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2XMAS
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rAvg: 3.78
pDev: 15.08%
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Southern Tier Brewing Company
New York
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United States
Style | ABV
Herbed / Spiced Beer
| 8.00%
ABV
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Winter.
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Brewed in the tradition of Swedish Glogg. Ale brewed with Figs, Orange peels, and spices. 2 varieties of hops and 4 types of malts.
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weeheavybutdieting
Georgia
4.38
/5
rDev
+15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Served from a growler from Ale Yeah, Roswell, GA into a Westmalle chalise.
A:A slightly muted brown with a hint of red ruby. A light lacing that chases away quickly.
S: All of the Christmas herb/spice goodness on the nose that you would expect from a Christmas beer.
T: If you are afraid of over the top holidy brews then this beer is for you. Don't let the scent throw you. This is a well-balanced beer. It keeps with the style and carries a good bit of herb and spice on the front of the tongue with a nice carmel in the middle and a little bit of hops throughout to balance it all out.
M: This bad boy looks like it will be a big sticky mess but it comes to the tongue in a much lighter and fresher way. While keeping a nice warm spice on the tongue.
O: This has become my favorite holiday beer this season. It was hard to find but worth the search. It is a rare find to have a holiday beer that you can come back to over and over without just a one off, "That was fun, now back to a real beer." attitude.
Serving type: growler
12-23-2012 01:02:50 |
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BigRob329
Connecticut
4.35
/5
rDev
+15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - A finger or so of head. Very nice dark amber color.
S - First thought was it smells like Christmas. Very profound smell of ginger, with some fruitier hints of orange and figs. Kind of smells like baking Christmas cookies
T - Again, tasted like Christmas. Ginger was most immediate flavor, with a nice aftertaste that included the orange and figs. Very good amount of hops to compliment the other flavors.
M - Somewhat heavy but not too much so. Good feel for this beer.
Overall I loved this great beer, and it's perfect for the holiday season. Perfect amount of dry fruit flavoring to go along with the smell. Tastes like dessert that can be enjoyed all day. Will definitely have this many times again.
Serving type: bottle
12-02-2012 23:11:26 |
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bsp77
Minnesota
4.33
/5
rDev
+14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Imperial Pint.
Appearance: Hazy, dark reddish-orange with thin cream colored head.
Smell: Figs and other fruits, cinnamon, and orange peel.
Taste: Pretty sweet core of figs, plum and caramel. Great mix of spices, such as cinnamon, ginger and orange peel. Very Christmas like, with the mix of spices and sweet decadence. It also reminds me a little of Pumking, which makes sense.
Feel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Finish is a little tingly from the spices, but not really dry. Usually a sweet finish bugs me, but not here.
Overall: This beer just screams Christmas, with its crazy spices and ultra sweet core. But I think it is great.
Serving type: bottle
12-17-2012 02:04:26 |
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brureview
Massachusetts
4.28
/5
rDev
+13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Poured into a chalice. 1/2 finger head.
Nice, but not strong aroma of spices-especially Cinnamon.
Attractive dark tea color.
Mouth feel: strong carbonation enhances the style.
Taste: very spicy, orange peel and citrus.
Overall: very enjoyable holiday seasonal with a good spicy taste. Will drink again.
Serving type: bottle
12-07-2012 03:53:00 |
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CHADMC3
Connecticut
4.23
/5
rDev
+11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a deep chestnut body with reddish hues beneath the foamy tan head that dissolves to leave only a faint lacing around the glass.
Generous spice aromas with sweet molasses and caramel malt float from the glass. Figs, cardamom, clove, and cinnamon are all present as well as some bready notes.
The flavor is spicy and sweet featuring cinnamon, clove, and brown sugar as well as figs and toffee. The orange peel really shows up in the finish. Any hop notes are woody in nature, perhaps pine.
Fuller in body with medium carbonation and a spicy, warming finish.
This is a really nice spiced winter beer with tons to offer the senses and a nice warming mouthfeel.
Serving type: bottle
11-12-2012 01:20:56 |
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ThisWangsChung
Maryland
4.23
/5
rDev
+11.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass.
A: Pours a dark ruby color with excellent clarity. The head is a one finger khaki color with decent texture, but not much retention. Only a modicum of lacing stays on the glass.
S: Spruce, ginger, nutmeg, graham cracker, orange peel, light dark fruits, and very slight hops. Give Southern Tier credit - when they want to make a beer resemble something else (like chocolate or, in this case, Christmas) they go all out and leave nothing to the imagination. Pretty much everything advertised comes through aromatically.
