Tongerlo Christmas
Haacht in Boortmeerbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.41
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Tongerlo Christmas is the Christmas beer from the eponymous abbey. Beneath the striking, creamy head lies an amber beer with a spicy, fruity taste supplemented by a complex aroma of noble hops.
An authentic abbey ale
The age-old tradition of the White Canons of Tongerlo lives on in this officially recognised Belgian abbey ale. Tongerlo Christmas is a special brew that is only available during wintertime.
Re-fermented in the bottle
An authentic abbey ale
The age-old tradition of the White Canons of Tongerlo lives on in this officially recognised Belgian abbey ale. Tongerlo Christmas is a special brew that is only available during wintertime.
Re-fermented in the bottle
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tasted many years ago, so this rating is from old notes; amber coloured, hazy beer with medium thick, yellowish white head; yeasty and caramelly, some peachy and slightly orangey fruitiness, sweetish, malt sweet with spicy hints and mild herbal hop bitterish finish, a bit metallic. Didn’t like it that much and this is not what you’d expect from a Belgian Christmas ale, but it’s about time for a re-rating now that Christmas is coming - hopefully it has improved meanwhile.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2014
at 14:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Aeon Liquors. Spicy, somewhatnhoppy nose, grass, lemon, sugar, orange. Hazy orange-brown with a medium tall head. Sweet, biscuity, lemons and orange, bit metallic, decently prickly and bitter finish. Not so special or particularly Christmasy, but ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2014
at 00:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Asahiya served in a chalice type glass. The nose is bready, a bit fruity & spicy but has a rough grainy character to it. It pours a clear amber with a soapy off-white head. The body is med-light with a rough round carbonation. The taste is fruity but with a metallic malty caramel edge to it. Average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2014
at 10:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear amber with airy but stable off-white head. Clear aroma of fruit and malt, with notes of caramel, yeast, and spices. Sweetish, malty and fruity flavour, with bitter notes of hops and a touch of flowers. Bittersweet finish. Quite decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 11:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl. bottle @ home. Procured from ALBO. Bottled on 30/08/2012 thus 2012 Vintage. Pours surprisingly a bright amber, bubbles rising and a big soapy white head that quickly descends. Smells of esters, slightly floral, candy sugar with some industrial soap sweetness in there plus a chunk of banana. Taste is bitter esters, floral, slightly phenolic, hint grass, very bubbly, something akin to sweetish cheap grainy alcohol, touch banana and hint of honey in the back followed by warming & noticeable booze, hint chemical / soapy. Very effervescent, very dominating fact over the taste. Why does this feel so boozy, its 6.5 % ABV? Unbalanced, faulty, raw Belgian. Why is this labelled as a Christmas beer? Feels like they are trying to fool people or something.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2013
at 07:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Beautiful looking beer, amber brew with towering fluffy head. Mildly spicy and nutty, awesome head retention, slightly musty aroma. Earthy, wooden, nuts....I am drinking this way out of season, but it’s still good.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2013
at 14:58