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Merry belated Christmash everybody Today might be the 27'th of December, but we're behind on the Christmas beer calendar by five beers. So today, we'll have ourselves the 20'th ale of this season. The ale that we should have had on the 20'th, is the Winterklokje, from Broeder Jacob, yet another Christmas ale of 9% VOL. The ale pours dark brown, leaving a ridiculous huge dark head, very much alike my own home brewed ales. Considering this ale is a crafts ale, and the fact it has finished fermentation after being bottled, the huge head shouldn't be much of a surprise. Homebrewers do the exact same thing. After waiting a good 10 minutes for the head to fall, we smell the Christmas seasonings we've come to expect; cinnamon, caramel as well as something fresh like orange. Giving it a taste, we taste the Christmas seasonings quite clear. The ale feels warm in your mouth, filling it slightly with licorice as well as something quite stronger and slightly spirity. Turns out this distinct flavour is caused by the added portwine that has been resting in an oak casket for five years, prior to being added to the beer. The stronger flavour is likely this portwine coming through. Likely a great ale for a sweet desert. Gonna try that next year for the ris alamende. Only four ales left now. Merry belated Christmash