The Virginia Beer Company Evil Santa

Evil Santa

 

The Virginia Beer Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular
Score
6.58
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Spiced milk stout
 

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Poured a nearly pitch black color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was roasted malts, with some cinnamon, nutmeg, spice. Flavor was nutmeg, dry roast. Light sweet finish with a mild spicy notes. --- Beer merged from original tick of Evil Santa Spiced Milk Stout on 09 Dec 2022 at 22:03

Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2022 at 04:56


7

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2022 at 22:03


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft: Poured a black with a tan colored head. Aroma is rich roasted malt, spices, nutmeg, light cinnamon. Taste is rich roasted, malty, spicy, earth, nutmeg.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2022 at 17:53


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pint can from Wine Warehouse, 6/26/22. Dark brown, medium tan head, good retention. The spice emanantes from two feet away. Aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, chocolate, nuts. Taste is roast, cinnamon, clove, cherry, nutmeg, nuts. A bit too spice heavy. Decent.

Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2022 at 21:15


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deep dark brown coloured body with a relatively thick, two to three centimetre tall light brown head that stays afloat nicely throughout the entire sample with about 50 per cent opacity throughout. Aroma of roasted malt, canella, allspice, cardamom, nutmeg and a lot of sugars here from pitted fruits, all with a strong and deep lactose and creamy bite, especially noticeable at the end, but the spices drive the flavour in a very nice way. Medium to almost Full-bodied; Very strong roasted malts show at first with a lot of coffee and earthiness along with a robust spice characteristic from the allspice and especially the cardamom with a hint of pitted fruit residual sugar that shows at the end and tempers out the noticeable alcohol warmth developing near the tail end with some canella as well that finishes this off nicely. Aftertaste is rich and robust throughout with a ton of spice notes, a good roasted malt characteristic on the back end that drives everything else and of course the sweetness that persists with the roasted malt, coffee and especially lactosey finishes. Overall, a very nice and seasonal beer that hits well with a rich malt backbone and some strong spice notes, but the sweentess throughout makes this balanced and rich and very enjoyable for the season. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 12-November-2021 for US$3,25 sampled at my house here in Washington, just a few blocks away as Winter is coming to a close, on my wife's birthday, 06-March-2022, Happy Birthday Amanda!!!

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2022 at 09:18


6

Black pour. Thin foam. Spice nose. Allspice, nutmeg, oak flavor. No carbonation.

Tried on 07 Mar 2022 at 02:44


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Charred oak, nutmeg aroma. Black, thin tan head. Nutmeg, charreed oak, allspice. Medium body, easy carbonation.

Tried on 06 Mar 2022 at 02:05


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

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Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2022 at 21:38


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Not as bad as I imagined it would be but that's about the best thing the beer has going for it. Candy cane, nutmeg and some roast. Black pour with ok head and lacing. Bitter, tangy and candy sweet finish. Can from Brew Shop advent calendar.

Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2021 at 04:30


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can shared. Opaque black color, small beige head. Aroma is fermented cats intestins, bleh. Flavor is malts, odd spicy, cinnamon? Other herbs or spices? Bleh not my thing at all. Dusty. Bleh.

Tried on 23 Jan 2021 at 19:59