Christmas Goliath (8%)

330 ml bottle (bb 09/2013) from a Belgian Christmas Sampler Pack at Bevmo Salinas. Nose is caramel, cloves, yeast, and a hint of red wine. Very lightly hazy copper with a medium beige head. Flavor is a bit vegetal, with bitter, and caramel notes. Not a great BSA!

Was ABT beer of the month in december 2010. Had it from tap. Nice winterbeer. Tastes a bit better than it smells. Not too hard to drink.

Bottled@The 2nd ES/CS Beer Tasting. (thanks GV!). Murky rubyish brown colour with a mediumsized fluffy off-white head. Aroma is sweet fruits, some spices and sweet malts. Flavour is the same along with some alcohol. Nicely balanced, but rather thin palate for being 8 %.
Earlier Rating: 12/19/2007 Total Score: 3
Draught@Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is a lot of red berries. Flavour is red berries, some spices and yeast. Different brew!

bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is berries, spices, yeast. Flavour is berries, spices, malt, sugar, hop, fruit. OK beer.
Earlier Rating: 6/29/2010 Total Score: 3
Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is spices, herbs malt , caramel. Flavour is spices, herbs, malt, caramel, yeast, sugar. Weird beer.

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty yeasty spicy flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish.

(bottle, 75cl) Cloudy, dark brown colour with an off-white foamy head of medium size. Sweet and slightly sugary toast-malty aroma with notes of Bavarian Blockmalz, a nutty touch and shades of alcohol. Sweet flavour, full bodied with a calm carbonation. Hearty and toasty malt-character with notes of nuts and caramel; sweet and slightly roasty bitter finish with vinous fruity notes and a warming, well-embedded alcoholic touch. 05.I.11

28th December 2007
Dark brown beer. Fruity and rich. Very drinkable but lacks something the best Belgian strongs have.

Bottle. It pours a clear, dark golden body and a dense, off-white head. Spiced, berry-ish nose with gale and caramel. It’s full-bodied and well carbonated, maybe a bit high actually. Smooth though. The flavor is more or less as the aroma, spiced, berry-ish and caramel-ish. Some bitterness chimes in towards the end. Tasteful, but not my idea of a Christmas beer. Not my kind of beer in any way actually, but not bad. 110108
Earlier Rating: 2/27/2010 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle, from trade with Papsoe. A clear, sparkling beer, amber to copper in color, and topped by a dense off-white head. Slightly berry-sourish on the nose, with a healthy dose of malts and caramel. Gives a quite sweet impression. A spiced note is also present, and there’s some hop scents. The mouthfeel is quite dry, even though it’s no problem tasting the residual sugars. Some spicy notes and caramel chime in, and towards the end there’s a pleasant bitterness. There’s alcohol warmth too, all the way, and I find it too evident, but not over the top. Overall, a decent beer, well suited for a quiet night by the fire, it’s not the beer you enjoy with the Christmas food. 100227

Bouteille (750ml): Amber, hazy, medium-sized and quite stable loose white head; sweet roasty and caramelly nose, accompanied by a subtle fruitiness underneath; moderate to solid sweet-bitter flavour; vinous-fruity and caramelly finish, some X-mas flavours and a slight acidity around. Not so bad as expected......

750 ml. Deep amber hzy body with a frothy, off-white head. Malty, Christmas spicy aroma with notes of toasted grain, nutmeg and cinnamon. Hints of flowers and orange peel. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet, lightly to moderately bitter and lightly to moderately acidic. Light to medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Dominant taste of spice yet it is not forced or overpowering. Nice, slight acidity in the finish works well with the spice.