 Nena (184), West Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 30, 2009 Deep chestnut color with a thick, fairly lasting cream head. This beer is really complex and hard to wrap my brain around. Has a sweet, very herbal aroma. It is sweet tasting, but very bitter and with lots of intertwining spice flavors. I can pick out the flavors of the individual spices mentioned in the description, but they definitely form a greater whole. Some alcohol on the finish but it’s not powerful. Overall: this stuff tastes like Christmas more than most holiday ales.
Theis (3792), Denmark
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 29, 2009 Bottle at home - bought at Systembolaget in Malmø. Black - offwhite head. Smells like an Indian Curry. High spicy, juniper, burned, berries, sweetness, dark bread, caramel, chestnut, smooth body, light hoppy, light bitteress. Nice - but far too spicy.
ChristianScheffel (4679), Odense, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 20, 2009 Dark red chestnut colour with a big and lasting off-white head. Strong spice aroma, mostly of cinnamon and very much reminding me of American pumpkin beers. Some malt and molasses, and vineous alcohol. Sweet malty flavour with lots of spice. Complex bitter spicy finish. Velvet mouthfeel. It’s spiced way over the top, but complex and more interesting than most spice beers.
plovmand (1737), Helsinge, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 19, 2009 12 oz bottle. Amber brown body with a medium creamy off white head. Sweet malty aroma with a great mix of different spices. Juniper is in front along with chestnut. Quite complex flavour. Its sweet malt, lots of caramel, chestnut, spices like juniper and wht must be sage. I dont really get the caraway. Its well balanced and the 9% abv is well hidden. Creamy and smootth bodied. Great collaboration brew.
TOSG55 (75), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 19, 2009 Bottle. Pours a syrupy amber-brown with a fairly thin tan head. Sweet aroma of malts. The flavor is fairly complex - caramel malts, with a ton of spices, no single one of which dominates. Subtle pepperiness. A very nice holiday spice beer.
radagast83 (1317), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 18, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours a reddish/brown color. Aroma is spice, sweet. Flavor is notes of malts, spices, ginger - pepper. Touch of chocolates. Bitter finish, lasting spice notes. A nice beer, though I drunk it at the height of Summer - not the best time I would gather.
cgarvieuk (4225), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Aug 18, 2009 Bottle at home ... brown ... big foamy off white head ... light spice ... sweet heavy spiced ... lots of roast malts ... little peppery ... little ginger... but way off balance with the spices
yngwie (5079), Kristiansand, Norway
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 17, 2009 Bottle, 12oz, at Patricks. It’s a dark, reddish brown beer, almost clear it seems, with a big lasting beige head leaving nice lacings. Quite spiced on the nose, with caraway and cardamom, some alcohol, piney hops and roasted malts. The flavor is spiced initially, cardamom and caraway sees, with dark sugars, roasted malts, hints of chocolate and a fine bitterness. Full-bodied, ultra-smooth and a bit warming. Bitter finish with roasted malts and some alcohol. A lovely beer, both cold and when it warms up. (090605)
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