Thirsty Dog Brewing Company 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale

12 Dogs of Christmas Ale

 

Thirsty Dog Brewing Company in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter
Score
6.73
ABV: 8.3% IBU: 21 Ticks: 8
This beer’s name sums up the ideas of bringing the best together to celebrate. It is filled with seasonal flavors from generous amounts of toasted and caramel malts, mixed with equally generous amounts of honey, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. We feel it is the perfect libation, filled with flavors of the season.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft. Dark clear brown color, tan head with good retention and lacing. Nutmeg aroma. taste is nutmeg, toffee, caramel. Spiced.

Tried from Draft on 04 Jan 2017 at 18:40



6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught @ Albion. Dark amber with decent sized creamy beige head, faint caramel aroma, medium carbonation, spicy caramel taste with ginger and cinnamon flavors, thin body, long spicy finish. Not bad but reminded me of licorice, which I don’t like.

Tried on 18 Jan 2016 at 08:01


5.6
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 10

Bottle. Amber body with an off-white head. Aroma of nutmeg, all-spice, cinnamon, toasted grain, alcohol. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Overly spiced, overly sweet and overly boozy.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2013 at 04:05


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, Winter 2012 bottling. Pours lightly hazy red-orange amber color with a nice 1-2 finger dense off white head with nice retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big honey, caramel, ginger, raisin, nutmeg, cinnamon, toast, light clove, and light herbal. Damn nice aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of caramel, toast, ginger, honey, raisin, apple, cinnamon, nuttiness, and light herbal. Lingering notes of caramel, toast, honey, ginger, cinnamon, raisin, apple, and nuttiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and robustness of malt/spice flavors; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and slightly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with almost zero warming present on the finish. Overall this is an excellent winter warmer. Nicely balanced and robust flavors with good complexity; and extremely smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering as expected; this is definitely the better offering vs the GL version.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2013 at 21:35


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Ginger, nutmeg, and molasses malt aroma. Smells just like ginger bread. Hazy copper amber with a moderate tan head. Strong cardamom, ginger, and nutmeg flavor, and a touch of molasses. Medium body, soft carbonation. Cardamom was a little overpowering. It’s a spice better used with a light hand.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2012 at 13:58


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Strong ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon aroma. Dark amber with large tan head. Sweet spicy malt flavor - ginger and nutmeg primarily. Not bad - like a pumpkin beer without the pumpkin.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2012 at 14:33


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Lightly spiced, toasted caramel malts, with some fruity notes, too. Medium bodied. Has a mild helping of spice on top of the caramel malts. Lightly toasted, some ginger, cinnamon, and light fruit. Easy going Christmas ale that has neither too many nor not enough spice. I’d say accessible is a solid descriptor of this brew.

Tried on 21 Dec 2010 at 13:22