Christmas Ale
(has 15 batches)
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium π§πͺ
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Winter|
Score
7.64
|
|
St. Bernardus Christmas Ale is a dark, seasonal beer, full of wintery character and flavours that we brew every year ready for the festive season. This beer takes on a splendid dark-brown colour that is topped off with a cream-coloured layer of froth. EBC 60.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.5/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft taproom. Pours brown with a small beige head. Aroma is black cherry, light spice, grasses and leaves. Flavornis cheery, grass, alcohol, light spice, dark fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2017
at 16:37
8/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fles 75cl thuis. Rood fruit, licht zoet, zwaar, zuurtonen, pruim, ergens wat chocola. (12-2017).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2017
at 14:16
8.6/10
β
Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle, aged the better part of two years at least. Still hold up quite well, massive beige head on top of a thick, opaque brown body. Pretty much the best Christmas beer out there? Deep, chewy, thick malt tones....dough, chocolate, well integrated spice tones. Pleasant fruity trappist yeast tones. Phenomenal mouthfeel, soft and fluffy, but rich. Nutmeg, orange peel, cinnamon...all faint and well incorporated. World Class.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2017
at 22:30
7.5/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap. Black colour, ruby reflexes, pretty lacing. Aroma is red fruit, raisin. Alcohol does not disturb. Light sweetness. Quite different from typical dark Belgian ales. Good!
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Dec 2017
at 12:44
8.1/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Dranken Geers. Christmas beer evening; shared with Anke! Pours hazy dark brown with a big, lasting, frothy, tan head. Strong aroma of licorice, mocha, toast, peanut, cookie dough, butterscotch, raisin, candied fig, candi sugar. Taste is medium to heavy malty sweet, notes of fig & raisin in balance with caramel & dough; never cloying due to a medium spicy bitterness with licorice, faint aniseed & cinnamon, not too strong; toasty accent & faintly sourish. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, bit peppery, lingering licorice, dough, and warming liqueur alcohol. Full body, creamy texture, fizzy to lively carbonation (almost a tad too much). Balanced in its qualities of the traditional Belgian Christmas ale. Merry Christmas, indeed!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2017
at 07:45
7.6/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours deep dark brown ruby colour with a very minimal beige head. Rich fruity, malty, spicy aroma. Taste is rich, sweet, malty, dried fruits, raisin, plum, spices, warming booze, finish is dry, boozy and spicy. Full bodied, average carbonation, smooth mouthfeel. Decent Christmas beer, the sheer booziness of this one reduces its drinkability somewhat... one to share I suppose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2017
at 18:25
6.1/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0,33 l bottle. Pours out in a very dark brown nearly black with a small beige head. Smells sweet malty alciholic. Taste starts more dry, malty with sugar sweetness in the background. Some dark fruity elements. Hints of barrel wood. Heavy and complex, no easy drinking stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2017
at 16:22
8/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
bottiglia 75 cl, schiuma fine beige media media persistenza, color marrone intenso, al naso malto spezie prugna sciroppata zucchero di canna uvetta, in bocca malto caramello prugna sciroppata zucchero di canna uvetta, amaro moderato, carbonatazione media, corpo strutturato, sciropposa. amaro moderato, Retrogusto di castagne nel finale. L'alcool Γ¨ ben bilanciato ma non perdona. Ottima birra di Natale. 23.12.17
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2017
at 13:28
7/10
nice Sweet mal with a dried fruit touch
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2017
at 23:09
7.5/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap (Pogromcy MeatΓ³w, WrocΕaw). Dark with belgian notes and delicate hint of booze. Sweet with oily consistency.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2017
at 11:26