Christmas Ale
Sly Fox Brewing Company in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.46
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Expressive mulling spices swirl and mingle in this full-bodied red ale. With one sip you’ll know the holidays are here!
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught from Spring Lounge. Pours a reddish brown, not much head. Fairly strong cinnamon and nutmeg aroma. Ginger taste. Pretty thin conisistency
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750ml bottle, pours a translucent ruddy brown, white head. Dry and spicy. Malt. Brown bread and earthy notes. 6 4 6 3 12
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2022
at 18:46
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
12 oz can, red amber clear. Medium body. Powerful cinnamon aroma, with nutmeg and cloves to a lesser degree. Believe there is some beer snuck in there, but the spice is overwhelming in the taste. Bitter unpleasant finish. Pretty bad.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Nov 2019
at 01:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz. can. Canned early November. Deeper brown appearance with the typical Christmas spice hints. Good amount spice in aroma and flavor. Lots of nutmeg, cinnamon, toffee malt body and clove in the finish. The ginger and clove are really starting to take this beer over. Is it any better real fresh? Not sure, overall a bit heavy in the spice department.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2018
at 13:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Total Wine, Gainesville. Pours clear amber-brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg. Flavor is cinnamon, nutmeg, metal, and little else. It could be spiced iced tea for all I know. It’s OK, but could be better. Just because you put those "chirstmas" spices into a beer doesn’t make it a winter beer.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2016
at 17:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can (2015) poured into a shaker pint at Mokomandy. Clear amber with beige head. Aromas of ginger, light spice, light herbs. Tastes of ginger, spices, light herbs, nutty notes. Medium body with a dry finish. Lots of ginger if that’s your thing.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2016
at 16:21
6/10
Tried
on 10 Dec 2015
at 21:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz can. Filtered amber-orange body. Foamy off-white/beige head. Big spiced aroma. The spices dominate. The base beer is sort of bland, doesn’t really hold up to the spice. I’d say the ginger and cinnamon have the biggest roles, but they are all there. Forgettable, boring offering.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2015
at 17:59
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
This one certainly does not get me in the Christmas spirit, but I certainly am a scrooge. Lots of ginger and clove. Pours cloudy amber with ok head and lacing. Finishes way too sweet. Tap at Black Squirrel.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2014
at 19:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Split a 750ml with some co-workers. This one poured with a pretty large, pillowy, fluffy white head. Once that settled, the body was visibly a clear copper color. Aroma was a pretty big spice bomb, lots of ginger, clove and allspice especially. Some nutmeg in there. Light malts make up most of the body but the spice overpowers. Perhaps a bit heavy on the spices but otherwise pretty good.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2014
at 22:19