Wintry purple-browned 36^th anniversary seasonal retains darker spicing and deeper mocha penetration than most previous versions. Gingerbread, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice leave loud impression on sarsaparilla wake. Belgian chocolate, cola nut, and cocoa butter illusions peak through mild orange-peeled bittering. Crisp tobacco roast and ashen cigarette remnant waver.

Hearty mahogany-hued ruby-highlighted winter ale successfully combines mocha porter styling with Scottish ale for full-bodied winter ale. Mighty coffee bean frontage engages dark-spiced brown-sugared molasses-sapped peat malting. Mild, but everlasting, hop-roasted walnut bittering contrasts sweet hazelnut, butternut, and pecan illusions. Teensy black cherry fruiting, scattered cinnamon-allspice seasoning, and minor ice coffee drift fill out busy backend.

Eureka! Resolute generic-labeled reindeer-pointed 2010 bottled version of seasonal Belgian strong dark ale may shun usual Christmas spicing (nutmeg-cinnamon), but never lacks sufficient flavor profile. Fungi-soured yeast funk boosts raisin-pureed prune-stewed date nut breading. Belgian chocolate, blackstrap molasses, and burgundy illusions usurp candied apple, bruised orange, sugared fig, and blackberry fruiting alleviating dark-spiced cider sharpness, grape-skinned Merlot wining, and ashen walnut char. Initial recipe rearranged for each succeeding year.

Obtuse 2010 Christmas seasonal with off-putting shaving cream waft and ruddy brownish hue lacks traditional sugar spicing and boozy warmth. Herbal spearmint-rosemary-thyme quip negates ginger-cinnamon-nutmeg glance and cocoa-chocolate malting.

Busy limited edition prune-hued winter ale connects bourbon-port wining to chocolate-covered raisin affluence and sweet cinnamon-allspice-nutmeg seasoning. Punctual hazelnut, walnut, and macadamia incisiveness reinforces chewy butterscotch midst and recessive chocolate éclair finish. Mild almondine, plum wine and purple grape illusions ease into the mix.

Nearly spectacular Belgian-candied winter seasonal retains sharp-spiced dry-fruited cocoa-malted blitzkrieg to heavenly rich red-wined finish. Brown-sugared cinnamon-allspice-nutmeg-gingerbread spicing drifts into chewy nougat center alongside equally affluent prune-soured raisin-pureed plum-dried fervor. Pecan, macadamia, and almond illusions squeak through grape-purpled burgundy, bourbon, and sherry subsidy. Whiskeyed cherry nuance reinforces boozy depth.

Smoothly creamy chocolate-spiced winter seasonal reaches sublime heights. Sugar plum, fig, and date ride shotgun next to cinnamon-nutmeg-coriander-ginger spicing and macadamia-hazelnut-pecan propensity.

Rust-tinted Belgian X-Mas celebration ale, bitterer than most holiday offerings, decorates cinnamon-nutmeg-spiced ambiance with effervescent juniper hops and delicate caramelized malts. Ripe raisin heightens mint-y aftertaste.

Copacetic cinnamon-nutmeg influenced holiday brew brings sharp spice-hopped infusion to creamily caramelized full-bodied alcohol warmth. Fruity esters attain bruised orange bittering as dusky floral nature and fig-plum confluence rise.

Treasured ruddy garnet winter warmer’s audible soda-like fizz and corresponding roasted hop compaction may prohibit initial full-bodied complexities, but ultimately, rich fig-dried sugar plum, rum raisin and cherry puree overtones saturate chewy vanilla-chocolate sweetness drifting through molasses-thick Scotch malt goo. Vinous red-wined port, burgundy and pinot noir souring confirms slow sipping intricacy. Anise, nutmeg, banana pudding and spiced pumpkin broach the surface. Fantastique!

Busier and better than most blue-collar High Falls brews, this nifty holiday ale induces amiable allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg spicing to counter subtle orange peel bittering. On downside, brown-sugared chocolate-molasses malts and tertiary pumpkin pie-gingerbread illusions rub up against dismal diacetyl astringency.