500 ml. bottle. Purchased @ De Hopduvel. Batch 643. Brewed (if I understand correctly) 28.08.13 – I bought this one very recently, I do believe that it was a new arrival. I do feel like this brewery has some issues with distribution. BBF 28.02.16. GUSHER! Dark red copper deep brown amber, small tanned head. Nose is lightly sour, touch spirit, rotting red berries, very heavy Christmas spices, light varnish / alcohol, rum cake, overripe, fermenting raisins, big wood & quite a touch of oxidation… Not overly impressive or comforting. Taste is boozy, oxidation, varnish, heavy furniture, rotting raisins, raisins soaked in alcohol, cheap booze, very heavy dark fruits mixed with some varnish, overly spices, bread, some less pleasing Belgian qualities,… Body is thin, thinned by age to some extend & seemingly barrel treatment, pricking carbonation which doesn’t work for me,… Overly heavy on the booze, spices, oxidation with some flavors I didn’t care too much. A disappointment to be honest. A traditional Christmas beer in a negative way in my opinion. Some flaws are possibly at work here as well. Somewhat manageable but not overly pleasant. Not a fan.

16th April 2015
A mild gusher. Hazy amber brown beer, small cream colour head. Palate is airy and a little soft. Decent fine carbonation. The malts are creamy sweet. Touch of chocolate. Coca Cola and dark fruits. Mild tang. Soft finish. Not bad.

500 ml bottle @ Haandverkerstuene May 2014. Slightly unclear dark amber body with a thin, dense coffee latte looking head. Aroma has malt, some bread, spices, hint of wood and a pleasant touch of aquavit. Flavor is more than less what to expect from aroma, some pleasant bitterness and warming aquavit. Fine balanced body and a bit alcoholic in aftertaste. Nice one, the sweet aquavit flavor seems to becoming more dominating when drinking a bit of this. Enjoable.

Lukt: Duft av malt og karamell.
Utseende: Mørk farge, nesten sort.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt lag skum, ring langs kant.
Smak: Smak av karamell, krydder og en anelse alkohol.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Cardinal, Stavanger, Nydt@Bar tasting runde med Bryne
Medium: Flaske@500ml, Batch@643 ABV@8,5%, Når@30.12.2014

Bottle at Sandar. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is oak, roasted malt, hop, spices, caramel. Flavour is oak, roasted malt, spices, caramel, coffee. Full bodied nice beer.

Medium brown head. Clear red body. Fruity resiny aroma, odd. Dry-sweet carraway and roasty earthy taste with spicy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish spicy caramel aftertaste with crisp bread notes. Nice, drinkable, mellow, balanced. (0.5l bottle at VG.)

50cl bottle from Vinmonopolet. Pours almost clear deep amber to mahogany with a beige head. Malty aroma with slightly wooden notes, hints of akevitt, mild spices and some dark dried fruits. Medium sweet, quite complex with lovely flavours and nicely balanced. Would like to see more of this.

Bottle 500ml. [ As HaandBryggeriet Halvors Jul ].Clear medium to dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, light buzzy - alcohol. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, spicy, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140222]

Bottle@Papsø - mahogany brown pour with thin beige head. Aroma and taste of sweet toasty malts, caramel, toffee, slight spice in there, some herbal qualities in the boozy warming finish. Ok.