Supple updated 2013 version heightens Christmas spicing and wintry peculiarities to amplify overall taste sensation. Chewy caramelized chocolate malts and syrupy molasses sapping perfectly punctuate wintry brown-sugared cinnamon-gingerbread-nutmeg seasoning. Ancillary orange-peeled coriander, clove and cardamom tingle sweetens sticky anise minting as well as dark floral hop earthiness. Plastique black grape nuance slips thru serene holiday spicing.

Extraordinary whiskey-barreled holiday ale (2014) drapes cinnamon-spiced gingerbread sweetness atop rich chocolate-fruited panorama. Brown-sugared nutmeg, coriander and allspice seasoning awaits buttery raisin breading and brown chocolate fudging. Medicinal 8.6% alcohol acridity saturated by tertiary spice rum, bourbon, cherry, fig, baked apple, vanilla and coconut illusions.

Temperate autumnal-seasoned winter warmer makes fine honey-spiced holiday moderation. Halloween-spirited pumpkin pie entry greets Christmastime sugar cookie, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove accents. Peppery hop bottom contrasts muted vanilla creaming. Sherry hints perk up delicate honey-fruited finish. 2018 version: spruce-tipped honeyed ginger resonance deepened cinnamon, nutmeg and clove seasoning.

On tap at Ginger Man, soft-toned dry-bodied ‘old ale’ brings dewy peat mustiness to fig-sugared molasses breading, peppery rum-spiced nutmeg seasoning and soy-sauced chocolate malting. Chestnut, date and plum undertones fail to penetrate moldy earthen murk.

Totally ‘proper British bitter’ places expected dewy peat mossing, dry tea-leafed tobacco roast and reedy hop resins above holiday-styled fruitcake subtlety. Raw-honeyed astringency and fungi-like earthiness greet latent fig-dried sultana grape tartness.

On tap at Orlando’s House Of Beer, eager fruit-caked holiday ale sprinkles sweet seasonal spices across candi-sugared Belgian Abbey yeast and creamy caramel malts. Orange-bruised cherry puree tartness picks up ancillary rum raisin, sugarplum and fig illusions to elevate cinnamon-toasted nutmeg, gingerbread and allspice pleasantries.  On tap at Growler & Gill (2020), candi-sugared dried fruiting and lacy Christmas-spiced brown chocolate sweetness engage date nut bread, raisin puree, stewed prune and black cherry illusions. On tap at Seven Lakes Station (2023), fruitcake pleasantry given medicinal candied cherry boozing, red grape sweetness and wintry sugar spicing.

Imprecise winter spicing gets spread across Belgian-sugared caramel malting. Mild gingerbread, cinnamon and nutmeg accents dessicated by phenol hop fizz. Curious tobacco roast and distant dried orange tartness backend decent find.

Rich brown choclate creaming overlays dry bourbon-burgundy-plum wining and prune-soured raisin sweetness of porter-styled holiday ale. Smoky mocha malt midst deepened by sharp hop spicing, purple grape tartness, molasses-sapped pumpernickel breading and brown-sugared gingerbread niceties. Tertiary black cherry, sherry, blackberry, raspberry and blueberry nuances seep in.  

Expansive flavor profile heightens wintry-spiced Belgian strong dark ale. Brown-sugared cinnamon-coriander-allspice conflux and sharp mace-peppered nutmeg grounding envelop toffee-candied Belgian chocolate sweetness. Subtle plum, fig, banana, cherry and apricot nuances receive tangy orange peel rasp, altering the heather-tipped fungi yeast pungency. Herbal licorice root tease and tannic port wine snip provide sub-illusions.

On tap at Taphouse Grille, gritty winter warmer departs from expectant sweet Christmas spicing for muddled IPA fruited sharpness. Bitterest orange-peeled grapefruit juicing and pine-sapped juniper hop resin contrast less prominent mango-papaya-nectarine-peach-tangerine tang to light honey-malted white breaded spine. Slight ethanol burn disturbs herbal snip. In the bottle, nebulous Chinook-hopped seasonal retains less bitterness as tart grapefruit-orange melange gets sweetened by honeyed biscuit malts and scurried sugared spices.