Eel River Climax Noel

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Fortuna, California USA

Brown with minimal white head. Aroma is sweet cranberries and spicy phenolics. Taste is of candi sugar and bready malts with a light cherry sourness into the finish along with spices. $7/22oz

750ml. Pours deep rich chestnut color. Pineaplle, cherry, fruity, rich malts. Almost like the glaze on aham dinner. Belgian yeastiness lies beneath all this richness. Big, complex & interesting beer

Pours a murky brown-red color with an off-white head on top. Aroma has a light apple and banana fruitiness, a very sweet caramel, some cinnamon, smooth toasted malt note, some nutty notes at the very end of the sniff. Flavor has a very pronounced influence from the yeast. A very sweet and spicy apple note, mild banana - overall pretty estery. Additional notes of caramel, a mild toasted and nutty note at end, Brew has a heavy body, a high carbonation rate but very fine with a slightly thin texture. Overall a pretty balance flavor that is pretty tasty and spicy for the holiday season, very drinkable.

Pours a cream, three-finger head that fades quickly to a ring leaving no lace. Amber/red color. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Light caramel nose. Flavor is caramel and hops. Higher ABV is hidden. $6.39 for a 22oz bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

From bottle. Fantastic glowing red colour. Frothy white head. Fruity, berry like flavour with malt, oak and caramel. Tangy finish with hints of cinnamon and spice. Very subtle but ideal.

Bottle. Slightly cloudy dark brown body, lighter @ the top with a quickly diminishing tan head. Nose is chemical-like caramel and munich malt with light notes of toast, nuts and dry wood. Body is thick and viscous, oily and frothy. Low to medium carbonation. Flavor is crisp toasted malts, bread crust, caramel, lighter notes of vanilla and almonds, that sort of thing. Moderately hopped. Decent winter warmer but nothing special.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The smell is malts, molasses, alcohol, and toasty. The look is a clear red color and has a decent beiged head. The taste is malty, sweetness, toasty, and some pine bitterness.

(22oz bottle) Pours a hazy amber body with a medium yellowish beige head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, plum, and some spices. Flavor of hops (citrus, herbal, grass), raisins, and caramel malt.