 LilBeerDoctor (1479), East Setauket, New York, USA
Dec 19, 2008 Bottle. Pours dark brown with a thick light tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt, slight roasted malt, and chocolate. Flavor of roasted malts, some vegetal notes. Kinda bland actually. Just not a very enjoyable beer. These winter ales just do not seem to be put together very well.
fredandboboflo (1392), East Setauket, New York, USA
Dec 18, 2008 Bottle, Winter Ale. Aroma of sweet malt, milky chocolate, mild roasted notes, some dextrose. Flavor overpowered by unpleasant, bitter coffee grinds on a sweetish malt base. Some nice coffee bitterness in there too, but goes over the edge and is not balanced by anything interesting. A letdown from Nogne O.
after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
Dec 17, 2008 500. Pours a dark, nearly opaque blackish brown with very faint caramel highlights at the corners. Thick, dense, creamy tan head with dense lacing coming down the sides of the glass. Big burnt-toast nose, along with some mint, brown bread, spruce, and roastiness. Rather strange. This is what I get for starting the night with a pilsner and not changing the glass even when the styles wander far from it--concentrated and somewhat confusing aromas. Very creamy, medium body, with firm but restrained carb. Earthy, roasty, toasty, sprucey, slightly nutty mid-palate. Spicy, slightly sticky finish.
nbutler11 (729), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Dec 16, 2008 Glad that this came after Peculiar at my holiday tasting, as this is certainly the more superior beer. Pours charcoal black with an inviting brown head. Loaded with molasses, roasted coffee, pine, and fruit cake. Great depth and warmth.
csbosox (1076), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Dec 15, 2008 16.9oz bottle about 1 yr old. Served in a Bells Snifter. Nose is roast, caramel, molasses and herbal and fruity hops. Thick mouthfeel. Smooth taste of milk chocolate, mocha, nice fruitiness, and piney hops. Something gives this beer quite a rush in the end, I thought it was the hop bitterness initially, but it could be the roasted malt and high alcohol combo. 7/4/7/4/15 god jul
PMgep (71), Lund, Sweden
Dec 14, 2008 [Bottle] A beautiful, dark color with a nice foam. Aroma of chokolate, coffee and burnt sugar. The flavor is roasted with coffee and chokolate.
plovmand (1588), Helsinge, Denmark
Dec 14, 2008 Bottle. Dark brown body with a tan thick head. Malty aroma with spicy notes. Chocolate and nuts is there as well. Flavour is chocolate, spices, dark fruit and hops. Its smooth and very well balanced.
fidel (882), Livermore, California, USA
Dec 13, 2008 Thanks Beerguy101. Pours Black, dark chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla, coffee, little spice, little hops.
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