Santa's Little Belcha
Yorkshire Heart Vineyard and Brewery in Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
6.55
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Brewed to our festive recipe, it’s a 5% spiced golden ale. We add ginger, cinnamon and star anise to the boil to add a lightly spiced flavour. Perfect to cut through all the heavy festive treats.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is light fruit cake spice and straw. Taste has orange and light spice. Slightly sticky.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Dec 2025
at 11:33
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Thin white wine on a an unclear amber coloured body.
Ginger & fruity aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a soft cloying back.
Ginger, malt, vegetal & spiced tastes with a peppery finish.
Easy going but with a ginger kick.
Ginger & fruity aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a soft cloying back.
Ginger, malt, vegetal & spiced tastes with a peppery finish.
Easy going but with a ginger kick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2025
at 20:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
First tried in cask at the Cuthbert Brodrick in Leeds. Clear golden with a creamy-frothy head. Has a nice easy-drinking texture with a light gingery character. Retried on 'Mad Friday' 2025 as Beer#10. Tenth brew on one of the busiest drinking days of the year, and it is busy! Clear golden good-looking ale. Hoppy with lots of tasty sugars, which I guess kind of makes it a wintery ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cuthbert Brodrick (JDW)
on 02 Jan 2016
at 01:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Black Swan in Pickering. Appearance - golden with a decent head and a slight haze. Nose - nutmeg and cinnamon with ginger predominantly. Some biscuits. Taste - same again. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - for a Christmas beer this wasn’t bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2016
at 09:20
6/10
Tried
on 18 Dec 2015
at 12:47