Santa C Ale
Ørbæk Bryggeri in Ørbæk, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Winter|
Score
6.04
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Santa C has come to town, ready to occupy various Christmas tables during the festive season. Santa C is a true Christmas beer, a perfect accompaniment to many Christmas foods. It is a beautiful golden, medium-strength, pleasant, spicy Christmas brew. It has a lovely sweet aroma of orange, vanilla and red berries as a result of the First Gold aroma hops we use. The taste is rich and round with sweet, toffee notes from the caramelised malts we use. There are also clear notes of vanilla, orange and red berries – which also feature in the aroma.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle. Clear amber body with a small beige head. Rather mild aroma of caramel malt with a hint of spices. Flavor is light, sweet caramel malt, a bit spicy, Belgium yeast and moderate bitterness. Medium body and a bit sweet in the aftertaste. Pretty straight forward and uncomplicated beer but enjoyable as it is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2013
at 10:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Has a clear amber colour with a off-white and a bit creamy head. Dried fruit in a careful aroma along with leather and some berries, belgian yeast and spices. More pronounced flavours of the same, and some chocolate in the aftertaste. Has a slick and soft mouthfeel, and a light bitterness. A nice and balanced belgian style Christmas ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2013
at 04:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours hazy copper with small white head. Aroma is acidic fruits, yoghurt, malt, coffee and licorice. Taste is light sweet, light acidic and medium bitter towards the end. Body is light oily with smooth carbonation. Finish is a bit short with notes of sour apples, caramel and rye bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2012
at 12:43
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
0.75l corked bottle. This one pours a clear ruby-red body with a medium sized big-bubbled off-white top that quickly fades into a thin islandy and sidesticking thing. On the nose I get wort, sawdust, Christmas cake, some nuts and caramel. Not to exciting really, and not extreme either. It's average on the carbonation and quite thin - almost watery on the mouthfeel. The taste has tones of sweet crystallized caramel and raisins with some slightly mouthdrying woody dryness. A fruity watery bitterness shines through in the finish. Not the most exiting beer I've had, but can imagine this could pair nicely with Christmas food. Next please! Oh, wait, this was a 0.75l bottle and there is no one here but me.. 10.11.2012
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2012
at 01:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
75cl bottle from Vinmonopolet Sandaker. Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Caramelly and malty aroma with dark dried fruits and hints of spices and citrus. Sweet and caramelly with a fairly balanced bitterness. Flavour is a bit fudge like. Easy to drink and easy to forget.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2012
at 10:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle thanks to Nikolai. Pours amber with a nice fluffy head. The nose has biscuits and a little sweet spice as well as a hint of dried raisins. The taste has more biscuits and dry raisins. The palate is medium bodied and there’s a creamy/tangy texture in the middle section with a dry but refreshing finish. Overall, a nice session strength Christmas ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2012
at 08:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Fra flaske på Cardinals juleøltreff nov-12: Gylden med kort skum. Smaken minner mest om en vanlig eksportøl/gulløl. Ingenting spennende. I runde 3 i den store juleøltesten ombord på Fridtjofen: litt appelsin i smaken, men med en vammel ettersmak. Ble nr. to av to i denne runden.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2012
at 09:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml bottle as Peters Juul 5.8% abv, together with the delicious Herring Buffet at Nyhavn Færgekro. Slightly unclear, orange coloured body. Thin off-white head. Sweet malt-fruity aroma. Caramel and nut-like malts in flavour added by citrus hints. Short ending. So and so (Copenhagen, 06.11.2011).
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2011
at 03:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours orange golden with a huge white head, looking tasty. Aroma of caramel malt, nuts, fruit and light hops. Taste is malt, caramel, sweet fruit, floral hops. Medium body, soft carbonation, soft and rather sweet finish. 260411
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2011
at 14:31