 yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 5, 2009
Bottle. It pours a dark amber body, clear, and topped by a small beige head. Dried fruits, caramel, nut-notes on the nice side of the aroma, wet cardboard and cooked corn on the bad side. Fortunately the good side wins, but the bad is still disturbing. Both aroma and flavor are quite weak, and the mouthfeel is medium-bodied, smooth and silky. Some thoughts of chocolate chips cookies comes to my mind when tasting it, as well as nuts and a little hint of dried fruits and caramel. The touch of cooked corn and wet cardboard found in the nose are present in the mouth too. A little touch of hops are let loose towards the end, but just enough to prevent it from being all sweet. There’s some bad things to be said about this one, but the good things are overpowering them. Still, it’s nothing more than a decent supermarket strength Christmas beer. One of the better ones though, with good drinkability and it will probably find it’s way to my Christmas brunch table. 091105
fobar (65), Søgne, Norway
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 330ml bottle. Amber color body. Some off-white head. Traces of caramel in the taste, but a bit watery for a Christmas beer.
OleR (2048), Oslo, Norway
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 0.33 L bottle. Dense, quite foamy, beige head. Shining, ruby-brown body. Liimited aroma of nutty malts and tinned dark fruits, added by some papery, straw-like hops. Good malt body, sweet and nutty, with some sour undertones. A noticable amount of bittering hops, a faint fruitiness, too.
Medium to light body. Slick mouthfeel. Rich, malty finish. A decent one, and above average for Norwegian ’low-alcohol’ Juleøl.
Sigmund (2279), Hafrsfjord, Norway
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 330 ml bottle. Dark reddish brown colour, moderate orange to beige head. Moderate aroma of brown malts, hints of caramel and "dusty" hops. The flavour has a moderate malty sweetness with notes of caramel, a noticeable fruitiness, low bitterness. Drinkable, but lacks the character of a "proper" (strong) Yule/Christmas beer.
Finn (1500), Tromsø, Norway
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 Flaske 0,33l hjemme. Dyp brun på farge. Svakt brunfarget skum som flatet helt ut. Aromaen er søt frukt. Smaken er ganske vassen & veldig søt. (For) lite kullsyre. KI=6
KnutAlbert (3127), Oslo, Norway
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Nov 7, 2009 Bottle.
Burned sugar, full mouth feel for a Norwegian Christmas beer of this strength. Rahter sweet, but there is some bitterness underneath.
But, overall, this is too sweet to be decent with food and too watery to enjoy as a late night tipple. Try again!
RuneStumo (518), FØRRESFJORDEN, Norway
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 6, 2009 06.11.2009, 0,33l Bottle. Brown colour with a thin layered white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt. Body is a little thin and does not match the malty sweetness. Aftertasteis short and weak. But; this is a fairly good christmas beer.
Gr0ve (1394), Oslo, Norway
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 1, 2009 330 ml bottle. Reddish mahogany. Clear. Tall light beige fine-laced head. Papery aroma with a slightly sweet nutty note. Medium-bodied with a lightly sweet flavours backed up by nuts and cookies. Delicate flavours. There is a hop bitterness that hides beneath, but never shine through much. Even though there is a certain sweetness, it is the papery flavours that dominate. Decent, but not particularly exiting. Might work better in a stronger version.
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