12 oz. can. Canned early November. Deeper brown appearance with the typical Christmas spice hints. Good amount spice in aroma and flavor. Lots of nutmeg, cinnamon, toffee malt body and clove in the finish. The ginger and clove are really starting to take this beer over. Is it any better real fresh? Not sure, overall a bit heavy in the spice department.

Can from Total Wine, Gainesville. Pours clear amber-brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg. Flavor is cinnamon, nutmeg, metal, and little else. It could be spiced iced tea for all I know. It’s OK, but could be better. Just because you put those "chirstmas" spices into a beer doesn’t make it a winter beer.

Pours a clear amber. Has a nutmeg, cinnamon and light spice aroma. A sweet cinnamon and nutmeg taste with sweet malts and caramel aftertaste.

Drank from a 500ml pint glass, poured from a twelve ounce can. Strong aromas of cinamon. Subtle tastes of both cinamon and ginger. A really awesome winter brew! Thank you Bjorn!

Nice red color with a beige head. Strong aroma of cloves and cinnamon. Dry and earthy. Would not drink again.

DATE TASTED: January 29, 2016... GLASSWARE: Mad Elf snifter... OCCASION: celebrating another Friday night with Shan and the Tank... APPEARANCE: dense, burnt sienna body that releases little effervescence...the thin white line forms the head, with a smear of an island in the middle... AROMA: the can’s claims are tangible in the aroma--cinnamon and ginger are the most dominant scents; nutmeg and clove are present...the addition of maple syrup to the olfactory is surprising, as are the wet, toasty malts... PALATE: fizzy early and flat at the finish, with a warming, syrupy draw--not the flourish that I hoped for in a Christmas beer, nor is it as full-bodied as it could be... TASTE: nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon definitely evoke the Christmas spirit--even a month after its exit... the syrupy kickback detracts from the overall flavor--it runs akin to cough medicine, with some malt return to add balance--possibly a brown ale base is in here... OVERALL: This beer gets a bit of a boost from the nostalgia spawned from last week’s Lamb of God/Anthrax concert in Philly...however, the beer on its own does its job but does not demand a second purchase--a reasonable holiday drink that doesn’t distinguish itself...at 5.5%, a favorable drink to combo...

red to deep amber color with a thick head; lots of cinnamon and pie spices in the aroma; smooth with lots of spices in the flavor - mainly cinnamon; medium bodied, bready malt base; I am not usually a fan of spiced Christmas ales, but for all the spices here, it is a pretty smooth and drinkable beer;

Can->shaker at Mokomandy shared by GenDV138, thanks Donny! Lite amber with bare offwhite head. Ginger, Christmas spices (think potpourri), herbs. Eh.

12 oz can (2015) poured into a shaker pint at Mokomandy. Clear amber with beige head. Aromas of ginger, light spice, light herbs. Tastes of ginger, spices, light herbs, nutty notes. Medium body with a dry finish. Lots of ginger if that’s your thing.

Pours a deep amber color with a slightly off white head. Spiced aroma. Flavor is medium spiced with some sweet bready flavor as well. Fairly mild flavor but drinkable. Soft and light body. Mediocre overall.