Borresteijn (542), Amstelveen, Netherlands Jul 23, 2008 Bottle. A real christmas beer (I saved a bottle). Nice purple brownish colour, off white head. Aroma of spices, cloves, dark fruits. Flavour of christmas spices, some sour dark fruits, a little medicinal aftertaste. Skinnyviking (2635), Copenhagen, Denmark Jul 15, 2008 Bottle. Low and quickly disappearing off-white fluffy head. Hazy orange red body. Artificial smelling berries aroma. Heavily carbonated malt flavor with berries with sour notes. Long strange aftertaste. asheft (816), Marburg, Germany Jun 25, 2008 [bottle from Antonio]
Powdery sugary candy (including banana) aroma with some spicy melanoidiny malt. Clear brownish garnet with wispy off-white top and ring. Sweet toffee flavour with raisin/candy banana and very low bitterness. Nice malty finish and slightly warming. Medium body, moderate carbonation, sweet. Boring but clean. KimJohansen (3260), Copenhagen V, Denmark Mar 30, 2008 Clear dark amber with tiny white short lasting head. Sweet aroma with perfurmy, caramel and flower notes. Sweet spicy flavor with caramel and malty notes. Ends sweet. yespr (6361), Copenhagen O, Denmark Mar 28, 2008 33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a lacing white head. Perfumed and light spiced. Flavour holds more of that same perfumed floral notes. Sweet and light maltbase in addition. Shows a persisting floral finish with a light bitterness.
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