Zinnebir Christmas (X-mas)

Brewed by Brasserie de la Senne
Style: Belgian Ale
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   update pic

Cloudy brown beer with a beige head. Aroma is mild fruity, slightly roasted and rather vinous with notes of caramel, herbal hops and spicy yeast. Taste is light sweetness and quite some bitterness that pricks the back of your tongue. Very dry mouthfeel. Mild tartness and hints of coffee and cacao-powder. Dry bitter finish. A really complex, interesting X-mas brew.

28/11/2011 33cl bottle @ home - BB: not indicated (2011-680)

Little cloudy red brown to purple beer, nice creamy light beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: raisins, dried orange peel, some spices, pepper, bit alcoholic, touch of caramel. MF: light carbon, medium body. Taste: caramel, bit sweet, chocolate, mocha, somewhat fruity with citric touches. Aftertaste: bitter hoppy ending with coffee as well. Alcohol warming the throat.

Draught at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Orange brown coloured with beige creamy head. Aroma is ultra malty, caramel, creamy, bit roasty. Taste is smooth malty caramel with a tiny bit of bitterness. Slight funkiness. Not too sweet and bit of spice. Always love a Zinnebir Xmas.

Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Gent, Belgie, 12.11.11 consumed at home 23.11.11 Wonderful chocolate, spice and bitter combination, fruity with a little toffee. Pours hazy dark brown with off-white head. Yeasty, tangy and lovely fruity beer but it is the wonderful bitter chocolate that keeps coming back, cracking beer. A7 A3 T9 P4 Ov16 3.9

25 cl. draft @ Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas – obviously the new 2011 version – always curious about this brewery, not only are they one of the few craft breweries out there that specialize in lower alcohol beer outside of the sour spectrum but they are also one of the best breweries in Belgium – Pours a murky brown/amber with a slightly off-white head / Smell carries a multitude of yeast going almost into superglue territory, slight excess at brewing but excess makes the heart grow fonder, decent amount of hops, slightly soapy grapefruit, lots of spice, I am even getting some wood here / Taste is somewhat peculiar, I am getting lots of malt here & even heavier spice, indeed some winter spices but they are mixed with a definitely present vinous streak, overripe dark fruits, touch of berry hops, Belgian yeast & a hint of wine barrel wood (?) / Medium body & carbonation / Bit of an odd beer taste-wise, not peculiarly special more of the peculiar and ok kind

Draft @ Moeder Lambic, Fontainas. Couleur orangée/ambre, col épais beige. Arôme fruité noir, sucre brun tout en gardant ce profile typique de DeLaSenne, petite pointe de caramel. En bouche, profile levure qui est accompagné d’une légère note épice et de fruits noirs; date, raisin et figue. Rappelle un léger sureau avec en retrait du cardamome et muscade. Houblon de type allemand rajoute des notes d’amertume et d’épice qui se mélangent bien à la levure. Une approche intéressante de saison pour la Zinnebir qui trouve là sa compagne pour l’hiver.

Amber coloured beer wiht some light carbonation and an average off-white head. Hoppy bitter hinted aroma. FUll palate. Finish is as well light hoppy bitter hinted. Medium.

Bottled@The 2nd ES/CS Beer Tasting. (thanks XA!). Hazy orange colour, small off-white creamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, some spices, raisins and yeast along with some slight caramel malty notes Flavour is being quite similar in a very nice balance. Raisins, spices and sweet malts in the aftertaste.
Earlier Rating: 2/2/2009 Total Score: 3
Draught@Black Door. Hazy amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is very fruity and also has some wooden sweetness. Flavour is grassy hops, some wood, slight yeast and mild sweet malts as well. Not very exciting.

Not sure if this is the correct version but the ABV matches this one and other descriptions seem to indicate it. This 750 bottle has been on Corral’s shelves for a while. Dark brown and very hazy with a gushing off white head that soon settles into blotches. An aroma that is pleasant with mixed fruit and yeast. Feel is a bit thin. A pleasant and complex beer, dark fruit such as raisins are prominent. There is yeast, passion fruit, apples, and slowly some spicy hops begin to be tasted. Those hops are dry with soft bitterness. This is a very pleasant beer to drink. It has held up well over a few years. It is one that I didn’t mind finishing a 750 ml and was sorry to see the end come.

Bottle shared by Travlr on 1/10/10: Pours a hazy copper amber with a spotty-lacing off-white head. Aroma of toasty biscuity Belgian malts and a hint of light fruity esters and toffee. Starts with decent fullness and a soft bready caramel sweetness with a touch of drier earthy hops and biscuity yeast toward the finish. A pretty good Belgian strong ale.