Hibernation Ale
What a nice Winter Warmer! A dark brown beer with reddish highlights; semi opaque; with a fluffy tan head, decent retention, attractive lacing left behind. Aroma is sweetly malty with nice Christmas spices and a trace of booziness. Toffee, cocoa, and faint hops underneath. Appealing flavor with light, piney hops well mixed with bready malts, sweet toffee notes, plum and raisins, fruitcake spices, nuts, chocolate, underlying alcohol notes. Moderately low carbonation, a bit smooth and sticky on the tongue, warming finish. I really enjoyed this one, wish we had saved a few to stick in the cellar but we all liked it too much.