 nick76 (2634), Tampa, Florida, USA
Nov 7, 2009 The aroma has some pine, caramel, chocolate, toasted malt, and a bit of nuts. The appearance is light brown with an amber hue and a two finger head. The flavor is like the aroma but weak and a bit astringent. The palate is a bit thin. Overall not a bad beer but nothing special.
pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
Oct 22, 2009 Amber nice white head. Aroma is spicey, carboard, alcohol, dog hair, old orange juice. Taste is lightly malty, caramel, light spice, blah. Aroma was terrible, bad, horrible- taste was very bland.
Bonster (81), Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
Sep 13, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours clear amber. Aroma was mild toasted malt. I tasted a brief sweetness along with nuts and malt. The finish was crisp and dry, kind of watery. Not very spicy, I expected more nutmeg or something. The bottle I had was a few years old i think so that might be why.
ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Jun 10, 2009 Pours a dark amber with no head. Aroma of malts, some nutmeg and hops. Similar taste. Slight hop finish. No flavors really stand out, different than most Christmas seasonals, old bottle perhaps mellowed this one out.
Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
Jun 10, 2009 Can split with Curly and ScottyP at the Impromtu Woody’s Ticker Tasting. Clear chestnut pour with almost reddish highlights and wispy tan head. Sweet malty aroma with some toastiness. Flavor has hints of cherries, molassis, toffee, and lots of caramel. Nutmeg in the flavor, No real other ’holiday’ spices, but that might be because of the age. Interesting that they change the recipe every year.
epf33 (222), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
May 26, 2009 a real tasty christmas ale, even though i didn’t buy the 6pack until mid May, still a fantastic flavor
Headbanger (1574), Aurora, Illinois, USA
May 21, 2009 12oz bottle 5/21/09 (Binny’s Naperville)-Pours a clear medium amber with a small off white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, and grapefruit. Taste of the same with a bit of malt. This light bodied brew comes across as some sort of pale ale and not an amber. Pretty lacking.
jujubeast6000 (772), Houston, Texas, USA
May 4, 2009 Reviewed 4/27/2009 (Bottle):
Pours an amber brown body, small whitish reddish clear color head, diminishing. Hoppy aroma, bitter and grapefruit. Some dustiness too. Enticing. Malty taste. Some dustiness. Some carbonation. Some nuttiness, English maltiness and some English style hops too.
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