Christmas Ale
Lenton Lane Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
6.73
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A copper coloured amber ale, brewed with Christmas spices. Christmas in a glass.
Also previously available as Frontier Christmas Ale
Also previously available as Frontier Christmas Ale
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (gravity) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.
[ As Lenton Lane Christmas Ale ].
ABV: 5.4%. Clear medium to light yellow - orange amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, caramel, spicy, anis seed - xmas spices like - nutmeg - ginger - cinnamon. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, spicy, anis seed - xmas spices like - nutmeg - ginger - cinnamon, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181020]
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Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2018
at 09:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are ginger, caramel, fruits, malt, hops and has a nice ginger finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2018
at 14:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, ginger and other spices. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and lught bitter finish. 201018
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2018
at 14:09
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Swietne swiateczne piwo. Mnostwo przypraw, rozgrzewajaca w smaku pieprz, posmak rozgryzionego ziela angielskiego, gozdziki, nieco ostrosci papryczki chilli. W zapachu budyn czekoladowy posypany kurkuma i startym imbirem. Super wrazenia smakowe. Po kilku lykach policzki wnet rozowieja od przypraw. Wyglad to gleboka czerwien, sporo mglistej metnosci, no i spora puszysta piana, trwala. Wytrawny i rozgrzewajacy finisz. Doskonale, nie tylko w swiateczne wieczory
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2016
at 10:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe, shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours amber-brown, light haze, decent, just off-white head. Smells like the pot-pourris M&S used to sell at Christmas time in the mid 90s, cinnamon and ginger. Some nutmeg too. Taste is bitter, in a spice way. Faint sweet caramel at the back. Not bad, but couldn’t see myself sinking many.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2016
at 08:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - deep amber to brown with a lovely fluffy head. Nose - nutmeg and ginger. Brown bread. Taste - more of the same. Palate - close to medium bodied with a crunchy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - good but the quantities of spice make it difficult to work out the malt and hop flavours and because of this it is rendered somewhat one dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2016
at 08:40