Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, herbs, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, herbs, spices, caramel, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

slightly sweet and flowery like a tripel, but the american hops are clearly there, adding a decent amount of pine and grapefruit. There is also a citrussy note. Flavor is dominated by the bitter hops, which seem quite blended, and has a bitterness that almost leads me to think of the strong english bitter beer type. But lots of american notes too. the flowery notes from the aroma are gone, but the malty base seems still to be very solid for an ipa. The quite bitter profile makes the beer very easy drinking, very tasty and a great alternative match to the christmas setting, it is not dry and bitter, it is christmassy and bitter, sort of. more like a Belgian IPA, but better. Near exactly how I would like a christmas IPA to be. Will to super well as a diversion for the typical vienna like spiced christmas beers, but will still do great with all the sweets and cheeses etc.

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a cloudy dark golden with a solid and lacing white head. Faint, fruity nose. Medium body, soft palate, lightly sweet fruitiness and a subtle finishing bitterness. Decently drinkable but totally lacking on the aroma side. 140124

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Herbal. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Clear deep golden, mid sized head. Aroma of grapefruit and tea. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and bready with grapefruit, butter, minerals and tea. Long bitter finish.

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, some floral, mild peachy tones. Flavour is peach, alcohol, some sweetness, and some floral and and some mild citrus.

Bottle from Bilka @ Home.. Pours clear golden with a white head, lacings. Aroma of malt, grass, light citrus. Flavor is light bitter, malt, grass, herbal hops, light citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 261123