Samichlaus Bier 330ml, 14% - Austria

2009 bottle.

Pours deep red with a creamy head which settled quickly.

Fruits, berries, malts, caramel and booze in the aroma.

Sweet flavor. Dark fruits, malts, caramel, syrup, nutmeg and warming, boozy after taste towards the end.

Lovely beer for a cold evening, like today.

Doppel Strauss 330ml, 8% - Belgium

Pours deep brown with a high, tan head.

Slightly roasted malts, hops, caramel and nuts in the aroma.

The flavor beats the crap out of the aroma. Roasted malts, a bit closer to burned. Caramel, hops, nuts and small hints of dark fruits.

Lovely beer!

Mikkeller Frelser 750ml, 11% - Denmark

Pours deep red/brown with a frothy tan head.

Pineapple up front! Fruity and malty aroma.

Exotic fruits, malts, hops, caramel and nuts in the flavor. A bit boozy and warming towards the end.

Hancock Old Gambrinus Beer Dark 330ml, 9.5% - Denmark

Pours deep red with no head.

Malts, caramel, sugar and hints of dark fruits in the aroma.

The flavor reflects the aroma. Nothing special here really..!

Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock 330ml, 6.7% - Germany

Pours deep dark red/brown with a high, frothy, tan head.

Malts, biscuit, dark fruits and caramel in the aroma.

Sweet flavor. Malts, caramel, biscuit and brown sugar.

Very tasty beer!

De Molen / Revelation Cat Triple Hop Bock 750ml, 9.2% - Netherlands

Poured dark brown color, topped with a small, thick mocha head.

Sweet piney aroma, some grapefruit, exotic fruits and malts.

Very strong hoppy flavor. Grapefruits up front, followed by some citrus and small piney hints towards the end. Sweet malts and tiny resemblance of cold earl gray.

Slightly dry with a creamy mouth feel.

This doesn't feel, smell or taste like a bock at all. I'm surprised in a very good way! Love De Molen! :)

Einbecker Winter-Bock 330ml, 7.5% - Germany

Darker amber appearance with a fluffy, vanilla head.

Sweet malty and caramel aroma.

Touch of caramel with the first sip. Malty flavor with dried fruits. Apricots most definitely and I think there are even some cherries. Bready aftertaste.

A beer that will keep you warm in the evening. Nothing to get too excited about though.