7

Canned. Poured a cleaeish orange amber. Cinammon gingerbread. Mild spice. A decent holiday offering

5.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Beautiful amber pour. Thick foamy head. Really flat without much initial flavor and vegetable ending.

8

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

Dark and very hazy, but a deep amber and copper coloured body instead of anything brown or in the realm of that, as I was expecting, with a thinnish, one to two centimetre tall off-white and tan head. Aroma of bright and super pungent gingerbread, with plenty of caramelised sugars here as well, that makes this smell like a cookie with a bunch of allspice, nutmeg and of course dried ginger here - very nice in the nose. Medium-bodied; Relatively robust ginger flavours at first with a nice kick of allspice and canella as well as some milder brown sugar notes, but the ginger hits towards the end with the nice malts and a light hint of alcohol warmth towards the finish. Aftertaste is crisp, very gingery and especially holiday-like with a lot of spiced notes, but some good malts, a lot of sugars and a great way to warm up without putting a fire on! Overall, a very nice spiced based beer without being cloyingly sweet, too pungent in terms of spice or deep with malts - this hits the marks just right across the board and is very enjoyable, especially later in the season where it's only slightly chilly! I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 12-November-2021 for US$3,25 sampled at my house here in Washington on 09-April-2022 as my family and I are leaving for Spring Break 2022 and perhaps to the chilly weather for the entire season!

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at 2 Silos Brewing - December 28th 2019 trip. Poured a slightly clear dark amber, light brown color wit ha small white head. Aroma was light bready rye, light ginger. Flavor was mild shaved ginger, with some mild spicy grain notes. Warming finish.