 MrBunn (1563), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 7, 2009
Bomber picked up today at Hoppin Frog. Beautiful pour... a nice coppery color that looks almost brown until you hold it in front of a light and it changes to an pretty red color. It has a pretty large head that hangs on for a while. Christmas/Thanksgiving spices dominate the nose. Ginger is the first I pick out, but cinnamon and nutmeg are also there... then again, that’s cheating since it’s on the bottle. There’s a pretty pronounced toffee/brown sugar smell as well. First sip reveals that there is no deception here. What you smell is what you get: a huge amount of spices and a big malty backbone. The ginger is particularly nice and comes through strong in the aftertaste. I don’t normally like heavy spices in my beers, but this one balances nicely and doesn’t come off as artificial.
KimJohansen (7264), Copenhagen V, Denmark
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 1, 2010 Clear mahogany with a tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and loads of cinnamon. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and cinnomon, Finished spiced.
nick76 (2695), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 30, 2009 The aroma is complex and spiced with cola, fruit, spruce, and and caramel. The appearance is red brown with a medium head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s not a great tasting beer but it does capture Christmas.
Palidor19 (1798), Brandon, Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 30, 2009 this beer has some good Xmas spices. tastes like gingerbread with a touch of nutmeg. malts are a bit thin yet drinkable. the hops are in the background. have on the Xmas afternoon.
argo0 (7032), Washington DC, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 29, 2009 22oz bottle. Small tan head atop clear garnet body. Aroma is moderately sweet, nutmeg, ginger, light cinnamon. Taste is moderately sweet, berry, nutmeg, some cinnamon, light ginger. Medium body, undercarbonated.
kiefdog (1650), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 29, 2009 Bomber from Whole Foods (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark cola brown with one finger tannish-white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, brown sugar, honey, all spice, light floral esters. Flavor is sweet and spicy with notes of juniper, ginger, cinnamon, brown sugar, all spice, nutmeg, caramel, light toffee and floral spice. Medium body with a spicy finish.
GandGKevin (197), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Pours brown with a small white head, just like you would expect from an american brown ale. Then the aromas hit you with ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon all melding together like piping hot gingerbread from the oven. Flavors do not disappoint as gingerbread cookies come immediately to mind and linger enticingly on the palate. Very Christmasy and I wish someone would have left a plate of this by the tree Christmas night.
hopdog (5630), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 22oz bottle. Poured a reddish/brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Lots of spices. Big red bubble gum came immediately to mind. TOns of cinnamon and ginger.Tastes of the same spice overload. Some caramel and chocolate in the tastes too. If you like your beers full of spices, you should like this one.
TomDecapolis (3221), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Pours a deeper ruby amber almost chestnut with a small bubbly off white head that went away to nothing quickly. This beer only opened too a light hiss and the carbonation seemed a bit light overall. Aroma of gingerbread cookies, light cinnamon, some toasted malt, nuts and nutmeg. Flavor was even more like gingerbread cookies. Pretty much the closest I have noticed a beer being to a gingerbread cookie. The cinnamon and nutmeg along with hints of the brown ale it once was is still there. If the carbonation was there this beer would be an excellent Christmas spiced ale. ABV well hidden beer fermented out nicely.
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