Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Kerstbier Festival. Hazy amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of herbal reddish malt, caramel, cinnamon. Taste of caramelized malt, red fruits, berries, yeast.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4

Aged sample Very good cream-coloured head over clear reddish copper beer. Spiced orangepeel, sweet, caramelmalts, bit dusty. Really sweet, liquorice, caramelsweets. Sweet spices & syrup, strawberry, but muddled by a bitterish flavour, possibly from the hop, and clashing furiously with the rest. Sticky, viscous, alcoholheat if little -thinning. Ouch!! This is really difficult to get down. Txs to Stef!

kerstbierfestival essen 2019

@home - 75cl bottle from a gift