UPDATED: APR 22, 2020 Keg at Collins Bar, Seattle, WA on 04/09/2008. Seemed a bit early for the winter warmers, but what the heck. Big on the spice and the honey is detectable. Nicely balanced flavour.

Bottle at home from backlog notes 07. Pours a clear reddish brown color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have caramel, honey sweetness, all kinds of spices, cinnamon, cloves, citrus, ginger, mild biterness, the sweetness and crazy spices are a bit much.

Overall: Mince pie, Christmas galore.
Note: Bottle 650 ml. Reviewed 2014-01-18.

A pretty decent winter ale. Its been awhile since I’ve had a new, decent Christmas Ale. Peppery, citrus, with nice amounts of spice.

Pint at The Rackhouse Pub, from a 2008 keg for a tap-takeover. Clear dark brown with a thin beige cap. Spicy and malty nose like nutmeg and cinnamon with an odd candle-wax tone and earthy sweet maltiness. Flavor was much the same and not as full bodied as I had hoped. Earthy sweet with some nutmeg and cinnamon, potpourri, and some candi sugar, maybe some apple and a little toffee. Slightly boozy sweet finish.

bought at Left hand. 2008 keged version aged for a year A-- A dark reddish brown color. Got a very large head (3 fingers) on the pour that stayed very nicely and left a good lacing on my pint glass. S-- Every Christmas spice you can think of is in this. Do get an alcohol smell in it as well. T-- Lots of spice in this puppy. Nutmeg, cinimmon, clove, candied sugar, orange, and on and on and on. M-- Spices then the alcohol in the mouthfeel. it is OK at start but gets tiresome. D-- for a $5 dollar growler I am not complaining but it is a tiresome beer. Too much going on and early on too spice driven. Once it gets air the spices calm down a bit. Good effort but one 750 is enough.

On tap at Pour house a couple years ago, 08 vintage. Deep crimson black pour, small head/lacing. Notes of chocolate malts, cinnamon, dark cherry, hops, and a little ginger hidden in the back end. Medium to full bodied with minimal carbonation. Ultra warming.

Holiday spiced, cinnamon and ginger. Deep brown in color with descent head. Tastes like a ginger bread house! Notes: GABF visit a few years back

22oz bottle, with yellow-bordered label as pictured. This has got to be at least a couple years old. Thin to minimal off-white head. Clear dark brown color. Few dots of lace. Nice honey and cinnamon aroma. Spicy taste, hint of booze. Lighter carbonation.

Dark brown of color with a beige head. An aroma of nuts, cinnamon, spice and sweets. A flavor of sweets, nuts, spice and weak cloves.