Fano Julebryg
Fanø Bryghus

Rindby 16/7 2020. 50 cl bottle from Fanø Vinlager. Very dark, green-ish version of Fanø’s usual design with the tag line “Dark, spicy Christmas porter”. Suppose it is pretty stupid to drink this in July.

Pours opaque dark brown with a small light beige head. Settles as 0,3 cm thick layer of foam just covering the surface of the beer. No lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweet odor of brown sugar mingling with Christmas spices and roasted malts. Vanilla and cinnamon. Roasted - almost burnt - coffee beans.

Fairly strong carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, lively, tingling texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a strong sweetness followed by a medium strong sourish bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet with a bitter undercurrent. Lingers for a while. Finish is semi-dry.

Strangely hard carbonated but with the mandatory range of Christmas spices. But it does not go to extremes. Decent.

Pours black with a large, fading dark tan head.
Nose shows cocoa, milk chocolate, soft spices, coffee. Tempting.
Similar cocoa and coffee flavours, along with faint Christmas spices (nutmeg? ginger? cinnamon? not sure...). Seems a bit cloying though.
Carbonation is too high.

Pours a dark as night kola hue which leaves a two finger head and lacing everywhere,the smell is sweet dark malts,dark chocolate,milky coffee and herbal hops and not unique whatsoever,the mouthfeel is medium bodied and thicker than the usual porter style but suits nicely and has tastes of dark Belgian chocolate,milky watery coffee,ripe cherries,bitter fruit and finished like a nice bittersweet cappicino and overall its alright but nothing flash and would not buy again anytime soon cheers.