Comments on: Beer Review – Anchor Brewing Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2008 http://thebrewclub.com/2008/12/11/beer-review-anchor-brewing-merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2008/ Beer Reviews and Beer Rating Site! Its all about the Beer at The Brew Club! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben http://thebrewclub.com/2008/12/11/beer-review-anchor-brewing-merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Ben Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:33:20 +0000 http://thebrewclub.com/?p=261#comment-804 My wife and I each just had a bottle of the Christmas Ale. I know it’s a little late in the season but we couldn’t get it until we went to NY last week. Can't find it anywhere in CT. I have been reading some reviews and don't agree with all of them. I think this review is pretty similar to what we tasted. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Poured a dark amber with a frothy tan head. Much darker than anticipated. Great head retention with a prominent lacing down the glass. Slight head on the beer down to the last sip. Aroma of spices and sweet sugar (almost like candy). No hop presence but malts are present. Body is medium and lighter than anticipated for a winter brew. I feel that I tasted a little chocolate or coffee. My wife didn't think so but I’m sticking to it. Taste is malty with a toasted earthy flavor. I don't get the ginger but maybe cloves and cinnamon. Slight hop after taste balanced by the malts. Little carbination. My wife and I both enjoyed this beer. I would but it again next year but don't think I can handle more than two in a sitting. I will give it a 3/5. My wife and I each just had a bottle of the Christmas Ale. I know it’s a little late in the season but we couldn’t get it until we went to NY last week. Can’t find it anywhere in CT. I have been reading some reviews and don’t agree with all of them. I think this review is pretty similar to what we tasted.

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Poured a dark amber with a frothy tan head. Much darker than anticipated. Great head retention with a prominent lacing down the glass. Slight head on the beer down to the last sip.

Aroma of spices and sweet sugar (almost like candy). No hop presence but malts are present.

Body is medium and lighter than anticipated for a winter brew. I feel that I tasted a little chocolate or coffee. My wife didn’t think so but I’m sticking to it. Taste is malty with a toasted earthy flavor. I don’t get the ginger but maybe cloves and cinnamon. Slight hop after taste balanced by the malts. Little carbination.

My wife and I both enjoyed this beer. I would but it again next year but don’t think I can handle more than two in a sitting. I will give it a 3/5.

]]> By: Steve Gibson http://thebrewclub.com/2008/12/11/beer-review-anchor-brewing-merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Steve Gibson Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:05:27 +0000 http://thebrewclub.com/?p=261#comment-781 Great minds drink alike! Looks like we tasted almost the same thing! See my blogpost: http://gibbyspub.blogspot.com/2008/12/anchor-christmas-ale-2008.html <abbr><em>Steve Gibson’s last blog post..<a href="http://gibbyspub.blogspot.com/2008/12/anchor-christmas-ale-2008.html" rel="nofollow">Anchor Christmas Ale 2008</a></abbr></em> Great minds drink alike! Looks like we tasted almost the same thing! See my blogpost:
http://gibbyspub.blogspot.com/2008/12/anchor-christmas-ale-2008.html

Steve Gibson’s last blog post..Anchor Christmas Ale 2008

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