Bottle, 75cl, at Cafe Sara. A minimal sized off-white head forms over a brown body. The aroma has green apples, roasted malts, powdery pine cones and some smoke phenols. It’s full-bodied and nicely carbonated, with flavors of roasted malts, caramel notes, smoke and pine cone hints. Chocolate too. More roasted malts than in the flavor. This one feels sort of Belgian styled, but not very Christmasy. And there’s too much apple going on. Well, it’s a decent one anyway, I bet it can be tuned into something really good next Christmas. 141127