Fonefan 201214. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malt, fruit . Flavour is caramel, alcohol, fruit, roasted malt, sugar, toffee. Ordinary beer.

Bottled (from Vinmonopolet, Kirkenes). Reddish amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is grains, some sweet malts, mild toffee and herbal notes. Flavour is quite sweet malts, biscuits and some grains. Typical Scandinavian Amber bock...

Bottled 330ml (from Vinmonopolet)
Dark brown color, steady beige head. Aroma has bread, caramel and some grainy maltyness. Medium-bodied. Flavor is quite German bockish. Bready, sweetish caramalty. Some alcohol and grainy notes in the finish. Ok.

Bottle from Polet, THR cons 2015-06-04 Duved AR: roasted malt, dark bread syrup, melas AP: dark ruby, high fluffy/stouty cream beige, wild curtains F: melas, caramel, sugar cake and other sweet stuf, warming feeling, pruns, full body, actiually not that bad

Bottle. As Arendals 1839 Stærk Tradisjon and Sagene Sterk Jul. A clear, dark chestnut colored beer topped by a dense, finger-thick, beige head leaving lacings. The aroma is dominated by caramel, with some dried fruits like prunes, figs and corinth raisins and a touch og grains. There’s also a faint grassy, piney touch in the far back. It’s full-bodied and perhaps a bit heavy on the carbonation, but far from at annoying levels. Quite soft anyway. Caramel, some notes of roasted malts and a fine bitterness in the flavor, lasting for a good while. There’s also dried figs, prunes and corinth raisins. There’s a faint warmth in the very end, but it’s mostly caramel and dried fruits. A pretty decent beer indeed, but not of the best old-school Christmas beers in Norway.

I had both Arendals 1839 Stærk Tradisjon and Sagene Sterk Jul at the same time, trying to find out if the rumours that these are the same is correct. I can’t find any differences other than the crown caps and the labels. Even the batch number is the same on both bottles, and it’s already confirmed both are brewed at Arendals Bryggeri. Hence they’re now merged. 150528

Amber with an off white head - Caramel malt aroma - Nice malt body with caramel flavour - Caramle malt goes into the finish - This was one dimesional, but still nice
Earlier Rating: 1/14/2015 Total Score: 3.1
Amber with off white head - Nice sweet malt aroma - Good malt body with some caramle and some bitter notes from hops in the back - Sweet malt and hints of bitterness goes into the finish - This was nice

Boks 500ml fra Vinmonopolet, Tromsø Langnes. Dyp amber. Lavt lett farget skum. Søt maltaroma. Smaken det samme. Bra - men uvariert.
Earlier Rating: 4/9/2015 Total Score: 2.7
Flaske 330ml. Gave fra Rune. Drukket på Rundvannet 21 Mar 15. Dyp amber. Høyt luftig skum som daler sakte. Aroma av malt. Smaken er søt karamell. På det jevne.

Can 500ml. [ As Sagene Sterk Jul ].Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread - dark bread, caramel, dark malt, toasted, sweet bread. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt, caramelized malt, light spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20141220] Earlier Rating: 1/14/2015 Total Score: 2.6Bottle 330ml. [ As Arendals 1839 Stærk Tradisjon ].Clear medium to dark brown - red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, candy notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, caramel, sweet malt, cardboard, sugary. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20141220]

Medium beige head. Clear brownish red body with carbonation. Fruity spicy aroma. Sweet spicy caramelly taste with fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish caramelly plummy aftertaste with roasty papery notes. Not bad at all. I could do without the paper in the finish. (0.33l bottle, from wine monopoly, Triaden, Lørenskog.)
Earlier Rating: 1/24/2015 Total Score: 2.9
Small pale brown head. Clear brown body with carbonation. Fruity caramelly aroma with not much more. Sweetish mealy fruity caramelly taste with cinnamon notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish earthy caramelly aftertaste with roasty cinnamon notes. A traditional Norwegian industrial Christmas beer. Nothing wrong with it, and nothing very right, either. (0.5l can, from wine monopoly, Triaden Lørenskog.)