Christmas Angel
Brouwerij Serafijn in Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.83
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This hearty amber brew, well-balanced and warming, is the brewer's special celebration of this wonderful season, when the herald angels sing. A Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to all, from Brouwerij Achilles!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
The beer pours with a large head but it quickly fades into an surface covering lacing first but eventually into a hairline thick ring. It’s got a very hazy, orange/copper body with a medium clarity. Aroma first starts with nice sweet banana esters and then there are faint granny smith apple skins. Light sweet grainy cereal there as well. Taste is a sort of reduced version of the aroma light cereal, banana, apple skin. Medium body with a strong carbonation. Nothing "special" except an easy drinking yet full beer.
11.2oz bottle, Shelton Bros winter mix pack, Corsendonk tulip glass.
11.2oz bottle, Shelton Bros winter mix pack, Corsendonk tulip glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2008
at 20:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a hazy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is a very sweet fruit with some caramel and a touch of yeast. Flavor is heavily spiced with some nutmeg and lemon peel. Finish is a bit bitter and candi sugar. A bit different but nothing earth shaking as its kind of a one trick pony with all the spice. More of a spiced ale than anything.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2007
at 22:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep amber into a tulip. Offwhite head quickly subsides to skim surface. Honey and spice aromas. Quite thick with upfront honey and a lasting winter spice finish.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2007
at 19:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Warm, caramel malty aroma. Light amber color with a vigorus off-white head. Thin to medium in body, with a very mild carbonation. Starts with sweet caramel malt, offset with something like n-amyl acetate. Light belgian spice notes. A little heat. Something like hop offsets the malt. The finish is dry and "sweetly astringent". A little floral/veg hangs around. Perhaps some vanilla arrives at the end. Interesting, tasty, and very drinkable.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2007
at 00:15