SudsMaster (68), Denville, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 23, 2002 Great looking in the magnum bottle. Interesting taste, hoppy woodsy finish. A very unique beer, definitely worth trying.
 SiddFinch (154), Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Dec 23, 2002 Dark, thick, long-lasting head. Smells like pine. Tastes like pine, dates. Has a strange, hoppy finish that lingers for hours. This is a well made specialty beer but I couldn’t see drinking more than one (a season).
DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 22, 2002 Spicey, fruit aroma. Deep ruby, medium toffee head. Clove, nutmeg, pepper, dates, figs, plums and some smoke flavours. Especially robust and bitter. A nice treat this time of year. A tip of the hat to the gang at the Winking Judge for bringing in this one!
Brewmaster (168), USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 21, 2002 Unique and creative brew, compared to others I have sampled. Enjoyable at first - but definatly an “occasion beer”. Aroma and flavor of pine, gingerbread and other spices as others have mentioned.
Has Christmas written all over it. Too much for my tastes – and a LITTLE more tolerable when ice cold. Aroma and Flavor is great at first - but gets almost sickly, however I can manage to get through an entire glass.
PTomkinson (50), Virginia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 21, 2002 Definitely a spiced beer. Also my first sampling of an Anchor Special Ale.
Dark ruby color and a short-lived tan head. Is it nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, or something else (I never claimed to be a spice expert)? Not much hop presence.
This is surprisingly good. I’m glad I was bored by the other offerings at the good old Harris Teeter this afternoon.
legion242 (1587), Richardson, Texas, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 21, 2002 Darkest garnet; kahki head with great lace; a nose that swirls with drak fruit and other un-name-ables. Warming. This tastes "black". Lots if ginger this year. they really held back on the pine thankfully.
akinm (282), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 21, 2002 looked blood red as it poured, once it was in the glass it looked dark brown. intrigueing aroma. lots of spices, cinammon, nutmeg, ginger. the flavor is reminiscent of tea. all of the spices come together to be very clean and refreshing. lots of thick rich flavors from the malt. very interesting beer.
Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 21, 2002 Very dark brown; aroma of ginger, toffee, spruce, nutmeg; intense flavour like eating a tree - acrid pine resin coats your mouth - molasses and thick dark malts also present. Interesting, but unbalanced
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