Christmas Ale
Red Hill Brewery in Red Hill South, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.57
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DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Christmas Ale from Red Hill Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From a 330ml bottle on 11/12/2016. Pours a light amber with a small head. The nose is light spice. Taste wise there’s a bit of Christmas cake, Belgian yeast and a bit of spice. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Not bad but fails to inspire any real enthusiasm.
Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed Christmas Ale from Red Hill Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Gewürziger Antrunk, deutlich zu süß. Mittelstarke Karbonisierung, etwas Honig. Klebrig, minimal bitter...8/8/7/9/7/9
AndySnow (19631) reviewed Christmas Ale from Red Hill Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting at omhper 20140516.
Appearance: Hazy light brown colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Citrus, spices, fruit, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Spices, malt, caramel.
omhper (44752) reviewed Christmas Ale from Red Hill Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Hazy amber, small head. Fruity caramelly nose. M7d sweet, medium body, rounded mouthfeel. Sweet caramel, grass, notes of lingonberry. Mid bitter finish. Mildly warming.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Christmas Ale from Red Hill Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
[12/10] Bottle, 8.3%. Cloudy amber with a fat coat of light beige head that lasts pretty well. Aroma of raisins, caramel, quinces, spices, flowers. Creamy mouthfeel with prickles of carbonation. Alcohol not very noticable. Taste is mellower than suggested by the aroma - dried fruit, light caramel, poached pears, quinces, peaches. Mildly spiced. Slightly spiced fruity finish drying out after a while. Not sure I’d call this a tripel (it’s a little dark) but it’s fine and would work for an Australian Christmas dinner if it doesn’t get too hot. [3.6] Not a dubbel either, FWIW. Like a number of their seasonals, this seems to get slightly better most years. This one is on the light side of medium bodied and has vibrant fruits and noble hops with just a little caramel behind. The spices are there but very subtle. Hits the Oz Christmas spot of "we want European holiday flavours but it’s going to be 40C" very well indeed.
Davros (5279) reviewed Christmas Ale from Red Hill Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pours hazy dark amber with a medium-sized persistent head.Nose shows lots of malt, with golden syrup and some spicy cloves, as well as grassy/spicy hops.Similarly malty flavours, but with a somewhat floury note. Some grassy hops shows through. Not great.Carbonation is way too high and prickly.