Cardamom For Christmas
Amager Bryghus in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.98
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Imperial Winter Porter with cardamom.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark brown with a tall beige head. Chocolate, roasted malts, spice, cardamom, light caramel. Full bodied. A bit more cardamom in the finish but not overwhelming. A very fine porter.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2026
at 18:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
very very dark brown, huge smooth creamy light brown head with some large bubbles. looks very imperial.
aroma is roasted malty, sweet flowery from hops, coffee, a bit herbal hoppy notes on top of the roasted malts, or perhaps (very) old coffee notes (the point where the coffee gets sweet from aging, yuck!)
flavor is roasted malts, sweet hard candy - aftertaste is quite roasted malty, espresso coffee, strong bitterness that is pleasant. the flavor before the aftertaste is a bit herbal and candy like, sort of like those hard swiss herbs candy pieces. perhaps it's mints like herbal note in there?.
Amager makes many of the best heavy black beers, this one, imho, is a bit off, imho.
aroma is roasted malty, sweet flowery from hops, coffee, a bit herbal hoppy notes on top of the roasted malts, or perhaps (very) old coffee notes (the point where the coffee gets sweet from aging, yuck!)
flavor is roasted malts, sweet hard candy - aftertaste is quite roasted malty, espresso coffee, strong bitterness that is pleasant. the flavor before the aftertaste is a bit herbal and candy like, sort of like those hard swiss herbs candy pieces. perhaps it's mints like herbal note in there?.
Amager makes many of the best heavy black beers, this one, imho, is a bit off, imho.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2026
at 08:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Black, small head. Aroma of cardamom and chocolate. Sweet with medium to full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Chocolate muffins and cardamom. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2026
at 19:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Behagelig juleøl.
Tried
from Can
from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore)
on 14 Apr 2026
at 18:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
EB - Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀 ☁️☂️ [ As Amager Cardamom For Christmas ]. ABV: 8.5%. [20260310]. -7/3/7/4/14
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2026
at 15:49
7.5/10
Can @ home. Clear dark brown, very close to black body under a big, fine foamy beige head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate and cardamom. Taste is sweet, dark, smooth malt, chocolate and distinct cardamom. Alcohol is well hidden. Fine body with long lasting aftertaste. The base beer is typical Amager porter, well made and balanced, super smooth. The cardamom is the joker here, I had this served quite cold so the cardamom felt subdued in the start, just like a nice, spiced Christmas beer. The during the last part of the can it was heated up a bit and the spiced part felt a bit to heavy, still a very nice beer.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 20:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore)
on 15 Feb 2026
at 19:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
44cl can. Vaasa tasting.
Poured near black in color.
Cardamom for sure. Sweetish malts, roastedness, more xmas spices towards finish. Ok.
Poured near black in color.
Cardamom for sure. Sweetish malts, roastedness, more xmas spices towards finish. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2026
at 15:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is cardamom, bananas, some toasted and mild biscuity malts to it. Flavour is toasted, bananas and some mild alcohol as well as spiciness to it. Not overdoing the spices.
Tried
from Can
from Alko (Webshop)
on 06 Feb 2026
at 14:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can 330ml @ gunnfryd.
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, cardamom and chocolate. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long caramel, chocolate and cardamom finish. Body is medium to full, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, cardamom and chocolate. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long caramel, chocolate and cardamom finish. Body is medium to full, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2026
at 21:35