On tap at the Bocktown, Monaca. Smell is a little spicy as with most domestic holiday beers. Look is pleasantly dark. Keeping in mind, I’m not one for spiced beers, but there it was! First taste is spiced fer sure, if you are expecting a spiced beer, you got it. However, its not over the top as with many spiced beers. There is enough in there to let you know its the holiday but not enough to make you turn it down. I kinda got used to it after a while. Grows on yah. Its fairly easy to see the backbone beer behind this one. Finish is of course medium spice, but that covers any mode of bitternesss, unlike many other spiced holiday brews.

Sampled on draft at Hou Thou this beer poured a cloudy peach color with a small foamy white head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was pepper, lemon and a bit of bread and must. The flavor was pepper, lemon and cracker with a bitter, tart and astringent presence and an undertone of dust. Long bitter tart and astringent lemon and pepper finish. Medium body. Meh.

Light unclear light yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy herbs - sweet herbs, passion fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet with a long duration, citrus, passion fruit, mint - minerals, fruit tart notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20131111]

Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a black color with a small foamy tan head that faded quickly and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was roasty and smoky with a hint of malted milk. The flavor was roasty and toasty with a bit of dark fruit, vanilla, cola, a hint of marshmallow and a touch of smoke. Medium length toasty vanilla, marshmallow and cola finish. Medium body. Solid.

Hazy pale yellow without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, citrus and spicy. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. Strange beer, but not bad. 111113

Milky yellow with tiny head. Aroma is malt, fruit, herbs and spices. Flavour is malt, fruit, herbs, spices, flower, little tart and medium sweet.

Sample. Small head with short duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are citrus, grass, mint,, malt and hops. A little weird.