Petite bouteille (Merci am See!): Clear, amber, small and stable off-white foamy layer, mild and clean sweetish malty nose with just a few hoppy illusions in the backrow; mild sweetish-bitter flavour, nearly medium bodied and a bit sticky; malty and mild bitter finish. Nothing wrong with it, just too monotonous...

bottled from Auchan Illkirch-Graffenstaden. Clear red-amber colour, tall bubbly head. Fruity nose. Malty start with a sticky sweet touch, ahs yhoppy hints and a fruity finish with berries and apples. Some Christmas spices also detectable (clove, cinnamon), but quite shy.

Kronenbourg Bière de Noël, 5.5% 0.25l bottle courtesy of and shared with ozujsko (thanks!) Didn’t even know they bottled this. Poured a brown (quite dark amber) colour with a medium sized white head. Lively carbonation, fizzy. A pleasant nose - malt, caramel, some fresh herbal hop. The taste is quite nice for Kronenbourg. Pleasant, bready, notes of a herbal, a touch acidic and dusty hopiness, notes of caramel, slighty woody, maybe even sweaty. Chalky hoppy bitter aftertaste. A nice little lager, more complex than I expected.

Bottled(250ml). -as Kronenbourg Biere de Noël, 5.5%
From Spar in Risoul, 15pack costs 8.95€.
Malty, slight hoppy and spicy with strong alcoholic notes but in a good way. Stronger and surprisingly good Kronenbourg beer.

330 ml bottle. Clear dark golden body with a decent off-white head. Aroma has some caramel malt and a hint of bitter hops. Flavor is a bit sweet caramel malt, some bitterness and a relatively short aftertaste. Not very unlikely a typical Norwegian Christmas beer sold in regular shops = a Vienna style beer. Honestly I don’t compare this to a bock at all.