Dunedin Christmas Farm Ale 2008

Brewed by Dunedin Brewery
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Dunedin, Florida USA

draft at redlight redlight. Musty, yeasty, aroma with sweet malts, light colored fruits, green grapes, hints of cherries, maybe even dried figs. Pours a reddish amber with golden sides and a thin white head that dissipate. Hints of cherries as soon as it hits your tongue, then turns to sweet malts, sugary, with a slight tartness, very smooth with spicy yeast. This is a really really good beer.

On tap @ brewery. Pours clear copper with off white head. The aroma comes across as rather fruity with cherries, prunes, figs, raisins and then plenty of winter spice that seems like coriander, cinnamon and cloves. The taste is fruity too like the nose starting with semi sweet cherries and moves toward figs, prunes and dates. A mild raisin and peppery-ness cuts the sweet fruitiness for a moment as the coriander, cinnamon and cloves come to the surface. I also get a faint caramel and malt sweetness that rides along the back of the flavor experience.

Draught, Redlight Redlight
Reddish-amber and cloudy. Sweet cherry, light spic and some nice malts. Smooth, spicy with lots of malt. Well-balanced and rich. It gets a little thin at the end but overall I like the sense of balance this brew has.

Draft at brewery. Pours a cloudy brown color with a white head. Has hints of Christmas spice, Belgian yeast, caramel, and candied sugar. Finishes with a farmhouse funk sour flavor. Unique taste. Reminded me of a Saison.

Draft @ redlight redlight. Pours a red, clear with a thinnish tan head, slightly fuzzy. Nose is slightly tart, yeasty, cloves, cinnamon, toasted malt and cherries. Flavor is a touch tart, cherries, caramel, toasty with cloves and other spices coming through toward the end. A little drying, tart, med-to-low carbonation. A good spicy, slightly cherry dubbel.

Draught, Redlight. Warm, hazy copper red amber glows in goblet. Cinnamon, clove, cherry, juicy and spicy aroma. Higher carbonation than the Great Lakes, which I had side by side. Flavors are similar to the aromas with lots of cinnamon and clove. Cherry too. Good holiday flavors.

On tap...Redlight. A cherry reddish brown body. Sweet and caramelly malts. Hops come through. Liked the cinnamon. Nice spice. Alcohol came through more than I thought. Wouldn’t mind this one again.

On tap @ Redlight. Ruddy medium-brown color, slightly cloudy white head. Balanced grain and cinnamon, clove spice notes, slight sweetness, a lot of cinnamon in particular. More sweet taste, lighter cinnamon, mild finish. Decent overall, actually had some farmhouse character present.