33 cl. bottle sampled @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2013. Dark brown, small white head. Nose is full of sweet spices, herbal, liquorish & caramel. Taste is sweet liquorish, touch anis, herbal, sticky spices, touch kitchen spices, dried fruits, touch bread. Touch fuller body. Okay brew, not stellar. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Bière des Fêtes on 26 Apr 2015 at 06:02 - Score: Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2. Original review text: Sampled @ ZBF 2015. Possibly the same beer as “Saint-Monon Bière des Fêtes”? The names seem rather similar to me. Murky brown, little mocha head. Nose is sour, sour herbs, rotting, fizzy, totally off. Taste is thin, fizzy, sour, rotting, soap, nasty,… Totally off beer. (Thx! for sharing people!)

Ppurs dark brown small white head Smells very sweet earthy Good carbo Bit plastic sweetness from spices not realy intence . Slightly medicinal --- Beer aliased from original tick of Bière des Fêtes on 27 Apr 2015 at 02:29 - Score: Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4. Original review text: At ZBF 15. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours unclear, dark brown . Smell is a lot like toilet cleaner. Taste is sharp, spices. flowers, potpouri.

150cl Sample glass at the 18th Essen Christmas Beerfestival on 15 Dec 2012. Deep reddy brown body with a fast fading beige head. I think I found some of the ’Thyme’ in the nose, at least I tried too find it. Yeasty and malty notes hide the ’Thyme’ mostly. The taste was regular Belgian Christmas fare, spicy and heavy. OK and different, would have liked another one, but there were so many to try.

Bouteille 33cl. Couleur cuivre rougeoyant, col épais ocre. Arôme est de suite pris par l’épice (plante dans ce cas ci) cad le thym qui domine ce dernier A cela se mélange le malt/caramel. En bouche, je retrouve là une bière de Noël qui innove. J’apprécie de suite l’ajout du thym et donne un bouquet et rural à cette bière qui tombe bien pour la saison froide. Le tout se mélange parfaitement avec une bière au profile malté et caramel ainsi qu’au goût de sucre brun.La levure reste un peu en retrait et se combine avec de légères notes fruitées noires. Une très bonne bière dont le seul bémol est que le thym tend à prendre un peu le dessus au profit des autres ingrédients.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Saint-Monon Spéciale Noël (by Brasserie Saint-Monon):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5

11/02/2011 - 33cl bottle @ home - BBD: OKT/2011 (2011-49)

Clear redbrown beer, little floating particles. Off-white head, unstable and non-adhesive. Aroma: caramel, dried prunes, chocolate, wood, overripe fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: little sour, lots of spices, thyme, rosemary, hint of cloves, caramel, somewhat sweet. Aftertaste: some hops, more spices, hint of mocha.
--- Beer aliased from original tick of Bière des Fêtes on 25 Apr 2015 at 15:01 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Imported from my RateBeer account as Saint-Monon Bière des Fêtes (by Brasserie Saint-Monon):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

25/IV/15 - 33cl bottle as "St. Monon en Fêtes" @ ZBF 2015 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2015-497) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Clear red brown beer, creamy irregular beige head, little stable, bit adheisve. Aroma: bit spicy, herbal, bit sourish, floral, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, caramel, little roasted, lots of thyme, bit funky, floral touch. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, roasted touch, thyme, spicy.

Deep brown colour. Warm, spicy aroma with a hint of cumin. Peppery, spicy taste. Smooth and slightly sticky texture.

Bottle at ZBF 2010. Murky brown color, aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg. Taste has fireplace ashes and sugar. Tasty.

Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Pours dark amber with a small off white bubbly head. Nose is sweet, vinous, malty and heavily spiced. Flavor is dusty with some caramel and cinnamon. Quite ashy. Medium bodied. One dimensional.

Clear dark amber with a tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel, cinnamon and nuts. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, cola, cinnamon and nuts. Finished sweet.

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. Ruby clear, thin lasting beige. Mint choc chip and fruit on aroma. A bit like that in the mouth too. Definite milk choc, some cherry and a bit of mint. A think you would call it a bit of a curate’s egg. I suppose it’s the spices that give it that minty edge. Drinkable, but bloody odd. I do quite like it. Does have a quality. Character, which I like.