Father Johns Winter/Christmas Ale
Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
6.11
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A rich, malty seasonal ale for the winter months with a blend of fresh ginger, & nutmeg.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sample at a beer tasting at the Paas. Thin creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Pkenty of spices.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2014
at 11:39
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft - Dark malts with winter spices. Clear amber with a decent brown. Pumpkin spices and dark malts, much too much spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jan 2014
at 19:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from a 1L bottle. Clear copper colour with nice white head. Nutty caramel malt aroma. Vanilla, nutmeg, toffee, mint to taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2013
at 23:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
One Liter jug-style bottle. Unfiltered glowing orange-red body. Steady, creamy beige head. Big spicy fruitcake beer. To me it really has a festive, Wassail thing going on. Easy, watery mouthfeel. Ginger, nutmeg, orange peel. Tastes a little old, like it sat on the shelves too long. OK, but I wouldn’t really want to drink the whole bottle myself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2013
at 21:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap. Pours brown with little head. Aromas of malt and spice. Heavy spice flavors of nutmeg and all spice. Simply a pumpkin beer a month later. Needs to be fuller and sweeter to balance the spice and pass as a Xmas beer in my mind. Pass
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2012
at 22:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
2012-01-11, draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver, 6-4-6-2-12=30
Hazy dark amber color. A spicy and soapy Ale, with some caramel, some residual sweetness, and a good body. Not my kind, mostly because of the soapy touch.
2010-04-01, bottle, tasting at Papsø, 6-3-6-2-12=29
Hazy amber color. Light aroma of caramel and candies, light peach. Sweetish flavor, a bit fruity, with light vegetables and spices; low bitterness. Not impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2010
at 12:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 100cl. w. swing top.Light unclear medium grey deep amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, ginger, vanilla, nutmeg, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, spicy, nutmeg. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100409]
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2010
at 00:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with toasted malt, caramel, ripe fruits and berries. Flavour was sweet with toasted malt, caramel, ripe fruits and mild hops. Finished sweet.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2010
at 16:03
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a thick orangey head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, caramel, lemon. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of cloves and staranise as well as some malt and caramel, leading to a dry spicy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2010
at 12:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
1 L bottle. Pours cloudy to hazy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, phenolic and overripe fruity, light mouldy. Mild bitterness mixed with a phenolic yeasty touch. Lasting spiced and overripe fruity impression.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2010
at 12:20