3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 DenverLogan (951) - MileHi, Colorado, USA - OCT 3, 2015
Poured from a 22 oz bottle into a Delirium Noel glass. Pours dark brown with significant head and lace. Aroma of cocoa, medium malts. Significant carbonation and big mouthfeel. Flavors of dark roasted malts, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, slight mint, ginger, minerals, slightly bitter herbs, cinnamon, crystal sugar. Overall big, bold, complex, sweet with a bite.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 sulawang (745) - British Columbia, CANADA - AUG 18, 2015
Visual: Pours turned off TV screen black, small 2mm dissipating head, a super thin layer of of hazy retention, a some tiny bubbles surfacing the perimeter of the glass.
Nose: sweet cola malts, vanilla, light roast. (lvl-7)-pungency
Attack: incoming sweet dark malts, malty fullness, light CO2
Mid-palate: (lvl-7)-sweetness, (MAIN) ginger, gingerbread spices (cinnamon, clove), roasted malt, big vanilla,
Finish: mild alcohol detection, ginger dryness, nutmeg, malty-chocolate sweet finish.
Summary: Lots of clean spices come through on this one but is lacking a bit on the texture - it feels kind of flat going down, needs more bite.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 vadie (1078) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - MAR 8, 2015
Cest vraiment pain dépices. Caramel, avoine et cannelle dans larôme avec un goût pareille. Cest très sucré mais pas trop (mais proche...). Noir avec un col moyen marron. Pas un stout traditional du tout, très peu amer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 gramity (1581) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - MAR 7, 2015
pours a deep dark amber brown with a small beige head. Nose is very sweet and spicy, with gingerbread spices and loads of toffee. Flavour brings out a ton of gingerbread and caramel. Too sweet for me, but a nice holiday gimmick beer. Nice one in small amounts.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 piscator34 (2178) - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - FEB 8, 2015
Bottle. Near black in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas are of light molasses and powdered ginger. Taste is of more molasses, pale chocolate malt, cinnamon sugar cookies, and a bit of dry ginger. Medium to light bodied with a touch of dry heat on the finish. An interesting idea, but a more robust stout as a base beer and a more "candied ginger" flavor would have been more successful.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20 onceblind (5917) - Denver, Colorado, USA - FEB 2, 2015
Black pour under a sticky foamy light beige head. Sumptuous nose of chocolate and sweet gingerbread and a bit of cinnamon and light creamy lactose sugar. Full flavor with a dry roastiness, sweet milk chocolate and spicy earthy cinnamon and gingerbread. Like drinking a cookie. Warming but not boozy or cloy.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 pictoman (813) - British Columbia, CANADA - JAN 26, 2015
Poured from the tap. Near black with beige head. Aroma of oats and cinnamon with a toffee dominant roast malt - gingerbready. The taste of roast malt, cheap chocolate, and gingerbread clash a bit.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Oakes (13660) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - JAN 23, 2015
Very sweet, strong gingerbread - not ginger - more molasses- character. Good for fans of Starbucks flavoured drinks.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 bhensonb (12795) - Woodland, California, USA - JAN 21, 2015
Bomber from Corti Bros. Aroma is mild gingerbread. Med + body. Flavor is ginger, arguably gingerbread, and the rest is rather hard to ferret out. Maybe cinnamon can be isolated. Its a fun taste, but rather one note.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 dreamflower (702) - Steinbach, Manitoba, CANADA - DEC 22, 2014
This aroma is amazing, full marks. Smells like the holidays. Really puts me in the Christmas mood. A fabulous beer!
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