 argo0 (6176), Washington DC, USA
Jun 25, 2008 (750ml bottle) Cloudy amber body with huge off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, yeasty, some grassy, dough, orange, light melon. Taste is medium sweet, yeast, grassy/grapefruit, light melon. Light-medium body, some effervescence.
fiulijn (5860), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
Feb 18, 2008 It’s overcarbonated, pouring a beautiful hazy light amber color, with a huge frothy head that reduces to a thin creamy layer, and a wild perlage in the beginning. The aroma has the usual good hopping for Thiriez, but with a light strange fruitness, as result from the fermentation problem. The mouthfeel is smooth, with light malt flavor, some delicate and good hopping, light fruitness, but here and there a vegetables touch is spoiling it. They know how to brew their beers, but it’s the second one from Thiriez with a light infection going on…
duff (5405), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
May 3, 2005 Bottle@Reading BF. Quite Christmasy and smooth, with some malty sweetness. Light chocolate/caramel, with Christmas pudding type spicyness, some light acidity. Quite soft, approachable.
Rastacouere (5279), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Feb 17, 2008 Objectively speaking:
Very spicy, cloudy amber French Christmas ale of rather thin stature.
I like:
Thiriez’s usual farmy yeast. White cranberry juiciness. Vinous hints. Spice integration (allspice? Grains of paradise? – original and exotic). Fair hops. Expanding foam. Drinkable for such a spicy ale.
I dislike:
Very light body. Vegetal undertones. Tartness/spices meeting. Global balance – this is a potpourri more than anything.
bierkoning (4740), La Tropica, Netherlands
Apr 24, 2006 Extreme gusher, this large bottle. Malty aroma with cinnamon. Malty sweet flavor with cane sugar and cinnamon. Light to medium bodied. Not unfriendly.
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