T: There isn't much of a drop off from the (admittedly ambitious) aroma, though maybe it's a touch less complex. Lots of dark fruits appear immediately, smoothing out on the midtaste to graham crackers and gingerbread. The finish is shockingly bitter for Southern Tier, consisting of a combination of subtle wood, leafy tobacco, and orange peel. I swear the faintest hint of roasted malts comes through on the finish. There's a nice layering of flavors, though finding some of the complexity requires a little hard work. Still, it's an excellent winter warmer.
M: Very slick, and creamy up until the swallow. The finish is both clean and wet, with a little bit of syrupiness to cover up the booze. This goes down superbly, without a hint of alcohol coming through.
O: Admittedly, these heavily spiced winter beers are never quite my thing, but this seems almost paragonal of the said style, so it earns itself bonus points. This will be my future standard for winter warmers until further notice - naturally, this is an easy one to recommend.
Serving type: bottle
11-16-2012 21:58:28 |
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Mgm54
New York
4.23
/5
rDev
+11.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Serving type - 12oz bottle, popped it open the second I got back from the store. Date of bottling right on the bottle (read, 10/24/12)
A - a deep mahogany red, wonderful color, exactly what I want out of a beer like this. The dark color makes me feel the weight of the spices more
S - Smells like a wonderful gingerbread cookie cookie, and the aroma fills the area around it when poured out of the bottle into a glass. This is exactly what I want when I open a beer like this, and the smell simply makes me happy to drink the beer
T - Reminds me of a gingerbread cookie, or some spiced egg nog. the spices are the forefront of this beer, and unfortunately hides the fig and orange taste of the beer a bit. That said, fig and orange are defiantly present, and you will notice them. Great taste, just can seem like a little much at times. But, If this one is in the mood for one of these beers, 2XMAS will not disappoint
M - good mouth-feel, but I wish it was stronger, maybe creamier.
O - Great beer, would recommend a six pack every holiday season. I will 100% be in the mood for this beer many times over the cold months, and might have to buy another sixer soon.
Serving type: bottle
12-08-2012 23:14:18 |
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jera1350
Minnesota
4.2
/5
rDev
+11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Ruby/mahogany colored with a fizzy head that dissipates quickly to just a small ring around the glass. It does leave some lace though.
Cola, fig, plum, prune, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Matches up well with the nose here. Very deep complexity. Sweet, malty, fruity and full of holiday spices. Significant hoppy bitterness and spice at the end.
Medium feel and mostly smooth. A bit slick, but dries out towards the end.
Definitely fits the bill as a holiday beer. This may very well be the best holiday ale I've had. It's big and bold with sweet and spice and everything nice. Very warming and just really hits the mark for being a Xmas brew.
Serving type: bottle
11-16-2012 04:30:16 |
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brewcrew76
Wisconsin
4.2
/5
rDev
+11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A - Fairly clear beautiful mahogany with a thin off white head.
S - Reminds me of gingerbread spices. Nutmeg, cardamom, clove, ginger with some graham cracker, bready malt. This smells like christmas in a glass.
T - Cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, mace? & allspice. Like the aroma, this is christmas in a glass. A touch of alcohol is present to make the holidays that much more fun. Light orange peel as it warms which compliments the spices nicely. Some dark fruits also but not as much as I was hoping for.
M - Medium body with light carbonation and a slight burn from the spice and alcohol combo.
D - This beer screams christmas. This is how I remember Great Lakes Christmas tasting years ago although I had it recently and it tasted like a spice mess. Not sure if the beer changed or my palette. I really enjoyed this one. I love figs and had a hard time picking them out.
Serving type: bottle
11-26-2012 03:05:05 |
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JackieTH
Minnesota
4.2
/5
rDev
+11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Amber reddish hue, not much head or lace. Smell is nutmeg, cinnamon, caramel, buttery crust, reminiscent of Pumking. Taste is spices..cinnamon, nutmeg; orange marmalade, brown sugar, raisins and fig newtons, buttery crackers crust. There is a little of the Pumking magic flowing in this one, but with a figgy-orange Christmas twist. Medium body, silky, well crafted. Very enjoyable.
Serving type: bottle
12-17-2012 02:59:08 |
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teromous
Virginia
4.18
/5
rDev
+10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: It's an extremely dark shade of brown, but it is clear enough that you can tell it is not hazy...but still very very dark. The head is a light fluffy tan color that leaves fair good lacing. Lots of different dark shades of brown and some reds make it through this beer. It looks excellent.
