Santa's Little Helper (2016)
(Batch of Santa's Little Helper)
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijBelgian Style - Strong Ale Winter
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Score
7.03
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6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
C’est globalement la déception qui ressort de la dégustation de cette Santa’s Little Helper 2016 qui n’est pas à la hauteur des grandes bières de Noël et qui ne dégage pas non plus la chaleur que l’on attend pour une bière du genre. Rajoutez une hétérogénéité certaine dans les arômes et vous obtenez une bière juste acceptable. En verre, elle est par contre très belle, un brun profond, une effervescence soutenue et une mousse beige onctueuse de deux centimètres d’épaisseur. Le nez interpelle sur le café, le pruneau...et la fraise (et oui, la fraise s’invite en hiver!). L’attaques est souple mais peu aromatique, voire neutre laissant à peine entrevoir de très loin des notes de café et de caramel (mais très loin, il faut se concentrer!). La seconde bouche permet à l’amertume de s’exprimer, linéaire sur des arômes de café. La troisième bouche plus dense, fait réapparaître la fraise avec une arrière bouche sur le pruneau et le caramel. L’alliance des saveurs est particulière, et l’alliance perfectible. Les arômes sont quant à eux très linéaires, sans variation malheureusement. L’alcool de 10,3 % Abv, pourtant conséquent, ne permet pas d’enlever l’ensemble et la corpulence de surcroît n’est pas à la hauteur d’une bière hivernale. Le final présentera des arômes très légèrement épicés (trop peu) et de très belles notes de café qui resteront longtemps en bouche. Cette Santa’s Little Helper 2016 ne nous raconte finalement pas une histoire de Noël, où alors dans un Noël psychédélique, mais je reste traditionaliste pour Noël!
Tried
on 16 Jan 2017
at 14:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled @ KBF 2016, Essen. Brownish color, medium sized beige to light brown head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, toasted malts, fried fruits. Decent body and carbonation. Hmm, expected it to be better.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2017
at 11:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at homeboy tasting. Dark brown with white head. Sweet dusty average belgian blabla with summa da lite xmas spray. Light sweet and bitter. Medium body, bit dry. Mehkers. --- Beer merged from original tick of Santas Little Helper 2016 on 09 Jan 2018 at 09:56 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 17:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Almost clear dark mahogany with beige head. Toffee, condensed milk, milk chocolate, figs, soft spices, Christmas bread, cloves, cinnamon, cognac. Quite sweet and just medium bitter. Full bodied. Too much alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 17:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown, hazy beer with good and long lasting head. Aroma has roast, orange, spicy, berries and caramel. Taste has orange, berries, caramel, vanilla, dark fruits and anis. Quite full body, high carbonation. Alcohol also exists a bit. Could be better if aged.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2016
at 13:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 17/08/2026, from Alko, 20161229) The beer dark brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and nearly white. Aroma had caramel, banana, dried fruits and malts. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, roasted malts, caramel, banana and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, hoppy and bitter. A nice strong brew but there was a slightly unpleasant burnt undertone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2016
at 14:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lastly lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hopy and yeasty nice aroma. Heavy bitter wonderfull complex flavor. Spices and fruitys esters. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2016
at 08:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at RS HW, 24/12/16. Extremely dark mahogany brown win a decent beige cap. Nose is dark fruit rinds, nutty tunes, light spice, dates, toffee, pear drop. Taste comprises dates, fruit cake, faint coffee grinds, black peppery spice, light hop dusting, treacle toffee, light yeast bill. Full bodied, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Decent well balanced Belgian strong.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2016
at 08:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Decent dark color with a fine off white head. Ok lacing Fineintensity in the aroma. Full body and an average to soft carbonation level. Bready, toffee, yeast, fruity and some spices in the flavor. The other annual Santa Little Helper have been a lot better in my opinion. Ok masked alcohol.
[Big bottle from Vinmonopolet Rygge in Moss, Norway]
Jostein 16
[Big bottle from Vinmonopolet Rygge in Moss, Norway]
Jostein 16
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2016
at 03:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
At Kerstbierfestival 2016. Thnx for sharing ! Pours clear, dark brown. Smell is spiced. OK , bit sweet. Taste is sharp, spiced. Sweet, somewhat boozy. OK
Tried
on 20 Dec 2016
at 14:29