 beerheart (237), Erie, Colorado, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 21, 2007 This is a nice English strong ale with a bit of spices. Complex but well balanced. On the whole, it’s a little plain, but "plain" is in comparison to a beer like Fuller’s vintage. Pours a thick and oily nut brown with a tan diminishing head. Aromas of gently roasted malts, cinnamon, cloves, honey, and dried apricots. The taste has strong flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon and coriander. Finishes clean with a slight alcohol burn. It’s a strong ale.
DrnkMcDermott (1859), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 22 oz. bottle, $4 at Sam’s before it became a Binny’s. Pours a deep mahogany brown, roils up a nice tan foamy head. Yes, a very spicy smell, starts with cinnamon-apple tart, nutmeg, and for a brief instance a bit of nose-cleansing wintergreen. Or I just imagined it. Yes, cardamon, to. Not an over done Belgian spice combo, but mainly a Christmas spice beer. Why change the name? Maybe because a Christmas beer might get marked down on Dec. 26. Taste is full of dark nutty malt and now I’m thinking about pumpkin pie spice, or maybe even mincemeat. Despite being a bit over spicy, it’s still a very drinkable beer, perhaps because the malt are quite smooth, hovering between a brown ale and a porter, and the alcohol is barely noticed. It turns out a bomber bottle was just enough, and usually I don’t need more than 12 ounces of a really spicy beer like this.
BeerandBlues2 (3225), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 1, 2006 22-oz. bottle. Pours ruby-copper with an edgy tan head and patchy lacing on top. Aroma is cinnamon, clove and hoppy pine and spruce, candied sugars and malt (caramel, maple, cookie). Flavor starts with a cinnamon burn, moderately sweet and then acidic, drying to the palate, tart hoppy body, alcohol burn with a fading flavor. Medium and fizzy, spicy, dry palate.
NobleSquirrel (1115), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 30, 2008 Tap at Kuma’s. Pours a deep, dark reddish brown, though translucent. minimal head. Nose is actually quite fruity, cinnamon and the orange zest jump out, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was cardamom either. Taste is pretty intense and rich. Sweet and moderately spicy, a hint of ginger and cinnamon but just somehow very rich. Not the easiest drinking, but not a horrible beer, either.
RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 1, 2007 Spicy. Pours a deep, murky brown with a thin off-white head. Malty nose with a heavy dash of spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger. Ditto the flavor ... more spices than malt with a definite alcohol presence. warm. smooth and soothing. Not to mention spicy. tasty and rich, but certainly not something I’d want often.
grat (433), ST. Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2005 Deep garnet. Aromas of over the top nutmeg. Way too much spice to be anything tasty. Not too pleasent in the mouth either. Mouthfeel is oily. Spices stab rather than massage.
bu11zeye (5608), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 10, 2005 (Bottle) Pours a dark burgundy body with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt, cinnamon, ginger, molasses, alcohol, and other spices. Flavor of malt, ginger, and clove.
Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 14, 2005 Small tan head, dark brown body with a red gleam. Chocolaty and dusty aroma, fruit and brandy notes and some alcohol. Biding flavor of malt, nutmeg, chocolate and tart fruit. Warming from the alcohol. Weird and unbalanced.
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