Christmas
Top Out Brewery in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.30
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Stuu (34926) reviewed Christmas from Top Out Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at xmas tasting. Dark ruby, chocolate on the nose, liquorice, cloves, quite thin, sweet roasty chocolate, more spice in the taste as it warms.
McCash (15986) reviewed Christmas from Top Out Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle form Appellation Wines Appearance - dark brown with a nicely proportioned fawn head. Nose - initially liquorice but then it becomes apparent that it is fennel. Some other cakey spices going on too. Perhaps a prunes in alcohol note. Taste - more Christmas pudding spices and bread and the fennel/liquorice returns. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a relatively fresh finish. Overall - a really good effort, Michael
allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Christmas from Top Out Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle form Appellation Wines, Dalry. Cheers Ash! Pours a dark brown with a decent tan head. Aromas are fennel and star anise upfront, dark sugars and clove following, finally dark fruit. Very enticing. Taste brings it all together with roasted malt and spice. Creamy texture, nice bitterness. A lovely winter beer.
jamestulloch (9548) reviewed Christmas from Top Out Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from The Beerhive. Dark brown body with a medium beige head. Nice lacing. Aroma of black forest gateaux (thanks to @drinkmongered for that), Christmas pudding, rum and brambles. Flavour of ash, tangy berries, roasted malt and spice. Medium body with a slicky, creamy mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. A fantastic winter ale from a really promising brewery.
cagarvie (39800) reviewed Christmas from Top Out Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft deep berry fruit ... big spice nose ... dark malts ... chewy roast ... huge clove spice ... soft fruits ... mellow malt ...big berry ... softlicorice .. i quite like this