7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Brewery draught, 7/2/22. Amber, clear, small, off-white head. Soft and fruity with little/no spruce notes in the nose. Just yellow fruit and light specialty malts. No alcohol or flaw. In the mouth, sweet malts (cake, honey, graham cracker) quickly transition to a Christmasy spruce flavor that gets spicier and provides good acidic balance. It never gets overpowering or astringent and leaves a balanced finish with fruit, malt and gentle spruce. Really, really nice balance here.