2 Beers to Christmas

With my latest run of Christmas beers, I was completely expecting another dark, malty spicy brew.  Needless to say, as I opened Buckeye's Brewing Christmas Girl, I suffered a little cognitive dissonance as a belgian ale poured out.  I didn't read the label and it was a dark bottle.  Trust me, I've made worse mistakes.

The nose had the unmistakable whiff of apples.  The beer was rather effervescent, with an almost champagne like quality, but none of the dryness.  Christmas Girl is billed as a Belgian style golden ale, with no spices.  Although I found this quite drinkable, I think it was a little lacking in the fact that it was neither belgian or golden ale enough for me.  An interesting experiment, although not sure it is one I'm going to re-visit.

Fingers crossed, I have one more to go.