Bottle pour from Harvest Market, Bedford (R.I.P.). Appearance is lightly hazy dark amber-red with tons of bubbles on the side of the glass and rising to the surface, finger-width fizzy beige head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is dark fruit, caramel and tart fruit; musty late. Taste is tart fruit, caramel, allspice, and late dark fruit, pumpkin. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation, mild alcohol warmth and mostly dark fruit and pumpkin finish. Overall, pretty color and nice complexity of flavors and decent mouthfeel. Pretty good.

650 ml bottle with no date code. Deep brown in color. Aroma is clove, dark malts, nutmeg, and cinnamon hints. The flavor traditional holiday spices on the back end like Allspice, nutmeg, clove, etc. The body is medium with a good malty backbone. Overall, it is about what I expected. The typical "winter" / "Christmas" spice brew. Decent.

Bottle from a Lazy Dog Dark brown with light garnet at the edges and a decent sized frothy off white head that persists. Ginger, and nutmeg or allspice dominate the nose with a fair bit of sweet brown sugary bready caramel to back it up. Flavor follows the aroma quite well sweet maltiness with spices to balance. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a slick light syrupy mouthfeel. Not my favorite style, but this is pretty damn good beer. Nice sipper, I just wish it were a bit colder and snowing..... on second thought, I really don’t.