Christmas Ale
(has 15 batches)
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Winter|
Score
7.64
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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.
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7/10
Jest susz, przyprawy, ale mniej ciala i slodyczy niz pamietam, pojawil sie jakis anyzek? A mniej toffi?
Tried
from Draft
at
Kufle i Kapsle - Nowogrodzka
on 17 Dec 2017
at 16:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Corked bottle, 0.75l, shared with Muc. Aroma of berries, yeast, spices and alcohol. Pour clear ruby brown color with thin creamy pinkish white head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts medium sweet malty and fruity, following is mild yeasty and spicy with candy sugar notes, mouthfeel is warming, although alcohol is well hidden, while finish is mild bitter. Full body, thick texture and lively carbonation in palate. Pre-Christmas surprise...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 09:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe, Bury St Edmunds (online order). Dark brown, almost opaque. Lots of visible carbonation, and a film of beige head. Plum pudding, crème brûlée, chocolate-covered cherries and yeast in the aroma. Sweet spicy taste with candy sugar yeast to the fore. Hoppy bitterness gives colour to the short finish. More chocolate, Christmas pudding and plum brandy on the finish. Brilliant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2017
at 16:28
8/10
Very complex aromas of dry fruits,loads of prunes,figs,dates,cake like,nice spicesiness,alc hidden A->F very balanced with noble hopy bite
Tried
from Draft
at
Sir William's Pub
on 08 Oct 2017
at 14:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
So maybe I should not be sampling Christmas Ale the first really hot weekend of the summer. But it is St. Bernardus, why not? Put away after a spring trip to eastern New Mexico, saved until now. The 750 ml bottle gives an amber-brown body and a healthy beige head. An inviting nose, I detect yeasty bread and tropical fruit, maybe a little floral. I taste to get currants, figs, some hard candy sweetness. It finishes dry in the mouth, very little bitterness. Glad I got a try at this. Other Belgians deliver more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2017
at 18:50
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aus der Flasche (2015) 2017-04 getrunken. Ein tolles, durchgereifte Christmas Ale was zur kalten Jahreszeit sehr gut paßt. Ich hatte schon lange dieses Bier nicht mehr im Glas und bin nicht enttäuscht worden von diesen Klassiker. Kaum Süße und eine runde, aber tiefe Malzigkeit. Lecker!
Tried
on 03 Jun 2017
at 12:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Sip, Tallinn. Pours slightly hazy dark amber with a lasting, off-white head. Malty and fruity aroma with Belgian yeast, hints of bananas, caramel and mild spices. Medium sweet with classic Belgian flavours and a light bitterness. Well integrated alcohol. Pleasant winter warmer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2017
at 15:10