Carlsberg Semper Ardens Christmas Ale

Vintage 2005 and 2006. Hazy brown with a low head. Sweet aroma of overripe fruit and spices. The flavour has a distinct alcohol note, but also a nice spicy feeling (anis and cardemomme) and lots of sugar.

Bottle. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, alcohol, caramel. Flavour is sweet, hop, caramel, alcohol, spices. Nice beer.

(750ml bottle, 2004 vintage) Pours an amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, plums, licorice, and coriander. Flavor of raisins, plum, caramel malt, baked apple, hops (floral), anise, and coriander.

2004 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured a nice amber with an off white head that laces. aroma was pretty tart, cherry, and seemed to have some smoke in it as well. flavor was caramel, tart cherry, and spice. medium body with low carbonation.

Bottle thanks to Bu11zeye. Pours a nice, deep amber with red hues, beige head. Aroma of some spice, dark fruit. Flavor is sweet, some dark fruit, a little spicy, some candy sugar, some faint fruit. Mouth feel is full body with a low-medium carbonation. Over all, pretty good!

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Amber in color with a decent sized off-white head. Aroma is of plum, raisin, toffee, and chocolate. Taste is the same with some brown sugar and nuts.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Nose is dark chocolate cherries and spices. Taste is dark fruits, belgian candi sugar, black cherries and faint hints of licorice. High carbonation.

2004 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small white head over a hazy amber body. Aroma of dark fruits, raisins, plums and perfume. Taste is vanilla, raisins, chocolate, brown sugar and licorice/anise. Light carbonation.