12 ounce bottle. Found this at Super Buy-Rite in Jersey City in July. Go figure. Mahogany brown color. Small creamy beige head. Roasted malt nose hints at cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Flavor follows nose. Dark malts, holiday spices and the like. Notes of dark dried fruit and burnt sugar. Overall, a typical Xmas Ale with subtle holiday notes throughout. 7.5% ABV is well hidden.

Draught @ Randolph Beer - DUMBO. Clear brown with reddish tint, foamy beige head, spicy caramel malt aroma with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, low carbonation, mildly bitter spicy caramel malt taste, thin body, abrupt finish. Spicy, but not very remarkable.

Bottle. Pours reddish amber with tan head. Nose and taste of caramel sauce, toffee candy, mashed up figs, dark chocolate, nuts and spicy earth malt. Medium body.

Location: 750 ml bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 12/9/10

Aroma: The nose has some brown sugar, dark red fruits, a little orange, and holiday spices
Appearance: Pours a dark reddish-brown with a half finger of fluffy beige head and some lace
Flavor: The flavor is like the nose, it had lots of spicy and dark malt flavors
Palate: A medium bodied brew with slight warming feeling and fairly soft carbonation
Overall Impression: This is a decent winter beer. It has a good amount of spice to it, and it's kind of warm on the mouth, surprisingly so for a beer that's only 7.5%. Anyway, decent stuff.

Tap at Blind Tiger. A lot of unrealized potential here. Poured jet black with no head. None. Decently rich aroma of dark fruits and malts and holiday spices. Flavor was sweet and rife with figs and raisins. Some licorice in there too. Medium in body with a syrupy mouthfeel. Almost no carbonation. Somewhat sticky on the finish with a pleasant, sweet aftertaste.