S: Well it definitely does smell like Christmas. It's hard to pick out individual spices, but I can tell that there is a lot going on here. Mostly I just smell cinnamon. Lots and lots of cinnamon. There is also a fruity scent to it that I can't quite put my finger on...sort of rose-like but more fruity and less floral. Not a whole lot of malt character coming through. The hops are subdued and I can't smell them. Some alcohol comes through.
T: The malt comes out a lot more here. I wouldn't call it caramel but more of a clean malt flavor. That fruity flavor comes in again. I don't like reading bottles because it influences perception of taste and smell when you can read what's in the beer, but I had to figure out what that flavor was. The beer label states that they use fig and orange peel. I suppose it could be these but it doesn't quite taste like fig to me. Some banana flavor also comes in. The cinnamon is not overpowering as the scent might lead. I really like this and it fits the whole Christmas theme. A semi-floral aftertaste. While drinking, I feel like I can taste the water in the beer somewhat...it's hard to describe...it's not watery or anything but there's some backbone flavor to it...if that makes sense.
M: Mouthfeel is a bit heavy and wet. It has a smoothness to it. The alcohol is not burning, and the beer does not feel like it needs aging before drinking. It feels very "together".
O: Overall I feel that this has qualities that would win people over, even if they are not fans of spice beers. I would recommend it to those who enjoy Belgian style dark ales. It's very easy to drink and tastes great.
Serving type: bottle
11-28-2012 00:06:49 |
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ThePorterSorter
New York
4.15
/5
rDev
+9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
The beer pours a dark, red-brown color with a dense, fluffy tan head that fades, but never completely dissipates. The nose is rich and spicy with notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar. It's very appealing considering the different spice profile ST used in this beer compared to other over-the-top winter warmers It's almost like the goose island winter brown ale for comparison. The taste is well spiced with a modest fig sweetness and semi-dry finish. It drinks like liquid dessert, but doesn't get old. The body is rich and inviting. Honestly, this may be one of my favorite winter beers considering the unique spice profile, drinkability, price, and availability. I just want to get into a wool turtleneck and eat a winter ham while drinking this beer.
Serving type: bottle
11-10-2012 02:16:51 |
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DrDemento456
Pennsylvania
4.15
/5
rDev
+9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A - Well for a winter warmer/Christmas beer this is a very dark beer. Clear yet deep shade of brown with just a sticky lace ring.
S - Smell is very malty with touches of fig/raisin, cinnamon/nutmeg, and very little hops.
T - A lot going on here. Starts off light with nutmeg and then towards the middle of the palate I am getting some orange peel/figs. It has a great cinnamon hit at the end that reminds me of Great Lakes Christmas ale. Tasty.
M - Medium bodied yet drinks fantastic. Even though its heavily spiced I could see drinking a couple in a sitting no problem.
Overall worth picking up if you love the pumpkin spice fall beers or heavily spiced Christmas beers. These guys know how to brew great beer!
Serving type: bottle
11-26-2012 23:46:07 |
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brewdlyhooked13
Ohio
4.15
/5
rDev
+9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Appearance - dark reddish amber, a short-lived head of pale mocha is just a spotty cover within a minute or two.
Aroma - spiced with ginger, anise, clove, a fine bouquet of seasonal smells.
Taste - richly toasty malt base, orange, clove and anise providing some great spicy flavors. As the swallow dries, the hoppiness is shallow, a touch medicinal and even a little metallic, but not especially bitter. Decent balance to the sweeter front side flavors. Nice breath of waming alcohol as this winds down.
Mouthfeel - medium to slightly full body, fairly crisp, smooth.
Overall - extremely good session seasonal. I only got a few loose bottles this year, this one's on the short list for a few sixers next time around.
Serving type: bottle
03-06-2013 00:56:05 |
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BrownAleMale
Wisconsin
4.13
/5
rDev
+9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
12oz bottle poured into a Kasteel goblet
Appearance- Dark red and almost opaque with 3/4 finger of off white head that has tiny bubbles. The head dissipates down to almost nothing. No lacing really.
Smell- Clove and cinnamon are most promenint.
Taste- This follows the nose with a bit of gingerbread flavor also added in.
Mouthfeel- It has a pretty heavy body that works well with the spice. The back of the tounge get a slight warming.
Overall- An excellent Christmas seasonal. All the smells and tastes of Christmas with a great mouthfeel and a nice warming finish.
Serving type: bottle
12-15-2012 21:35:54 |
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schoolboy
Ohio
4.1
/5
rDev
+8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I am almost a Southern Tier blind faith follower. I started out liking their brews and as they added more styles I find I LOVE those. This new one is no exception, but it is exceptional.
