 nuplastikk (1224), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 15, 2008 Updated: Sep 7, 20092007 12oz bottle. The classic American Christmas beer. Deep black with faint stained glass red shining through when held to light. A little less piny than the last few years, Still has the signature cinnamon-nutmeg (?) mellow spice characteristics of years past. Great, multi-faceted beer.
2004 Magnum bottle held up quite well when opened in August of 2009. Still had a solid piny evergreen taste, something I thought quite pronounced in that year’s version.
haggis03a3 (138), Piedmont, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 14, 2008 2007 on tap. Black color with a beige head. Aroma of malts and spices. Flavor was an explosion of well balanced spices and malts.
Gr0ve (1412), Oslo, Norway
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 14, 2008 355 ml bottle. 2006 vintage. Dark, almost black with a strong ruby red hue. Tall fluffy beige fine-laced head. Potent spice aroma with a dominating apricot background. The aroma is fantastic. Well-balanced and enticing. Feels a bit light-bodied and thin on the tongue initially. Little malts, but quite a bit of spice-infused flavour. Ends with a light sourness on the tongue. The finish is of juniper. Very nice beer, and is actually very drinkable.
skortila (2913), Bunnik, Netherlands
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 13, 2008 Bottled. 2007 Version. Aroma has roasted malts, some licorice, ginger (luckily not too much), cinnamon, other spices. Black coloured with a beige, medium head. Taste is a bit sweet with roasted maltiness and spices. Well balanced and with all the spices, I think that’s quite hard. So good job, this one.
DruncanVeasey (2754), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 12, 2008 Updated: Jan 14, 20082007 version, Inspire, Coventry. Mahogany pour with red edges, and an irregular beige head and lace. Distinct ginger, cinnamon and possibly rosemary in the aroma and flavour, but not excessively mulled or overdone, and nicely underpinned by roasted malt and sourish lactic touches. Aromatically spiced festive ale.
CaptBier (303), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/20 |
Jan 12, 2008 Bottled. A pitch black beer with a slight brown shine under a huge brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong spicy notes among them strong notes of spruce and cardemomme - a bit too much for me. The flavor is sweet again with strong notes of spices - especially spruce and cardemmome, but then a note of roasted malt joins in, and combines with the spices to give it an extremely dry finish.
Otje (668), Leiden, Netherlands
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 12, 2008 OK, another rating. vintage 2005. Lots of basil and allspice like cardamon in both taste and smell. not bad
jmuhops (663), Winchester, Virginia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 10, 2008 2007. Pours very dark brown with a large off-white head. Lots of woodsy, earthy spices in the aroma. Little else besides. A little bit of everything in the flavor: spices, chocolate, lactose, light hops, etc., etc., etc. Ends slightly sour and woody, which would be great in another beer. As it stands, not so much. Quite drinkable and not exactly offensive, but I was expecting more.
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