Christmas Ale
Olde Hickory Brewery in Hickory, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular|
Score
6.82
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle brought back from SC Slightly murky medium orange amber pour. Some sediment led to the opacity. Light toasted malt and a touch cidery in the aroma. Faint holiday spice notes. Mainly just a light slightly sweet carmely malty beer.
jhsnitz1 (1790) reviewed Christmas Ale from Olde Hickory Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Orange color. Ginger and orange aroma. Has a mild honey sweetness with a crisp, dry, ginger finish. Orange peel aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pour looks like honey with a small white head. Aroma is well..honey with some cinnamon. Flavor is a bit thin and watery with some honey sweetness and a very minor spice. Finish leaves a bit of wet paper bag. This is a spice ale that could actually use a bit more spice.
Travlr (30181) reviewed Christmas Ale from Olde Hickory Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Sticks & Stones. Hazy golden amber color, off white head. Aroma of toffee and light spice. Taste has caramel laced with cinnamon, orange, clove, vanilla. Tasty.
Drake (22938) reviewed Christmas Ale from Olde Hickory Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bomber from Bruisin Ales. Pours a hazy red color with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted malts, ginger, honey. The taste is toasted malts, cherries, honey, citrus, ginger. Thin-medium bodied, slightly warming in feel, not in a boozy way. Maybe not the best beer, but I’m really liking it.
Leighton (34888) reviewed Christmas Ale from Olde Hickory Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours clear, rich gold with a fine, creamy head. Wintery spices on the snout, fine toasted sugars, bread, citrus. Light to medium sweet flavor, plenty of holiday spices, creamy caramel, faint pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with lingering spices and bready malts. A nice wintery, spiced beer.
LeninCat (7985) reviewed Christmas Ale from Olde Hickory Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap @ Olde Hickory. Pours a clear copper appearance with a thin tan head. Mint, ginger, citrus / orange, and spices in the nose. Carbonation a bit thin. Ginger ale flavor. Orange peel and maybe some herbal / spruce / mint notes as well. Moderately sweet. Low bitterness. OK.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Christmas Ale from Olde Hickory Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours an offwhite head with amber color. Aroma is citrus-grapefruit, mint. Taste is mint/citrus, 2nd medium malt-caramel. Interesting.