It's a dark thing with very little head. The aroma is mildly that of a unique combo of spices and things plus a little hoppy ale. The taste follows with a nice balanced spice and ale flavor. Not very hoppy but that's not expected in this style. A tart fruity aftertaste lingers long after the drink.
This is a very nice holiday brew. I look forward to drinking a bunch of these.
Serving type: bottle
11-09-2012 01:02:37 |
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Darkmagus82
Montana
4.1
/5
rDev
+8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from bottle into pint glass
Appearance – Pours a red mahogany colored brew with a two finger off white head. The head fades relatively quickly to leave a moderate level of lacing.
Smell – The aroma is not too potent and consists of a cinnamon, nutmeg and clove spice mixed with a roasted malt.
Taste – The taste begins with a roasted malt flavor and a sugar brown sugar taste mixed with a dark cherry and fig flavor. In the middle some spice flavors start coming to the tongue while the brown sugar and roasted malt flavors start to dwindle a bit. While the roasted malt and the sugar flavors dwindle, the end of the flavor sees an increase in the sweet cherry and fig flavors mixed with some and is joined by a light alcohol burn and some more spice of nutmeg , clove, and cinnamon.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the just above average side in terms of creaminess and thickness with a carbonation level that is just below average. The creamier body is good for enhancing the sweet fruit, boozy and spice flavors of the brew as they can really be fully sensed by the tongue.
Overall –The end of the flavor profile leaves a nice spiced flavor on the tongue which mixes quite well with the fruit flavors of the brew and the warming feel of the alcohol. Overall a warming, but drinkable brew with a good sweeter spiced flavor.
Serving type: bottle
11-24-2012 00:55:36 |
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tigg924
Massachusetts
4.1
/5
rDev
+8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: 1/3 inch head, brownish-red in color, clear, high carbonation
Smell: fig, toasted malt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices
Taste:fig, big caramel, clove, and cinnamon
Mouthfeel: sweet with slight bitterness, high carbonation, light bodied
Overall: Really tasty holiday brew...lots of malty sweetness and enough holiday spice..One of their better small bottle beers..I will pick this up again.
Serving type: bottle
11-27-2012 15:07:20 |
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BEERchitect
Kentucky
4.1
/5
rDev
+8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
"...with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads..." If by sugar, he means malt, and by plumbs, he meant prunes. If he means stomach instead of head and drunken stupor instead of visions, then he must have bellied up at The Beer Trappe on Saturday night as Southern Tier's 2XMAS joined the tap rotation. By the way, what the crap is a sugarplum?
It's tawny bronze hue is cast in a veil of barkish haze. it's deep brown color allows for the soft penetration of garnet low lights. A serious lather builds on top of the beer with soft ivory foam and is insistent on enduring the session. As the foam slowly recedes to an even sheet across the glass, intricate lacing creeps onto the snifter.
An array of aromas share its bouquet, seemingly one scent at a time. As the nose eclipses the glass, notions of dried fruit, brown sugar, and molasses make me thing fruitcake (in the most delightful way possible). Another whiff delivers ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg much like gingersnap cookies. As the alcohols warm, a masculine scent of rum-based bread pudding catches the ire of alcohol inspired adult in me.
But it's the actual fig infusion that becomes the common thread of the beer and locks all of those flavors down. Otherwise, it is the underlying malt taste of molasses, brown sugar, and maple that commands its taste. Now, the earthen sweetness of the dried dark pitted fruit, and other cherry-like esters, that gives the sweetness a twang and savory balance. Further complementary tastes of orange zest clove, ginger, cinnamon and cardamom really pulls this beer into the realm of Christmas in a semi-eggnog kinda way. Light in hops, the beer relies on its sheer complexity and gruit spices for balance and digestibility.
Its robust texture is set up with firm malt richness and its embedded carbonation for a full and lightly chewy mouthfeel. Rummy alcohols begin to slice into the bready malt for peppery warmth, thinning sweetness, and overall spicy middle palate. Finishing malty-dry with a hint of toast and chocolate, the complexities continue to build even deep in aftertaste.
2XMAS is your quintessential "Winter Warmer" that's designed for those Christmas parties. And with the alcohol strength to sooth the mind, it may just make the office party tolerable this year! (...now off to find those damn sugarplums.)
