 omhper (12247), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 15, 2002 Chestnut brown. Vanilla aroma. Rather malty, mnedium bodied, big lingering vanilla flavour, balanced bitterness.
oh6gdx (9008), Vasa, Finland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 20, 2007 Bottle (2004 vintage). Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is very toffeeish, some berries and slightly caramel malts and hoppy. Flavour is a real fudge bomb along with orange, vanilla and some hops. A very nice beer!
kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 01/14/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Jax
dark clear amber with a touch of bubbles, sweet spicy aroma, malt flavor with just a hint of spice followed by bitterness
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Date: 12/12/2002
Source: ww
Score: iii
light, sweet, malty, spicy, touch of cinamon, nice
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Date: 12/04/2005
Mode: draft
Words: sampler
Words: pizza port
clear amber, thin beige head, sweet fruity and spicy, only a hint of the cinamon, spices are well blended and hard to pick out which makes for a really nice profile
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
argo0 (6964), Washington DC, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 8, 2002 Beautiful beer, moderately hopped with the spices (fruit, vanilla(?)) blending nicely with the bitterness.
bu11zeye (5608), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 22, 2004 (Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with mahogany highlights and an average-sized off-white head. Aroma of fruit cake and winter spices. Flavor of sweet malt, nutmeg, raisins, maple syrup, and a hint of cinnamon and other spices. Moderately sticky mouthfeel.
hopdog (5607), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 29, 2004 Vintage 2002. Poured a dark, hazy amber color with a large, frothy, off white head. Malty smells. Light tastes - malty and sweet. Tastes are too light for me to really pick anything specific, other than some sweetness out. Not sure if it lost some aroma and tastes in the aging process (tasted 2002 vintage on 6/29/04). Not bad but then again, nothing special stood out.
Rastacouere (5561), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 11, 2005 Murky copper, fully diminishing head. Barky and nutty malts suffer from a vanilla sweetness that takes the flavor lead. Very sweet in mouth too, faint floral aspects procure no balance, the malts come out grainier and grainier with each sip while cinnamon or another sweetish spice contributes more sweetness. Kinda one-dimensional for a spiced seasonal offering. Light-medium bodied, effetcive carbonation gives the impression of a better attenuation. I might have kept it a bit too long, it’s a 2004 bottle bought fom Julio’s last march. No oxidation flavors per se, but definitely some tame aspects, mostly the hops which are dull and unbalancing.
jcwattsrugger (5550), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Jan 20, 2008 06 Winter Solstice-12oz bottle-pours a thin retaining light tan head and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, medium fruit-cherry, faint spices. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, medium fruit-cherry, faint spices, then overpowered by metallic/spicy hops. Finish is metallic. Medium body. OK effervescence.
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