Christmas Ale
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.80
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Do not open ‘til Christmas? Whoever coined that phrase obviously hasn’t tasted Christmas Ale’s fresh honey, cinnamon, and ginger flavors.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Liquor Barn. Dark amber with medium body, spicy aroma. Malt flavor with cloves and cinnamon, sweetish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2016
at 23:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep amber brown color. Big consider ginger, cranberries, oranges malty, slightly sweet nose. Sharp, probably connected ginger and oranges, cinammon. Malty mouth. Lingering cinnamon and ginger finish.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2016
at 05:47
7/10
Tried
on 29 Dec 2015
at 20:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a dark, reddish-brown, with minimal head. Aroma is bursting with spices, ginger, etc. Flavor also dominated by the spices. Not sure this is really my thing...
Tried
on 19 Nov 2015
at 18:17
7/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 23:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Golden orange color with a medium-sized head. Aromas of cinnamon, ginger and pine cones all present on the nose. Fairly well balanced if not malt forward. Medium body with average carbonation. Nice peppery and spiced finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2015
at 10:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours copper amber. Nose/taste of ginger, cinnamon, spice, honey and light malt. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2014
at 01:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Honey, cinnamon, golden grahams cereal aroma. Clear copper, thin head. Strong honey and kibble flavor, slight cardboard, even more subtle cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom. Medium body, harsh mouthfeel. No more spicing than you would want. Nice underlying base beer and not some random garbage.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2014
at 19:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle. Poured a amber/copper color with a medium sized whitish color. Aroma was light hops, citrus, grassy notes, with light, pleasant spices. A nice light hop, citrus notes. Pleasant spice character. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 10:19
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft, just 2 weeks ago. From notes. Loads of caramel and baking spices. Just wondering if this is fresh of "vintage" from last year. Either way, it’s still good.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2014
at 20:13