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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Dark brown murky pour with a good sized beige head. The head dissipates quickly but leaves some lace. Wet Christmas pudding aroma. Orange flavour with lots of spice. Ginger, cinnamon and other spices makes for a tasty brew. Not a huge fan of spiced beer but this is worth a try.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

This spiced beer has cinnamon, ginger, cloves, coriander and cardamon listed as the 5 spices in the ingredients. Pours a real dark copper colour with a beige head, good retention and decent lace. Those special spices are definitely creating the most of the aromas. Hints of roasted malts and licorice. Medium-bodied with a mouthfeel that is slightly oily. The taste is not as powerful as the nose, but has a nice blend of things. Roasted malt, licorice, spices and even a bit of mint in the finish. Lingering ginger in the aftertaste. A nice Christmas brew that is good to have... once a year.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

500ml bottle
6.5% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 14, 2012
Pours a very dark brown into a Maredsous chalice with a thin rocky light brown head. Aroma is spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, cloves, ginger), caramel, and yeast. MOuthfeel is medium bodied, dry, and medium carbonation. Flavour is similar to the aroma with a lot of nice Christmas spices, some maltiness, and a dry spicy finish

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

This poured a black color with a beige head. The aroma contains some cinnamon, cloves, and wintergreen. The flavor contains some chocolate, mint, cinnamon, and cloves. I should have waited until winter to try this, but it was nice in the summer as well. Overall well done!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Last of my "Christmas" Beers for 2009. Deep brown pour with a thinnish cream head and some initial lacing. Roasted malts, pepper and ginger, cloves and other spices in the aroma. Taste is same roasted malts with a coriander, ginger, clove and spices and ripe fruits. Almost too spicy but still satisfying.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

tons of christmas spice, dumptrucks full!! ... pours a dark murky xmas cake colour ... light head ring .. . clean is the mouthfeel mantra .. not overdone but bold .. . a nice xmas offering ..

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

To start, none of the spices listed in the brewer's description above are subtle, save for the coriander. the aroma was awesome...perfect for a spiced ale. the flavor didn't quite match up...maybe a little TOO intense. My buddy and my wife noted a soapy characteristic. I can see that, very subtle. Made it seem like the spices were a little artificial, but it went away mostly as it warmed. I enjoyed the heavily spiced flavor even if it didn't quite live up to the aroma or the collaberation beer made with Stone and Jolly Pumpkin. Like the winter ale, it poured dark with an everlasting head. Almost black. Smooth too, if a touch thin. pretty good beer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours dark, nearly black, with a nice frothy off-white head. What I expect from a good Christmas beer, nutmeg, cinnamon, with really an assortment of spices that show in both the aroma and flavor. A nice bitter hop profile mixes in nicely with the sices to provide a nice taste. This went nicely with the cookies my wife made.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Dark opaque brown, low dissapearing light brown head. Whoa, this is a spicebomb! Cinnamon, anise, orange-peels, cough syrup, wormwood, hops and licorice. Cardammon, toffee, chocolate, glögg.spices and wormwood in flavour. Creamy mouthfeel. Spicy aftertaste with a medium hop-bitterness. This is christmas in a bottle

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Brown and red colour. Spicy notes of cinnamon and clove, along with other spices too. Very "glögg" (glühweinish)-like aroma. Flavour of clove malt and a lot of spices. Christmas beer indeed. Very spicy aftertaste.