One finger of tan head over a very dark ruby, ruddy brown colored ale. Warm brown maltiness, dark fruits, slight spiciness. Biting carbonation. Mellow spice flavors and not a whole lot else mild fruits and candi sugar, but its a holiday spiced Corsendonk Pater.

Amber-brown color, with a nice frothy beige head, yeasty, spicy, fruity nose of light dried dark fruits, with some earthy caramelized, toasted malt accents, with a hint of nutmeg spiciness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet spicy, toasty malt character, with some dried date, raisin notes, with a hint of green molasses and candi sugar, with a dark chocolatey, kind of warmth liquorish brandy mouthfeel, leading towards a malty, warming finish.

Bottle from Johns Marketplace in Portland OR. Dark reddish tinged amber color with a slight beige head. Aroma is sweet darkish malt with fruit cake? Citron? Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is darkish malt, with non-hot spice and fruit cake. It’s damn pleasant, and there’s no way I would suspect this is 8.5 abv. I would not argue with -smoky, spicy and citrus-, but I don’t know that I would figure that out on my own. Finish is pretty balanced. This is a really, really good ale.

750ml bottle. Reddish dark brown color with nice beige head. Sweet aroma of dried fruits. Spicy, sweet and fruity taste. Softly carbonated medium body.

Aroma:Dark fruit,light spicy,light oxydation... Appearance:Dark redish-brown,good head... Flavor:dark fruit,caramel,light spicy oxydation....