 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
Jun 9, 2008 Wow. Very complex beer. It pours a dark brown color with a small amount of tan head. The aroma is of dark chocolate with notes of dark fruit and I swear there’s port in it. Kind of thick and creamy in the mouth it finishes with some hop bite and warms as it goes down. Good Christmas beer!
BMan1113VR (2757), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
Jun 2, 2008 Listed as Nøgne Winter Ale. A gusher. Pours with a large, thick brown head covering a black body with a couple large yeast particles. Strong lacing and retention. Aroma of cinnamon, brown sugar, milk chocolate, and toffee. Taste is pretty metallicy, with some coffee grounds and spices. Creamy mouthfeel, light carbonation.
marcus (1826), Sacramento, California, USA
May 27, 2008 This dark brown ale poured with a fluffy brown head that lasted a while. There is a pleasant chocolate malt aroma. There is a hearty caramel malt flavor with nice balancing hops. Very tasty.
iowaherkeye (1832), Bakersfield, California, USA
May 26, 2008 500mL bottle, no date. I also have a review last year from General Gao, but some day I’ll add my backlog. Ah, gotta love the gushers spilling on my computer, carpet, couch, and whatnot. Fuck! Very deep ruby brown--damn near opaque--with a two finger brown head, fading down to a 1/4 finger head by the time it took me to wipe up everything and Resolve® my carpet. Roasted malts, chocolate malted milk balls, nutmeg and misc. spices are dominant. Quite chocolatey with some sweet caramel and chocolate chip cookie dough. Flavor was roastier, though there are still some sweet chocolate and caramel notes again, cookie dough and raisins following with some warming alcohol. Though what I stated sounds somewhat like a RIS, it didn’t taste like one at all. The roast never got very strong. Semi-dry finish with bitterness reaching a 2-3. Moderate carbonation with a medium full body. I originally had this a 7-4-8-4-16, but think it deserved an extra point as it warmed.
gws57 (1131), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
May 25, 2008 Found this in a bomber bottle at Binny’s in St. Charles, Illinois. Very thick, opaque dark brown pour with a thick, tan head. Awesome nose of roasted almonds, cherry, raisins and black licorice. Flavor is just as good, with some spiciness, huge amounts of chocolate and coffee malts, and some smokiness. No alcohol in the finish; I had no idea how strong this beer was until it had already knocked me on my butt. This was outstanding.
bermod (118), Lappeenranta, Finland
May 24, 2008 Updated: Dec 25, 2008Roasted malty aroma with salty licorice, dark fruits, chocolate, coffee and citrusy-hoppy notes. Flavor of roasted malts, dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, hops and citrus. Quite smooth mouthfeel. Delicious.
esox (259), Oulu, Finland
May 22, 2008 Medium beige head with long lasting lacing. Almost black liquid with shades of ruby. Rich and earhy roasted malts and sweeter caramel malts in the finish. Dark dried fruits and plenty of hops. Spices and some coffee notes in the long bitter finish. Flavor has malty sweetness with sourness and salty licorice. Medium bodied with smooth and thick mouthfeel. Surprisingly light taken into account the amount of alcohol. Fine beer wheter it is Christmas or not.
mmhnto (31), Lisle, Illinois, USA
May 10, 2008 Pours deep red to brown with slight tan head. While pouring carbonation seemed very low. Aroma is very complex with notes of caramel, roast malt and cherry sourness not unlike Rodenbach or the Duchess. Unfortunately, the body seemed to be very lacking. I expected this 8.5% beer to have more body and balance. On the plus side it goes pretty well with chocolate chip cookies.
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