Edge City Christmas Ale
Bristol Brewing Company
- From:
- Bristol Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Winter Warmer
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 27.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 29, 2008
- Added:
- Dec 13, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Rayek from Colorado
3.07/5 rDev -7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
3.07/5 rDev -7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
A: Deep amber with good clarity and minimal carbonation. Slightly soapy head was small and didn't stick around. Left no lace.
S: Lots of candy sugar and cinnamon in the nose, plus some peppermint and nutmeg.
T: To me this, this tasted a bit too much like a spiked peppermint stick. Quite sweet up front with a slight maple flavor. Bitterness comes on with a heavy peppermint taste that's backed by a small amount of cinnamon. Finishes sweet, with a bit of a wintergreen aftertaste.
M: Medium body is slightly syrupy. Carbonation level is right.
D: This beer was certainly different. But I didn't enjoy it that much. It tasted too much like the aforementioned peppermint stick for my tastes.
Dec 29, 2008S: Lots of candy sugar and cinnamon in the nose, plus some peppermint and nutmeg.
T: To me this, this tasted a bit too much like a spiked peppermint stick. Quite sweet up front with a slight maple flavor. Bitterness comes on with a heavy peppermint taste that's backed by a small amount of cinnamon. Finishes sweet, with a bit of a wintergreen aftertaste.
M: Medium body is slightly syrupy. Carbonation level is right.
D: This beer was certainly different. But I didn't enjoy it that much. It tasted too much like the aforementioned peppermint stick for my tastes.
Reviewed by benito from Oregon
2.3/5 rDev -30.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 1 | overall: 2.5
2.3/5 rDev -30.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 1 | overall: 2.5
On guest tap at Il Vicino even though they've run dry at the brewery.
A: Dark amber with little head.
S: The 'wetness' that I notice in all Bristol beers jumps out. It's actually almost fleshy and masks a lot of the spicy and bready notes that I imagine to be there. It creates an almost creamy aroma that I don't really dig.
T and M: Bubblegum and spices (cinnamon) dominate, and it has a biting, peppery finish. Again, the fleshiness pokes through and really undoes the overall balance of the beer as it crosses my tongue. The overall impression is a beer that is light and sweet with a strange hodgepodge of flavors that never really gel.
D: The peppery finish makes this really hard to swallow. It's almost medicinal.
Overall, I was disappointed by this beer. Given how tasty some of Bristol's Edge City beers are, I had high hopes here; there are lots of other winter warmers--spiced and not--that I would recommend before giving this one a second thought. Take a pass.
Dec 25, 2006A: Dark amber with little head.
S: The 'wetness' that I notice in all Bristol beers jumps out. It's actually almost fleshy and masks a lot of the spicy and bready notes that I imagine to be there. It creates an almost creamy aroma that I don't really dig.
T and M: Bubblegum and spices (cinnamon) dominate, and it has a biting, peppery finish. Again, the fleshiness pokes through and really undoes the overall balance of the beer as it crosses my tongue. The overall impression is a beer that is light and sweet with a strange hodgepodge of flavors that never really gel.
D: The peppery finish makes this really hard to swallow. It's almost medicinal.
Overall, I was disappointed by this beer. Given how tasty some of Bristol's Edge City beers are, I had high hopes here; there are lots of other winter warmers--spiced and not--that I would recommend before giving this one a second thought. Take a pass.
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
4.53/5 rDev +37.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +37.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours amber/tea colored with 3 fingers of off white creamy head. Very good head retention & lacing
S: Cinamon & breadyness, makes me think gingerbread! Slight hints of the saaz hops (grassy/lemony to me)
T: Cinamon, a little breadyness & a some warming alcohol up front. Brown sugar & biscuitty notes follow as the ale warms. Finishes warmy, spicy & with a hint of toffee
MF: Medium bodied with low carbonation. Balanced well with quenching wetness that doesn't say watery
Drinks pretty easy despite the abv, I liked this. Some spice beers don't work for me, there is enough heft & restrained use of spice that this marries well. Not sure this would work in a bottle as well (unless you up the alcohol). Delivers on the warming to be sure
Dec 13, 2006S: Cinamon & breadyness, makes me think gingerbread! Slight hints of the saaz hops (grassy/lemony to me)
T: Cinamon, a little breadyness & a some warming alcohol up front. Brown sugar & biscuitty notes follow as the ale warms. Finishes warmy, spicy & with a hint of toffee
MF: Medium bodied with low carbonation. Balanced well with quenching wetness that doesn't say watery
Drinks pretty easy despite the abv, I liked this. Some spice beers don't work for me, there is enough heft & restrained use of spice that this marries well. Not sure this would work in a bottle as well (unless you up the alcohol). Delivers on the warming to be sure
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