Serving type: on-tap
12-10-2012 18:17:08 |
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sinstaineddemon
Connecticut
4.1
/5
rDev
+8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A - hazy brownish orange with a thin, quickly disintegrating white head, carbonation clinging to the bottom of the glass, but to opaque to see it rising
S - chrismtas spices are the first experience, nutmeg, ginger, anise, and orange peel, the darkness lent by the figs is evident, but not sure if I picked it up or found it because I read the bottle
T - malts, big malts aided by the figs for a wintry darkness, then the spices kick in, kind of a glomb up of spices, definitely holiday spices, and the ones picked up in the aroma stay true to the taste.
M&D&O - a wonderful christmas beer, spices are friendly and inviting and rich, without being overdone too much. the fig complements the malt base fantastically, one of the better christmas beers I have had. Well done ST!
Serving type: bottle
02-05-2013 20:36:25 |
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Brenden
Ohio
4.1
/5
rDev
+8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
The color is a medium-dark brown with a red tone to it. A light brown head grows to one finger that drops to a fairly heavy foam in time. It leaves a ring of lacing at the top of the glass with some spotting beneath.
Spicy it is; not overly spiced, but definitively and strongly. It also offers a bit of citrus, mostly zest and a bready quality that's part gingerbread but more very doughy, spiced "Christmas"-type bread. On the tongue, there's a malty backbone with some bitterness coming out in the middle. It finishes with a sugar/spice combination as alcohol sneaks in as sort of an afterthought.
The feel is nicely thick with a bit of heft in its sturdy body. It's smooth, and doesn't offer so much a crispness as a bite, even as it hits the lips.
Serving type: bottle
02-10-2013 20:56:00 |
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Lemke10
Wisconsin
4.09
/5
rDev
+8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This pours a clear, medium brown color with a slight, beige head. The scent is slightly sweet with some spice and fruit. The taste is strong and bold but has great complex flavors. There is a great blend of malts and spices along with a slight hoppy finish. A great brew for those cold winter months!
Serving type: bottle
01-22-2013 20:27:24 |
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Lawl3ss
Texas
4.09
/5
rDev
+8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Chilled 12 oz. bottle into a 33 cl snifter. Bottling date 10.24.12.
Look- Deep ruby amber with a half finger of loose off-white head. Falls quickly, decent lacing. Nice glow.
Smell- Moderately sweet- currant, brown bread, molasses cookies, cinnamon, orange zest. Plenty of fruit and holiday spice. Swirling brings out a deeper, darker plummy fruit aroma and some rum-laced fruitcake.
Taste- Very similar to the aroma. Round, soft fruits with a hint of citrus balance against tealike bittering and warm spice- lots of nutmeg. Spices linger, aftertaste of pumpernickel and mulled apple cider. Nice.
Mouthfeel- Medium body, light carbonation brightens up the sip a bit. Swallow is juicy, full, mild-moderate dusky dryness imparted by the spices. Light for the style, actually. Moderate warming on the back - both spice and booze, but not unwelcome. I could finish two of these no problem.
Overall- Not the best Christmas beer I've ever had (that goes to La Grivoise De Noel), but hits all the right notes and doesn't go overboard. It's also fairly easy to get a hold of (if Southern Tier distributes in your area) and reasonably priced. I'll definitely be picking this one up again.
Serving type: bottle
04-29-2013 00:31:03 |
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CloudStrife
New York
4.08
/5
rDev
+7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle poured into a snifter. DOB 9/26/12.
A: Pours a clear ruby with a 1.5 finger off white head. Ample visible carbonation. No real lacing left from the head.
S: Very spicy up front, hints of orange citrus and clove. Sweet in the background with carmel. No harshnes
T: Has the spiciness from the smell up front that dominates an orange and sweet malt backbone. Just a little bit of bitterness. The focus is certainly on the smell.
M: Fairly light and thin for what I was expecting. Low carbonation. Lacking some smoothness but still very drinkable. Some heat on the mouth that helps the spice.
Overall a very interesting brew thats great for the season. Has the spiciness that I look for yet with a nice drinkabilty and a high ABV.
Serving type: bottle
10-29-2012 22:00:29 |
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bluejacket74
Ohio
4.08
/5
rDev
+7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle, bottled on 10/17/12. Served in a chalice, the beer pours a clear ruby red color with about a quarter inch off-white head that didn't stay around for too long. Not much lacing. Aroma is sweet and spicy, it smells like ginger, cinnamon, orange peel, candied oranges, figs, and some cloves. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, except that there's a slight bitterness noticeable. Also, the aroma seems stronger compared to the flavor of the beer. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit slick with moderate carbonation. I think it's a good overall brew, I know I'll be enjoying the rest of my 6-pack! $10.99 a sixer.
Serving type: bottle
11-09-2012 22:12:54 |
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