 trevor211 (500), Seattle, Washington, USA
May 2, 2008 Not quite up to the Abt. 12, but this is incredibly tasty. Pours a deep, deep brown with a huge frothy head. Warm aroma with fruit (banana), bread and candy sweetness. Flavor is caramel, brown sugar, spices, and a bit of a good banana bread. The earthy yeast flavors balance the fruits wonderfully well, creating a deep, complex and very, very good beer.
carruthm (1112), Seattle, Washington, USA
Apr 24, 2008 nose of yeasty malts and chocolate; bread-like mellows to a banana-y scent. pours a dark ruby brown. large frothy white head with little lacing that doesn’t last too long. chalky, banana, pear with some dark undertones.
MatSciGuy (629), Rosemount, Minnesota, USA
Apr 23, 2008 [bottle] Burnt caramel pour with a large tan head. Aroma of bready yeast and candi sugar. Initial flavor is tart apples, followed by the spices, caramel, and some alcohol burn. Pretty complex flavors.
OSLO (825), Perth, Australia
Apr 22, 2008 [Bottle] Pours hazy reddish-brown with a big off-white head. Aroma is very yeasty with caramel and brown sugar also in there. Taste is also big on yeast with a little banana and caramel. Medium-thick mouthfeel and smooth. A nice beer that I will have try again in a non-tasting setting.
darkninja67 (40), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Apr 21, 2008 750 ml corked and caged. Pours a dark orange red with a large, long lasting carbonated head. Aroma of brown sugar and caramel noted. Yeast taste noted with some spiciness as well. Alcohol was there but just a slight hint of it. Well balanced and smooth going down. Another great brew from the Grinning Monk.
BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
Apr 18, 2008 A solid beer. Huge christmas spices with brown sugar, caramel, and yeast. Ripe fruits, christmas spices, and belgian yeast in the body. Dark amber color with decent head.
BOLTZ7555 (1053), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Apr 9, 2008 Rust-colored pour with enormous and defiant 3-inch eggshell head. Aroma of brown sugar, toffee, and cherry blossom. Cinnamon and nutmeg come through in the flavor along with fresh baked bread and ripened Bing cherries. Well hidden alcohol...delicious!!!
rustychiles (1007), Mesa, Arizona, USA
Apr 1, 2008 Pours a rich ruby brown with 3 fingers of off white head. Aroma of spices, caramel, yeast and fruit. Flavors of fruit, spices, yeast and malt. On a lot of these christmas beers the spices are overdone, but this one is very well put together. Quite delicious stuff, one of the better seasonal belgians i’ve had. Yum!
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