Fun Old Fashioned Family Christmas
AleWerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.85
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Bottled. Reddish brown pour into tulip. Disappearing off white head. Cinnamon, berries syrup. Some spices
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
16,000th and last rating... if the rumors are true. Wow. End of an era and I legitimately have some feels as I type this. Not sure what will happen to this rating once the site goes dark, but to the Ratebeer community (with whom I not so coincidentally shared this can), thanks don't even cover it. But thank you. 16oz can is a murky amber, off wheat head. Nose has all the spice, clove, ginger, cinnamon, malt, dates, raisins. Flavor is hot with booze and spices, malt, date. Full bodied, off dry finish. Not terrible.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can at the December 2024 RateBeer tasting. Pours a very slightly hazy red-brown with a large tan head, good retention. The aroma was nutmeg, clove, and ginger with hints of caramel and citrus. Nice holiday spices. Flavor had light raisin, toasted malts, and moderate sweetness. Okay seasonal brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From a can at a RateBeer tasting. Pours a hazy caramel with a tan head. Aromas are chocolate. Flavors are spicy but cloying.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Some berries, maybe ginger. Brown pour with some head. Light tangy end. Not a hugely good beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft: Poured a coppery brown with a khaki head. Aroma is spicy, fruit cake, berries, nutmeg. Taste is spicy, nutmeg, berries, fruit cake like, malts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pint can thanks to hershiser2. Christmas in July! Hazy red, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of nutmeg, soap, caramel. Taste is raisin, toast, caramel, nutmeg, clove, citrus. Full bodied. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice muddied, deeper brown glow with hints of gold and copper towards the bottom, all with a nice and relatively thick, three centimetre tall rich brown head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of cloves, cardamom, canella, nutmeg, star anise and a noticeable amount of both rich caramel malts and a ton of alcohol here, along with some pitted fruits. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich nutty and earthy malts dominate here at first with a big kick of grain and rustic qualities, but the spices come soon afterward and bring out some allspice and nutmeg with a tiny hint of canella towards the end with a grainy bite at the end. Aftertaste is rich and deep with a bunch of nutty aspects, but the sugars outweigh all of those and bring out some nice caramelised sugar flavours with the pitted fruits and some alcohol warmth of course on the end. Overall, a nice and enjoyable beer with a nutty, earthy and caramel kick with a bunch of spices and some alcohol warmth, but surprisingly balanced well throughout with a great complexity. Great to sample, especially during the season and in the best city for Christmas - New York! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Washington (West End), D.C. on 24-November-2021 for US$3,50, canned on 27-October-2021 and sampled in my hotel room and on the streets of New York (Chelsea), New York on 20-December-2021.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Allspice nose. Hazy brown, thin head. Allspice, dates, and just a hint of plum or cherry. Medium body, , moderate carbonation.
Red brown pour. Thin creamy foamy head. Mix of vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, and sweet Belgium flavored ale. Nice Christmas beer. Not too overpowering.