Kerst Pater Special Christmas Beer
Van Den Bossche in Sint-Lievens-Esse, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
7.11
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Kerstpater heeft een diepe, donkerbruine kleur met een streepje rood. Het beige schuim verbergt warm alcoholzoet in een bier dat geurt naar chocolade, zoet van karamel en kandij. In de mond komt het kandijsuiker terug, aangenaam gecombineerd met chocoladebitter. De afdronk is lang en zalig zoet.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep brown colour. Thin lacy head. Aroma has some sour red fruit, aniseed and caramel. Flavour has nice balance of sweetness and fruity acidity. Overall though it fades and is not rich or oily enough to leave a lingering aftertaste.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2012
at 12:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 0,33l) Fruity, some herbs aroma. Dark black color. Huge creamy light brown head. Medium sweet, light sour, strong fruity, strawberry(?) taste. Creamy texture. Medium body. Astringent, light alcohol warm finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2011
at 09:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear dark reddish brown with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. Full bodied. 261211
Tried
on 26 Dec 2011
at 13:41
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep dark maroon color, beige head. Aroma of coffee and feet. Taste is similar, slightly sour coffee soda.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2011
at 11:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Kerst Pater Special Christmas (by Van Den Bossche):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5
Results of two tastings, as one was a batch gone wrong. The scores entered are average of both tastings, as they were both put in the market.
17/12/2011 33cl bottle @ Proeverij Winterbieren en kazen (Gentse Biervereniging) - BB: n/a (2011-717)
Ar: 6, Ap: 3, T: 5, P: 2, O: 8, Total: 2.4
Clear dark brown beer, cola like, very aery thin head, dissipates completely. Aroma: pretty sour, some caramel, dried fruits, but mainly sour. MF: practically no carbon, thin to medium body. Taste: pretty sour start, some caramel notes, bit of mocha and toast, slightly hoppy. Tastes like an infection to me, and to other members from the Gentse Biervereniging as well.
20/I/2012 - 33cl bottle @ blind beer tasting "Bier van de maand" Gentse biervereniging - BB: 7/XII/2014 (2012-xxx)
Ar: 7, Ap: 3, T: 7, P: 4, O: 15, Total: 3.6
Clear reddish brown beer, small beige aery head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: somewhat earthy, tobacco, little sour, smoky even, some green apples. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet caramel, malts, pretty nutty, hazelnuts, fruity touch. Aftertaste: caramel, little sweet, mocha, traces of hops and vanilla.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5
Results of two tastings, as one was a batch gone wrong. The scores entered are average of both tastings, as they were both put in the market.
17/12/2011 33cl bottle @ Proeverij Winterbieren en kazen (Gentse Biervereniging) - BB: n/a (2011-717)
Ar: 6, Ap: 3, T: 5, P: 2, O: 8, Total: 2.4
Clear dark brown beer, cola like, very aery thin head, dissipates completely. Aroma: pretty sour, some caramel, dried fruits, but mainly sour. MF: practically no carbon, thin to medium body. Taste: pretty sour start, some caramel notes, bit of mocha and toast, slightly hoppy. Tastes like an infection to me, and to other members from the Gentse Biervereniging as well.
20/I/2012 - 33cl bottle @ blind beer tasting "Bier van de maand" Gentse biervereniging - BB: 7/XII/2014 (2012-xxx)
Ar: 7, Ap: 3, T: 7, P: 4, O: 15, Total: 3.6
Clear reddish brown beer, small beige aery head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: somewhat earthy, tobacco, little sour, smoky even, some green apples. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet caramel, malts, pretty nutty, hazelnuts, fruity touch. Aftertaste: caramel, little sweet, mocha, traces of hops and vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2011
at 09:05
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Very good Christmas ale. Dark color with nice head. Tastes of chocolate, caramel. Sweet and bitter. Nice palate.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2011
at 11:19
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
33 cl. bottle @ Le Poechenellekelder –A: dark brown going to black with a tanned head – S: smells very sweet with sweet dark malts, sweet raisins and prunes, sweet spices, touch glühwein spices and booze – T: sweet caramel malts & spices, sweet dark fruits, sweet dark fruits, prunes, raisins and black grapes, brown sugar, hint of sweet chocolate but not milk chocolate, alcohol – B: creamy and malt heavy, caramel and brown sugar sweet – Another beer which I have never seen or heard about but one that kind of embodies to me all that is good about Belgian beers whilst illustrating what is typical about them or rather what should be there, at least that is from my point of view, haven’t tried many Christmas beers before nor have I gotten reallly the obsession with them but his is clearly a push into the right direction or at least more interest on my behalf
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2011
at 10:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
If I remember correctly I sampled this at Kerstbierfestival Essen, Belgium 2010. Slightly unclear dark brown color with a deep dark red glow comign through, beige head. Smells winey, caramel and a little bit alcohol. Taste sweet and dry. Kind of a mix of beer and wine. Sticky texture. Nice carbo, medium body.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2011
at 02:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle bought in Brugge last Christmas. A dark brown almost black coloured pour with a decent beige head on top. Dark fruit, Belgian Christmas spice aroma. Tastes sweet, dark fruit, Belgian spice, malty, hint of banana. A great complex Belgian Chrstmas beer which I’ve had many times from bottle and on draught in the Beertje.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2011
at 11:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is spices, caramel, malt, fruit. flavour is spices, malt, hop, sugar, caramel. medium to full body. OK beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2011
at 21:32