The best of JW Dundees. Great Price at $5 and change for a 6pack. Pours wiht an off-white, rocky head covering a clear amber body. Good lacing. Fruity aroma with vanilla and almost burbon in there. Tastee is bitter with vanilla undertones, but the balance is messed up. Tastes a bit like a baby, watered down barely wine. Fizzy mouthfeel.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a thick frothy off white head. The aroma is caramel fruit and light spice. Decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet malt with caramel and a light spice finish. picked up a sixer for 4.39.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a ruby chestnut color with only a trace of a tan head that faded quickly. The aroma was sour tangy malts with a light nutmeg and other vague spices. The flavor was a decent mix of sour tangy and nutty malts with hints of nutmeg and coriander. The finish is dry and bitter and turns fairly unpleasant.

Labelled Special Edition Festive Ale. Pours near ruby colored, but shows a little orange, with a 1 finger beige head, fairly dense. Aroma is mild, but layered with a fruitcake type nose, with elements of dried apricot and nutmeg, also burnt sugar and mild citrus hopping. Appealingly smooth and soft palate upon first sip. Not much overt sweetness is apparent, but a full enough body is there nevertheless. A weak hint of spice comes through immediately as you swallow it, and lingers on the cheeks and sides of the tongue. Not much bitterness at all. So this is like a spiced ale that is weak on spice, weak on malt sweetness, and yet manages to present a fullness of palate that preserves its winter ale essence.