JohnDo2000 (99), Metairie, Louisiana, USA
May 24, 2002 You might notice that Louisiana beers (dixi, acadiana) tend to have a cider taste to them somehow. I don’t know if they keep them in cider barrels or what, but Abita typicaly doesn’t have that distinction. This particular seasonal abita beer (after fall fest and before red ale) does have that distinction and is particularly good during christmas time. It’s aftertaste tastes like you drank out of a can, but the initial taste makes up for that fault. I prefer to drink it with something sweet like a desert, but it is definatly not something I would like to drink all day. Do give it a shot.
 doublebock (156), USA
Aug 14, 2007 Cloudy orange appearance, sweet nose. Malty taste with orange peel. Piney blandish aftertaste. 28%??? Naw, the sweet maltiness deserves a better rating though it does not have the spicycomplexity of a xmas ale.
LAboozehound (47), Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Nov 30, 2006 Has a flavor more like Newcastle than anything else, but a touch lighter. Makes for a great Christmas beer, as it should. A nice change from the Fall Fest.
closey22 (28), Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA
Dec 29, 2007 Reddish amber witha thin but full, off-white head. A complex aroma of malt, hop, and spice(cinnamon) which is similar to an IPA but just a bit sweeter and spicier. Not much flavor, but, what it has is good on the hoppy side w/ toasty malt. It feel a bit on the lighter side adn finishes dry with toasty malt and hops.
Gusler (2656), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Nov 22, 2000 Look forward to this years brew, last years was good, nice and malty, with a underlying hop floral essence.
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