6.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Mash Paddle, Enid Street, 19/12/2025.
Hazed pinkish red pour with a dirty crimson head.
Nose is mixed red berries, light acidic nostril tease, herb, straw.
Taste comprises tangy berry fruits, herb, hedgerow, lactic tang.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light puckering rasp.
Okay.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Mash Paddle, Enid Street, 19/12/2025.
Murky reddish hues topped with a dirty crimson cap.
Nose is tangy fruit esters, herb, spice, winter cheer, mixed berries.
Taste comprises sultanas, dried berry fruits, lactic tang, herb, pastry notes.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a modest pucker.
Fun enough and gets the mince pie message over ... just lacks sour as usual for VC!

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dose 0,33l: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger brauner Schaum; sehr süße + kräftig malzige Nase, Röstmalz, kräftig Karamell/Toffee, Haselnüsse, dunkle Schokolade, Honig, Lebkuchen, Laktose, malzig-süße Bitterkeit; sehr würziger + kräftig malziger Körper, nussig, kräftige Süße, Röstaromen, kräftig Karamell/Toffee, Honig, Haselnüsse, sehr cremig, dezente Kohlensäure, kräftig Vanille, dunkle Schokolade, Laktose; kräftiger würzig-süßer Nachgang

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Pours hazy reddy purple with a medium head. Aroma is blackberry, mince pie spice, pastry and apple. Taste has sour blackberry to start, with sour spiced mince pies throughout. Some vanilla and pear on the aftertaste.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

keg at the wee vault ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ...soft rich nutty chocolate roast malts ..dark boozy chocolate roast malts ..long sweet rich chocolate