t Smisje Kerst

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

On tap at ’t Brugs Beertje. A little funky, lactose and sweetness. A little ginger and chocolate but very faint. Overall weak aroma but not unpleasant. Hazy dark orange amber with thin lacing head. Medium-heavy watery body with medium-high carbonation. Starts sweet with lots of candi sugar, light spice, and caramel, and some carbonic acidity. Nice sweet finish with carbonic burn and light alcoholic warming. Nice Xmas beer but not too spicy.

330 ml bottle a hazy brown beer with a beige head sweetness spices and caramel in the aroma’s the flavor is very sweet with spices and dried fruit

from tap @brugsch beertje, dark brown colour with stable white head. Yeasty and fruity smell. Taste: very yeasty, apricot, orange peel, alcohol, sugar, and bitter. Nice but not perfectly balanced beer.

bottle. hazy reddish brown under a large creamy beige head. pear syrup, apple, caramel in aroma. palate is full bodied with lots of sharp carbonation. flavors of caramel, apple, pear, yeasty. sweet. just the slightest touch of alcohol warmth. don’t really get any spices. a touch grassy at times. solid and tasty.

Pours a really hazy reddish brownish color with a nice head. Aroma is apples, but not the sharp tart kind, almost like calvados, with some cordial like sweetness and some alcohol. The flavor is very alcoholic with some nuttiness, some toffee, and some cherries. The flavor is a little yeasty. The spices are very muted in this beer, or at least they’re kind of hidden behind the booze. Not a whole lot of subtlety here, but it’s not bad.

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de caramel fruité et d’épices. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée bourgogne avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un large col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de petits fruits avec une pointe de chocolat et d’épices. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût fruité. (Rating #2559)

11.2 ounce stubby bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is delicate but complex with notes of toffee, cherries, bread, berries, spice. Taste is bread, berries, caramel, light butterscotch and tropical notes. Medium bodied. Nice sipping beer.

Bottle at home ... copper ... big big alcohol nose with some spice ... bit fizzy ... rich toffee malts ... again alcohol shows ... some hop ... some yeast ... big spice... big bitter ... some treacle