Deep black body with a lightly brown, creamy head. Aroma or roasted and caramel malts, red grapes: quite well balanced. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet flavour.

Think I had this at Kerstbierfestival Essen 2010. It said X-Mas Oak Aged. Dark brown color, small beige head. Ok smell, decent taste of malts, wood, vanilla and liquorice. Decent carbo as well. Re-rate at 2012 Kerstbierfestival Essen: Opaque dark brown color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, sweetness and alcohol. Decent balance, medium body, medium carbonation. 7-4-7-3-14.

Süffiger, süßlich malziger Antrunk mi eindeutig (positiven) holzigen Tendenzen. Aromatischer, die Malzigkeit ist sehr gelungen. Wenig alkoholisch, würzig und ausgewogen. Dabei recht hell und sehr süffig, für den Alkoholgehalt noch etwas schwach. Nett! 9/10/11/10//10

(Bottle, 0.75l - 2010 Oak Aged, at the 16th Kerstbiefestival) The beer poured dark brown and cloyd. Its head ws small and lightly brow coloured. Aroma had roastedness, wood and vanilla. Palate was full bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, wood, vanilla, sweetness, liquorice, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste had vanilla and bitterness.

Bottle 2010 version at Kerstbier Festival, Essen, Belgique, 19.12.10 Pours dark brown with a small light beige head. There is a little sourness on the tongue, some wet wood, lavender, juniper and general light perfumeyness going on with this beer. I quite like it. A7 A4 T6 P4 Ov13 3.4

2010 Oak aged Thick-set, cream-coloured head over garnet-shot, black-brown beer. Sourish, woody, lactic acid, fruity esters. Tart, wry flavour but with a seeming of sweetness, alcoholic in character, in the background. Very good sour-sweet balance. Acid thinning, dry-out effect, tannines obvious. Sample a bit more severe than previous try-outs, still very good. Marks’ tour-de-force.

Bottled (from bierkompass.de)@sayravai tasting. Dark brown colour, small beigeish brown head that leaves some lace. Aroma is mild spices, some slight sourness, raisins and burnt sugar. Flavour is spices, dark fruits, some mild malts as well as some mild sour wooden notes.

Bottle 75cl @ 15e Kerstbierfestival 2009, Essen, Belgium.Alc. 8.0%. Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, coffee, spicy, light roasted, light moderate hoppy, junipeer, chlorine notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091212] 7-3-7-3-13 Bottle 75cl @ 14e Kerstbierfestival 2008, Essen, Belgium.Alc. 12.0%. Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour - acidic, wood sour. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081213] 7-3-7-3-14 Bottle 75cl @ 13e Kerstbierfestival 2007, Essen, Belgium.Alc. 12.0%. Clear medium brown almost black color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, cherry, red wine, wood - oak. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration, and a dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20071215] 8-3-8-3-16

75 cL bottle, Kerstbier Festival 2009. Pours dark and golden brown with a small tan head. Aroma is spiced, light roasted malty and dry phenolic. Light sweet fruity note, dry phenolic from back of the nose. Smooth roasted and phenolic finish.7-3-7-3-13=3.3

75 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours murky brown/reddish with a little brown head. Winous/brett dried fruity aroma. Flavour is acidic/citric brett with a delicate underlying spiced malt base. Has a nice sweetness beneath the malt and the acidic notes. Light liqourice note in the far finish. Quite nice and fresh. I could drink a whole bottle of this, but it is only for tasting.7-4-8-4-15=3.8