Christmas Ale has varying specialty malts, lending rich flavors of bruleed sugars, holiday spices and freshly baked banana bread with a velvety finish. The aromatics are quintessential for the holiday season: nutty candied yams and resinous pine. It pours a nice mahogany brown color with a fluffy, tan head. With a heavily guarded, confidential recipe, Christmas Ale is sold only from early November to mid-January.