 smith4498 (910), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 9, 2008 2006 bottle. Pours dark brown with light brown head. Aromas of toasted malts ,sweet sugar and spices. Flavor is mostly toasted malts with some spices. Finishes dry. Thin mouthfeel, somewhat watery with avearge carbonation.
hopslovin (181), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 6, 2008 2007 Bottle. Brown pour with thick and foamy brown head. Great spice aromas. Mint, coriander, and spruce are present in flavor. Lots of spice. Medium mouthfeel. Very different.
glkaiser (1171), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 4, 2008 2007 Bottle. Mild spice. A little black licorice. Not too sweet. Solid. Definitely one to look forward to every year.
Jine (896), Nutley, New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 3, 2008 Easter Sunday. Magnum bottle hanging around from before Christmas. Hadn’t realized the recipe changed enough. Just a solid spicy beast of a brew. It was a little hot and young but that didn’t stop us from enjoying it.
BorksBabe (81), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Apr 1, 2008 Aroma is of sweet molasses and barley. It is a nice, rich dark color. Flavor is very coffee-like with hints of barley and molasses. Crisp on the palate and a bit of a bitter finish. Overall not too bad.
Narnad (712), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 31, 2008 Updated: Dec 15, 2009Picked up the 2007 version to taste and store a few. Had one this evening and it poured dark brown with a nice red tinge to it. The head of the beer was was tan with a slight velvet red cake red to it. The aroma is of spruce and pumpkin spice. The flavor is a bit on the heavy of the spruce but hints of cinnamon are present with a nice finish of pumpkin spices and a bit of a dry finish. Very good overall but will let the next few age a bit to see how well the flavors meld and mellow over time.
2009 version -(12/15/2009) Pours a dark brown with very deep ruby notes and a dense off-white head. Aroma is very spicy with licorice, raisin, gingerbread, grape, molasses and mild caramel. Flavor has a very strong gingerbread note, molasses, merlot flavor, some mild spruce notes and a mild cinnamon ending. A heavy density with a very smooth oily feeling and great lacing with a mild carbonation to retain the head. Overall a very complex brew that looks to age very well. 8/4/7/5/15
garretjax (103), Colorado, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 29, 2008 2007 - consumed 3/28/08. Dark garnet brown with a dark khaki head. Molasses, nutmeg and ginger spice scent. Full bodied and mid carbonation. Ginger snap cookie spice flavor and roasted malt tones. A little heavy and think in the finish. A little overpoweringly spiced. Cellar time should help that.
ChristianScheffel (4557), Odense, Denmark
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 26, 2008 2006 bottle. Dark brown with a medium sized off-hite head. Strongly spiced aroma, strong clove, along with resin, allspice, cardemum, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Dark dried fruit in the background.
Flavour is sweet and spiced. Finishes dry thanks to resin and spice. I’d like to say that the beer is too spiced for my taste, but the mix of spices is so interesting I can’t stop taking another sip and discover more.
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