 Dogbrick (2855), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 12, 2009 Thanks to Homerwantsbeer for sharing a growler. The beer is a dark reddish-brown color with a medium thin and foamy light beige head that burns away quickly. Stringy lacing that slides down the glass. Aroma of powdered cinnamon and sweet malt. Medium body with sweet spice flavors along with some fruit and pine. The finish is all kinds of sweet spices with a bit of honey and fruit aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
douglas88 (1580), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 12, 2009 Bomber from College Liquors in Grand Junction, CO. I can’t believe I still have beers from that trip around. Pours a dark chestnut color with a medium off-white head. The aroma is mostly spices, especially cloves and nutmeg. The taste is similar; load of initial spiciness, some nutmeg, cloves, ginger, some citrus zest, and a decent malt background. Nice, but not an everyday beer, very spicy.
jujubeast6000 (777), Houston, Texas, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 4, 2009 Reviewed 12/18/2008 (bottle):
Pours a heavy brown colored body, with a big tan head, that is diminishing. An aroma of cookies or milk chocolate? Some kind of spice like saffron or ginger or something. Some other sweet spices are present too, and some vanilla can be detected. Some dark malts. Spicy taste, that same sweet ginger or some kind of spice present, maybe nutmeg? Some roasted malts, coffee is present too. Hides the alcohol well, not hot or alcoholy tasting. Somewhat creamy mouthfeel. Slightly bitter aftertaste. Very nice beer, very reminiscent of Christmas/Winter.
Beerlando (2313), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 4, 2009 Pours a clear, dark, chestnut brown color. A frothy, beige colored head settles slowly to a thin film with a foamy, bubbly edge. Thin, jagged, spiderweb lacing marks the glass. The aroma is quite spicy, showing nutmeg, cinnamon, and cardamom amongst notes of dried dark fruits, cocoa and pumpkin. Flavors follow suit, winter spices and ginger overpowering the lightly sweet, fruity malt base. Earthy hops lend significant bitterness, but hints of stale cardboard certainly don’t help things. Weak bodied and overly carbonated, eve the mouthfeel is underwhelming. Disappointing.
Swalden28 (1449), McKinney, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 31, 2008 Bottle from S&K Beverage in Plano, TX. Pours a clear deep brown-red with beige head. Aroma of ginger, cinnamon, malt, and fruit. Flavor has malt, is sweet, alcohol, fruit, ginger, cinnamon, clove, exactly what they say. Palate is medium-heavy body with med-high carbonation. Over all, the flavors where WAY too present, in my opinion, a little over done. I liked it and hated it.....But I wouldn’t mind having it again.....in a weird way, almost reminded me of eggnog. This was kinda tricky to rate, but it was like a good winter warmer dessert beer.
Cybercat (787), Georgia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 Pours a dark, nearly opaque, almost sable mahogany with a fine-bubbled, light tan head. Rich, malty aroma has an overtone of cloves and cinnamon and a hint of molasses. Flavor is malty and spicy, undertone of cloves and cinnamon, touch of sweetness and hint of licorice and cinnamon candy. Texture is very smooth, almost syrupy, and leaves a slightly sweet, slightly hoppy, cinnamony aftertaste.
BelgianBeerGal (1284), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 26, 2008 Bottled in Dallas. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. The aroma is mostly coffee and a little honey in the end. The biggest flavours are get are more coffee and the HUGE ginger presence. The ginger overpowers everything else for me. Okay but obviously not well balanced or blended.
Wildo67 (27), USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 24, 2008 Very interesting. I rated it fairly high after drinking most of the bottle but it would have been very low if it had been after only one sip. I think of this drink less as a beer and more as a holiday alcoholic beverage to be enjoyed maybe once a season. Low carbonation, very sweet, and heavy on the honey although the cloves and ginger are fairly apparent as well.
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