3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Unclear amber red, creamy off white head settles and lasts. Grassy citrus hop aroma. Bitter floral hoppy taste, subdued sweet malt background. Average carbonation, light - medium bodied, moderately hopped. Thin dry bitter finish. Not a typical X-mas offering, but still good. NFL (Not For Lagerboys)
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Wegman’s Wilkes-Barre. Pours amber with a small white head and a hint of citrus on the nose. The taste has bitterness and the occasional note of spruce but it’s not very balanced. Finishes clean. Not my fave argue beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Part of a few Christmas ales I lined up last year.
Pours with minute carbonation fuelling a well retained, rocky beige crown. Settles a tawny red and hazed over by a quickly vaporising yeast pad. It boasts a sweet, molten toffee, buttery diacetyl tinged nose with hints of dried apricots, oak, kelp and salted peanuts, and just a flickering of the US hops. Woody, dry and earthy with an impressive bitterness it is on the palate. Quite herbal but tainted by dried, mown grass notes. Diacetyl and yeasty, bready notes with an adventurous amount of nutty toasted malt fill it out, but it seems watered down. Arguably easy drinking, but disappointing overall and the beer was a fresh release. (65cL, 5.7% ABV, no date stamp, Mane Liquor, Belmont)
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 29, 2012 650ml bottle from Bierkompass
Pours dark reddish with a foamy head. Aroma of caramel malts and some grassy and fruity hops. Taste of caramel malts, some harsh bitterness and grassy hops. Rough and dry finish has hints of fruitness. A bit unbalanced.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 27, 2012 12 oz bottle. Deep amber color with a good white head. Sweet and bitter at the same time. Not sure if it should be a Winter ale but it’s still good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Santa’s private reseve pours reddish brown with off-white head. This beer has aromatic hops and quite a lot of malt.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours an amber color with an off white foamy head. Tastes and smells buttery. Wonder if that is what it is supposed to taste like. Not sure i like it.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
If I thought that I could obtain this beer at the price I paid for it on a regular basis I might have rated it slightly higher....? But only slightly, mind you - I am trying my hardest to be as objective as possible with my reviews. Anyway, the many ingredients that go into this beer have been combined together to generate a very pleasant mixture of sensations. An interesting amber ale.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Deep, rich amber color. Pleasant aroma. Really nice balance of bitterness and the malts. A bit on the dry side but goes down easy. Very, very flavor beer.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 21, 2012 Right off the bat I noticed that this had a bother malty aspect to it. I thought the bitterness was well balanced and did not overwhelm other nuances within the beer. It had an evergreen like quality to it that was enjoyable. I would describe it as a sappy like hint that was pervasive in the finish. I appreciated the dryness of this beer.
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