Clearish orangish brown pour with wispy off-white head. Sweet cane sugar aroma. Chocolate in the flavor, some hops. A bit of hop bitterness in the finish and a hint of cherries and cocoa. Not horrible, but I wouldn’t seek it out.

Poured a dark amber color with a two finger off white head. Aroma was of spices and caramel. Flavor is roasty with a heavy spice presence. Body is too thin for this type of beer. Good all around though.

Poured a dark caramel color with an off white head. Arma was of caramel, roasted malts, and some spices. Flavor was actually more spiced than the description describes, maybe some ginger?, also lots of sweetness and hardly any hops to back it up.

Pours a glowing red amber body in a tumbler with a short off-white head that settles quickly--almost the appearance of iced tea...nice barley and malt aroma straight away with the slight spruce and hops moving in late--with some spices too--nice balance! Smooth, mildly effervescent body that warms with each sip... somewhat fizzy... quite a malty ale with minimal hop balance belying its nose... quite an American approximation of the ESB? Brother Jer decided to select this as our "light" beer to the Yanks/O’s tailgate--whoops... that "never" implies a year-round treat..as such, not bad, borderlining as complex, but still holds to its basic caramel malts--the spices are too "secret" to move the beer into that winter beer genre...

pours a clear caramel with medium size dirty-white head, good lacing.
smell is of spice, pepper, nutmeg, touch of pine, caramel, malt hidden in the back.
taste is caramel, spice, roasted nuts, malt, very christmasy, weak on the palate, some pine.