zer0crew (61), Duluth, Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 9, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours a redish-amber color with a perfect sized head. You can definitely taste the spices in this. The ginger is a little too strong, but all in all it’s a good brew.
 bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 7, 2009 Thanks to Beervirgin72 and Dragonstout for the keg of this. Amber with a thinish white head. The smell has beatiful big ginger and cinnamon elements(I’m a ginga-holic) Carbonation is nice and sharp. THe spices come out again in the flavor, Seems like it would be really good on a cold night......too bad we don’t have too many of those here in Orlando.
cmillward (437), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 6, 2009 Graciously shared by DragonStout and BeerVirgin72. They brought a keg of this to share down from OH. Pours a dark ruby with a thin pink head with a little lacing. I am not a big fan of ginger in beer. Unfortunately for me this beer is oozing the stuff. On the nose, lots of spice, mainly cinnamon and ginger. I can barely pick up the malt underneath all of the cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in the flavor. Spicy, drying, with a medium mouthfeel. I have loved most of the other Great Lakes brews, but the ginger wrecks this for me. I can say that it really reminds me of a Danish spiced Christmas ale, just not my thing.
patrick767 (2051), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 4, 2009 bottle - Pours amber and smells of rich malt and spice. The flavor is sweet caramel malt, holiday spices, and a touch of mild hops. It’s medium bodied and very session-able. The ABV is a little higher than I would have guessed.
darkguardian (506), Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 2, 2009 KEG (yes thats right Dragonstout brought back a freakin keg for us) shared at Redlight Redlight by Dragonstout.
Pour was a burnt amber with a nice sized off white head. Nose is similar to a pumpkin ale, very spiced with alot of cinnamon and nutmeg. The flavor is very robust. Good heavy mouthfeel with a very biscuity yeasty taste and some lingering cinnamon and nutmeg notes after the fact. Very malty, almost no hops. Very solid.
pantanap (1369), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 31, 2008 12oz bottle from west lakeview.... pours a transparent dark caramel amber brown with a thin wispy barely off-white head... aroma of cloves, pumpkin, and a dusting of cinammon.... glavors of sweet molasses, brown sugar with a lingering sweetness and a touch of bitterness in the end. medium carbonation with an average mouthfee. somewhat thin body.
drpimento (865), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 hmmm. The bottle I’m having seems to be way different than the descrption. Mine has: some head and lace; dark, very hazy brown color; aroma of lots of malt, a bit of hops, bare hints of spices. Flavor is very dry malt, not much fruityiness, hardly any spice, dark fruits. Ok beer, nothing special. A bit rich for a session beer. ok finish.
tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 copper amber color, nice i guess rockey foam. nose is nutty with lotsa christmas spices, some hops in there. flavor is spicey with good malts and a lovely alcohol finish
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