Theme & Design

Brew Brothers Christmas Brew takes us back to the outback setting of the original Brew Brothers game, somewhere deep in the woods, the siblings’ home in the background. Of course, the season has changed and now the scene is festive with deep snow lying all around, snowmen and holly adorning the reel set. The game still has that comical feel with the Brew Brothers staring out from behind coke bottle glasses and a real Hicksville look about them. In short, it’s a fun design with both continuity from the original and seasonal cheer too.

RTP and Variance

Brew Brothers Christmas Brew has two RTP rates for slot site operators to choose from. They are 96.14% and 94.23%. There is not much between those two but we always advise you to find a casino which runs the game at the maximum RTP where possible. You can check wherever you play by hitting the hamburger button (bottom left of the game screen) and scrolling through the game info page until you see RTP displayed.

This is also a volatile game so the win distribution will likely be uneven. It can burn down your balance fast so choose a sensible stake.

Maximum Win

The maximum win from a single spin is 15,000x your stake. That’s £1,500 from a 10p bet. That’s not bad at all for a high variance game. If you want more like this then check out our list of the highest max win slots of all time.

Symbols and Paytable

The game is played on 5 reels with 4 rows each and 40 paylines to win on. You need to land 3 or more identical symbols on a line from left to right, starting at the left more reel, to trigger a win.

There are 10 standard pay symbols in the table. The low value ones are the cards, Jack through to Ace, valued at from 0.2x for 3 Jacks up to 1.6x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the paint pot, corn cob, yeast jar, sugar jar and the two brothers. These are valued at from 0.35x for 3 paint pots up to 12.5x for 5 of the red brothers.

There are also 3 wild symbols. More on those in the next section.

Features and Gameplay

Christmas Brew is fairly packed with features, leaning heavily on wilds with multipliers that can also be sticky, and of course a free spins round. This is how it all works.

Multiplier Wilds Up To 3x 

Firstly, wilds are represented by the letter W on a green bottle. These ONLY appear on reels 2, 3 and 4. They will substitute for any standard pay symbol to complete a payline, and sometimes carry 2x or 3x multiplier. The multiplier is applied to the win value of any line that passes through the wild. And it’s possible to have more than one on a line in which case their values are ADDED together before the win calculation.

Old Betty Adds More Wilds   

In addition, on reels 1 and 5 you may see a symbol called Old Betty. This is a golden symbol. It is wild AND it can activate to add up to 9 more wilds to the middle 3 reels. Furthermore, if it adds a wild to a position that is already covered by a wild then that wild gets 1x added to its multiplier value.

Sticky Wilds In The Free Spins Round

There is a free spins round triggered by landing 3 of the bonus symbols on one spin. That gets you 7 plays. Now, ALL wilds on reels 2, 3 and 4 are sticky throughout the round, giving you the chance to build up their multiplier and persistently win on them.

And to help you on your way, when an Old Betty lands during free spins or on the triggering spin, it upgrades to a Gold Betty which will stick throughout the round, adding more wilds on EVERY one of your free spins.

Tractor Feature

The Tractor Feature is the pinnacle of the game! This is triggered only during free spins when ALL three of the middle reels are filled with Wilds.

Now, a giant wild takes up the entirety of reels 2, 3 and 4. It takes up the total multiplier value of all the wilds that were on the reels when the feature was triggered and it counts as just ONE symbol in any win line. And, it’s multiplier value grows by 1x each time a Gold Betty adds another wild to reels.

The Final Verdict

Brew Brothers Christmas Brew offers a chance to re-visit a strong game from Slotmill but with enhanced payout potential and a fun festive them. As our short test session showed, it pulls no punches and can be a tough game to play with only small returns at times, but the configuration of the gameplay and in particular the bonus round means it will probably deliver a Christmas treat or two to a few lucky punters.