Exquisite bottle conditioned seasonal brings ripened autumnal pumpkin-spiced nose and fruitcake tongue to oncoming wintry gingerbread-nutmeg-allspice combo. Cinnamon bun illusion coddles fig-raisin-chestnut recess below ever-increasing sweet malt frame. A bit sweeter than Samuel Smith’s Winter Ale.

Pours like a thick, heavily malted brown ale as bubbly fizz oozes up from glass bottom. Nutty essence and hop bitterness (reminiscent of better British ales) battle back earthy oaken grains for well-rounded, fully enjoyable finish.

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.

Funky yeast souring envelops overripe raisin-fig conflux embodying tingly carbonated elegance of unassuming mahogany-tinted winter warmer. Moderate silken creaminess complements fleeting brown sugar-spiced finish, but indefinite peppery hop bitterness, acrid cork-y grape dryness, scattered cherry tartness and metallic tinniness neutralize overall effect of strong 8.5% alcohol pungency.

Sweet-grained ‘tawny roasted’ malts broaden orange-pineapple tang of harvest gold seasonal. But nary one dry-hopped spice comes forth despite wintry appellation.

Uncertain herbal-toned winter warmer boasts undeniable ginger frontage sweetened by sticky black licorice tongue, peppermint candied coolness, and teasing eucalyptus minting. After few swallows, sassafras-root beer component builds, but ruinous salty seaweed astringency outpaces advertised nutmeg-clove spicing.

Tantalizing brown-hazed beige-headed Bavarian (a.k.a. Festbier) placates rich wheat frontage with heavier candi-sugared yeast sinew than most spicy holiday brews. Caramelized barleymalts linger to softened prune finish, providing delicate tone redolent of a brown ale.

Congenial coppery amber-glowed winter brew finds initial smoked wood seduction settling to barley roast pleasantry overlaying chestnut-butternut lilt and tobacco hint. But seasonal spicing is suspect.