Kessel X-mas
Brouwerij De Vlier in Holsbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.88
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark brown colour, beige foam. Malty nose along with some notes of dried berries, chocolate. Rather thin body. Not a bad Christmas beer.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2018
at 08:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy dark brown colour with tight foamy head. Bitter coffee taste with lots of complementary maltiness.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2010
at 14:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Towering huge cream-beige head, dense, slowly disappearing over near-black beer. Powerful dark malts aromas, with green leaves, herbs, cypress. Very dry-smoky flavour, ashes, dusty, with just a bit malty sweetness in the finish. Some liquorice. Medium to well-bodied, grist slickness, discreet alcohol. Nose pure Walloon dark ale, taste is much more (sweetish) stout-like, if more perfumed than most. Easily the best from De Vlier so far.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2010
at 10:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ 15e Kerstbierfestival 2009, Essen, Belgium.Clear medium to dark brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee, wood - tobacco. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, tobacco and dry. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20091212]
Tried
on 25 Feb 2010
at 11:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap, Kerstbier Festival 2009. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, coffee and mild spiced. Roasted, bitter and light spiced flavoured. Nice roasted base beer. Lingering roasted and coffeeish dark malt flavoured finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2009
at 23:23