Christmas Ale
St. Peter's Brewery in Bungay, Suffolk, England 🏴
Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.64
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A copper coloured, smooth, fruity, and full-bodied ale. Aromas of toffee and caramel leading to rich and smooth flavours of Christmas fruits and spices – the perfect companion for Christmas savouries, sweets, and snacks. Serve at room temperature or slightly chilled.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Coppery colour with an off-white head that quickly dissapears. Aroma has notes of toasted malts, caramel and spices. Flavor with hints of anise, slightly jinger and cardamom and sweet sirupy fruit, good maltiness with toasted hints. The final is mild sweet with a lot of spices.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2013
at 15:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tescos. Pours chestnut brown with a hint of red, flat with little carbonation and no head. Smells of chocolate covered cherries, treacle tart, astringency. Taste is wonderful: initially sweet without cloying, followed by a bittersweet finish and aftertaste. Full alcohol hit carries through. Great balance. Thin flat palate is a slight letdown.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2013
at 06:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear ruby brown with no real head. Aroma is light spiced fruit. Flavour is fruity, port, Christmas pudding on a dry bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2013
at 06:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 500ml @ My parents
Pours clear amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, floral and hint of alcohol and spices. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, floral and hint of alcohol and spices. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2013
at 09:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours deep reddy brown with a medium head. Aroma is toffee and Christmas cake. Taste is bready to start with Christmas cake spice to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2013
at 16:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Some toffe notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. herbal. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2013
at 10:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of yeast, fruits, and cloves. The flavor is sweet with notes of over ripe fruits, caramel, spices, and malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2013
at 04:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Has a golden amber colour with a small and light beige head. The aroma is fruity with notes of peach and undertones of fruity hops. In addition, the aroma is also malty with a mild chocolate flavour. The taste has a greater influence of fruits and berries, but also some dried fruit and leather. The beer has a surprisingly smooth and silky mouthfeel and a light bitterness. This ale has a nice aroma, but the taste does not follow up and is fairly light.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2013
at 09:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Havnens, Vejle. Clear brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and a hint of nuts. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 021213
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2013
at 11:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Tesco. Poured a clear chesnut brown with a bubbly off white head. The aroma is dry yeast and red berry fruit with a hint of dough. The flavour is medium bitter with a fruity hop woody palate and a long weak bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A decent Christmas beer but I have tested much better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 12:28