th Kerstbierfestival 2010, Heuvelhal, Kapelstraat 7, B-2910 Essen, Belgium.
Unclear medium amber red color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramle, malty, spicy, moderate hoppy, overriped fruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, malt, fruity, peppery spicy finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101218]
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
@ kerstbierfestival
head: beige, creamy
colour: red/amber
smell: bitter, spices, malts(heavy) , bitter , yeast
taste: malts, flat, semi-sweet, dry, pilsner hops, dry palate
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught Small beige head over hazy, light red-amber beer. Wood, rosewater, cacaopowder, alcohol. Jumble of rather conflicting aromas, nose is unbalanced. More rosewater, canned lytchee juice, or other diluted exotic fruit syrup. Too slanted towards the rosewater. Very thick, full-bodied, very slick and some alcoholwarming, making it seem more than its 7% ABV. Unidimensional - what hops give only fruity esters and no bitterness whatsoever?
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap @ FairBar. Hazy amber/brown with small off-white head. Flavour is malt, sweet, caramel, fruit, spices from "Juleøl" and Hops aroma and bitterness from "Cascade IPA".
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