7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Advent Box Pours a mostly brilliant light auburn color with a small short lived bubbly off white head. Light caramel Christmas spices and a hint of oxidation. Not my style but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2022
at 03:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I have a 12 oz bottle that was picked up at one of the Total Wines in Austin a couple of months ago. Using my Great Heights snifter for the tasting this evening, so I lift the cap and pour. Red-amber in my opinion followed by a slender but consistent skim of light tan foam. The nose comes across with grain and an indication of sweetness. I follow with the drink, hey, better than I expected. Whole grain bread, caramel, malt and dry crackers. There's more depth than anticipated, I thought it would be mostly a basic amber ale. A nice balance between the bitterness and the sweet effect. I'm not sure what makes it a Christmas ale but there you are.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2022
at 00:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Draught @ Broadway Dive Bar. Clear reddish brown with a foamy dirty beige head, faint caramel aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter caramel malt taste with faint coffee flavor, thin body, long finish. Decent not great.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2022
at 23:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle/Fest. A- Malt, plastic, spice. A- Copper color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Malty, mild spice. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Meh. Malty and a bit of holiday spice. Hard to believe it took me over 12 years before having tried this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2022
at 20:18
Caramel jones. Nice winter spice. Good holiday ale.
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Copa Mundial 2022!
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2022
at 20:32
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2022
at 14:51
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2022
at 14:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black with a medium sized foamy beige head. Roasty and sweetish with raspberry and a hint of vanilla. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2022
at 01:22
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.
12 oz. bottle, 7.1% ABV, Best Enjoyed By: 06MAR23
AROMA: Moderately sweet with light scents of brown sugar, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown bread, and alcohol.
APPEARANCE: Pours a dark amber-brown with a medium, off-white head that dissipates slowly with a small amount of lacing.
TASTE: Moderately sweet with mild flavors of bitter chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, and caramel. The finish is moderate with a touch more sweetness but also very dry with an alcohol kick.
MOUTHFEEL: I rate this as being thin-bodied, though, in reality it is probably somewhere between thin and medium bodied. Carbonation is average and the texture is a little tacky on the tongue (i.e. not slick nor smooth).
OVERALL: Sorry, but I'm not that impressed with this beer. First, visually and texturally this beer just doesn't make sense in my brain. I wish that a beer this dark had a little more "heft" to the body, and a little more smoothness to the texture. Second, I don't care for beers where the alcohol is so noticeable in the aroma and taste. I've had plenty of other beers, with even higher ABV levels, that don't even hint at the amount of alcohol in them. Third, the flavors and aromas are fairly subdued. I don't need to be "hit over the head" with flavor and aroma, but I certainly expect something marketed as a Christmas Ale, to at least bring the "cheer" with a bit more authority. All-in-all I find this to be a mediocre beer.
12 oz. bottle, 7.1% ABV, Best Enjoyed By: 06MAR23
AROMA: Moderately sweet with light scents of brown sugar, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown bread, and alcohol.
APPEARANCE: Pours a dark amber-brown with a medium, off-white head that dissipates slowly with a small amount of lacing.
TASTE: Moderately sweet with mild flavors of bitter chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, and caramel. The finish is moderate with a touch more sweetness but also very dry with an alcohol kick.
MOUTHFEEL: I rate this as being thin-bodied, though, in reality it is probably somewhere between thin and medium bodied. Carbonation is average and the texture is a little tacky on the tongue (i.e. not slick nor smooth).
OVERALL: Sorry, but I'm not that impressed with this beer. First, visually and texturally this beer just doesn't make sense in my brain. I wish that a beer this dark had a little more "heft" to the body, and a little more smoothness to the texture. Second, I don't care for beers where the alcohol is so noticeable in the aroma and taste. I've had plenty of other beers, with even higher ABV levels, that don't even hint at the amount of alcohol in them. Third, the flavors and aromas are fairly subdued. I don't need to be "hit over the head" with flavor and aroma, but I certainly expect something marketed as a Christmas Ale, to at least bring the "cheer" with a bit more authority. All-in-all I find this to be a mediocre beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2022
at 20:12
7/10
LCI Light peanut butter, no lactose, easy drinking
Tried
on 19 Oct 2022
at 16:34