3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear amber color with a foamy beige head that left sheets of lacing on the glass. White bread and hair spray nose. Sweet fruity flavors with some apple and strawberry under some bready malts and corn flakes. Alcohol evaporation in the finish. Okay but not that interesting.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draft at whole foods. Pours a clear amber with an off white head. Light malt aroma. Hints of caramel. Bitter finish.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours caramel with a medium yellowish beige head. Smells like caramel and earthy hops. Taste is malty sweet with an earthy bitterness on the back end. Medium-bodied with a smooth texture and average mouth-carbonation, Southern Tier Krampus finishes with a solid earthy
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle from ABC Liquors. Pours a hazy orange-copper with an off-white head. Nose is caramel, lager, big pine, and some grassy hops. Flavor follows with a bit of pine, some light citrus, lager yeast, and some caramel. Syrupy in body like a double helles, but hopped like an IPA. Interesting beer. Definitely drinkable, but at 9% not a lot.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
It poured a deep golden color with a white head. The aroma was of grain, lemon and bread. The taste was of baked bread, caramel malts, with a nice citrusy and spicy hop character. Very good.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Typical extra hoppy beer. But this one has the extra kick of 9% abv. Pretty good stuff.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz bottle. Pours a hazy amber. Quickly dissipating off-white head leaving an oily, soapy residue. Nice lacing. Aroma of citrus and pine hops and bread malts. Very sticky and oily on the palate. Nice carbonation. Taste loads of citrus and pine hops with a nice malty backbone. Bread malts and some spice. Bittersweet lingering finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured from a 22 ounce bottle. Pours an amber color with a white head of foam that dissipates down to a thin layer. The aroma is hop forward smelling of resin and spruce. Not much of a malt impression. Taste is grainy and bitter. Dry finish. Not a ton going on here, but good enough to drink.
2.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bomber. Pours a nice copper color with dense slightly off-white head. Color is appropriate because it smells kinda like pennies, with some malt and yeast. Good lacing and excellent retention I should add. Mouth is malty, some grapefruit, cereal/grainy back-end, a lot of bitterness throughout. Not very complex, and definitely not what I think of when I drink a ’holiday’ beer... But there is a cartoon devil - thing on the bottle... and I’m not Bavarian, so maybe I’m just getting the evil Christmas spirits idea altogether. Either way, it’s an average brew at best.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours an orange red with an off white head that dissipates quick leaving some lacing.
Smell is dominated by hops. Some spices behind it. Not bad.
Taste is average. Warm sips, medium heavy on bitter hops that sweeten up on the back end along with the lingering spices.
Cool Christmas beer with a great name and label. I would drink again.
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