St. Bernardus Christmas Ale | Beer Geek Nation Beer Reviews Episode 273

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Christmas Ale
Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV
10.0% ABV
Beer Geek Nation Rating: A-
Beer Advocate Rating: A-
Rate beer Rating: 99/100

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale is the youngest descendant in the illustrious family of delicious Abbey Ales by Brewery St. Bernardus. This specialty beer of 10% alc. vol. is characterized by its deep dark colour, with a creamy, thick head and a full, almost velvety taste with a fruity nose. It's a seasonal ale, brewed annually for the holiday season. The long winter nights are perfect moments to savour this ale with or without friends and to enjoy its unique, complex taste and after-taste.

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[FLefty18]

Delirium Noel - do it! You'll love it.

[BeerGeekNation]

@FLefty18 Im actually going to be picking a bottle up tomorrow! Cheers

[epicbeerdude]

my favorite is corsendonk christmas, i keep passing this one up but i guess i'll have to go and grab one today, thanks for the review chris!

[BeerGeekNation]

@epicbeerdude Thats a great one as well. Very similar to this one. Both your not going to go wrong with though

[Tantrum777]

Glad you liked this one, not as good as the 2010 in my opinion but still the 2011 has a lot going for it. Great review as usual.

[BeerGeekNation]

@Tantrum777 Thanks man! Yeah I thought this was great so I can only imagine what the 2010 tasted like

[Renderxz4]

Sorry Chris, stupid question, but how can a beer get a fruity flavour, if they don't use fruit to make the beer? Thanks.

[podunkparte]

@NYRfan4ever That's Foothill's Sexual Chocolate. Probably the Barrel Aged version, looking like there's extra words around the front. Plus he has at least 3 other Barrels Aged beers there with it (CBS, Black Tuesday, and LA Deliverance)

[NYRfan4ever]

Great Review!! This is my favorite xmas ale. Corsendonk is also decent.

By the way, who makes that beer "imp stout" that you have in this video? Cheers Chris!!

[BeerGeekNation]

@FSVR54 absolutely! A lot of banana on this one for sure. Im thinking they probably fermented it pretty warm to get those esthes to shine through.

[BeerGeekNation]

@mikehblack Really! Damn I have a tough time finding this one even at this time of year. Its really catching on as being one of the best examples of a "christmas beer"

[BeerGeekNation]

@PassionBeer Thanks man! Enjoy it!