2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Poured from a 500mL bottle. Clear dark amber with minimal off-white head. Malty sweet winter ale aroma with toffee and slight vanilla. Typical winter ale taste with mild banana. Lacks in body and texture.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle at the Temple bar in Dublin. Pours an attractive golden brown, with a head that is quite persistent. Aroma is a bit spicy, but seems a bit unbalanced. Persistent, not unpleasant finish, that seems a bit flat and hollow. Overall, Ok
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled ; Devon ; UK ; Malty,caramel,fruit and floral aroma ; Light brown color with smaller head ; Medium sweet and lighter bitter taste ; Medium body ; Pretty good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Copper coloured ale with a small ruby glow to it. Has a sweet spiced aroma and an equally sweet taste to it, but mild in character. No head.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
From a 50 cl bottle. A deep reddish-amber color, with a thin whitish head. Not much structure or complexity here. The predominant impression is of caramel, with a bit of malt and spice; maybe some hops in there somewhere. A fairly ordinary winter beer. 2.8.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours a beautiful clear ruby red, with a thin white head. Aroma is fairly weak, but what little there is a nice spicy smell. Taste is decent. Actually surprised I can taste some cinnamon. Some banana in there (weird for an English ale), with a strange hoppy dry finish; a little metallic?
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
pours clear medium dark copper brown with a very small head, light retention, lots of active streams mainly in the center. Malts, cloves and hints of orange peel on the nose. Drinks with 7/10-sweet caramel malts up front, light cocoa, sweet orange peel, light malted bitterness, coriander and cloves near the finish, fading partially thin/watery and medium bitter. Medium complexity, medium depth, okay transitions, okay carry, decent drinkability. Okay flavour profile but body thins out at the finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml bottle. Pours a rich mahogany with large white head. Aromas of malts, toasty biscuits, and spice. Dusty, dry, medium body. Flavor of dried cinnamon powder, tea, malts, and a bit of butterscotch. Perhaps a bit too much spice for the malt.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A slightly better than average english ale. For a christmas beer, the spicing is pretty understated and I can barely discern the cinnamon. Weak to medium body.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bah Humbug! I don’t think that much of this beer at all. It boasts on the label of cinnamon which i failed to taste any. It does however have a nice red colour but fails on any head retention. It is slightly spicy but for a christmas ale i would expect to get more flavour. Comes in a 500ml bottle and is 6% abv.
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