Christmas Tree Beer
St Andrews Brewing (Scotland) in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland 🏴
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Score
7.13
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Created together with St Andrews Botanic Gardens. Infusions of spruce, pine & Juniper Rye make it a stand-alone truly unique festive occasion in its own right. We keep this one especially for the season of cheer.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Managed to get the last bottle at the outhouse in Edinburgh. pours cloudy red. Nose is juniper, coffee, orange, some earthiness. Yummy!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2018
at 22:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle in trade with Craig cons 2017-06-18 Uddingston AR: bitter, ripe fruity, wee puke AP: cloudy coppery, wee thin beige head F: juniper berries, spruce, pine cones, ripe fruity ,
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2017
at 11:11
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as St Andrews Christmas Tree (by St Andrews Brewing (Scotland)):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
16/I/17 - 33cl bottle @ Taco Monday (home) - BB: 20/X/17 (2017-46) Thanks to Wixie for picking me up this bottle!
Little hazy orange to amber beer, small aery off-white to yellow head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet malts, caramel, very fruity, bit resinous, spicy touch, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet and malty start, spicy, bit sourish, nice bitterness, fruity hops, grapefruit. Aftertaste: bitter, resinous, sweet malts, alcohol, bit cheesy, sweaty feet, caramel. Very good beer, but by no means is this a Sahti/Gotlandsdricke/Koduõlu... More an ipa if anything.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
16/I/17 - 33cl bottle @ Taco Monday (home) - BB: 20/X/17 (2017-46) Thanks to Wixie for picking me up this bottle!
Little hazy orange to amber beer, small aery off-white to yellow head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet malts, caramel, very fruity, bit resinous, spicy touch, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet and malty start, spicy, bit sourish, nice bitterness, fruity hops, grapefruit. Aftertaste: bitter, resinous, sweet malts, alcohol, bit cheesy, sweaty feet, caramel. Very good beer, but by no means is this a Sahti/Gotlandsdricke/Koduõlu... More an ipa if anything.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2017
at 17:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Tim from the brewery. Amber with a decent head. Light juniper and pine intermingled on the nose. Toffee at the back. Pine intermingled with toffee on the taste. Mountain herbs too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2016
at 08:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Kernel - thanks to Ben. Pours unclear golden-brown with a creamy off-white head. The nose has bready malts, hints of pine, spices. Medium sweet flavor with lightly toasted bread, soft cinnamon, dough, floral hops, some grain husk. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with further bready malts, toast, earth, leaves, mild pine resins. Quite tasty, and novel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 06:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Ben H. It pours murky deep amber with a thick beige head. The nose is rich, piney, peppery juniper, spice, fresh forest, rye bread, barnyard and varnish. The taste is bitter-sweet, rye bread, earth, resin, wood, spice, leather, burnt toffee and varnish with a dry, spicy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Interesting and spicy. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 06:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cornelius.Murky chestnut body with a thin beige head. Nice lacing. Aroma of wood, earth, orange and toffee. Flavour of butterscotch, warming spices, biscuit and salted caramel. Bitter finish of spruce and grass. Medium body with a chewy mouthfeel. A great beer for Christmas (I’ll have to buy another one).
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2014
at 14:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours murky brown, nose is pines, spices, sweet toffee, taste is bitter, dry toffee, light spice, pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2014
at 23:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
5.5 cask at the hanging bat... Deep brown... Thin tan head... Light zezty spice nose... Soft toffee malt.. Juicy malts.. Soft toffee roast.. Light spruce hints.. Light bitter linger
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2014
at 09:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Hanging Bat. Pours hazy amber, thin white head. Aromas of pine, spice. Taste is light pine, spice, light bitter, dry finish. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2014
at 01:15