Schlafly Special Release Christmas Ale
Schlafly Special Release Christmas Ale
Rated 3.284 by BeerPals
Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery & Schlafly Tap Room
St. Louis, MO, United States
Style: Spiced Beer
8% Alcohol by Volume
30 International Bittering Units
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Our Christmas Ale is a warming winter ale that blends the spices of the season with sweet caramel malt. Orange peel, juniper berries, ginger root, cardamom and cloves are added for spiciness. We use honey in the fermentation process, which raises the ABV without producing too much heat from the alcohol content. Many breweries produce richer, higher alcohol beers for the winter holiday season, bolder than their year-round offerings. The inspiration for this beer came from spiced holiday beverages such as wassail and mulled wines. Around the holidays, the sweet and spicy aromas, not to mention the booze, in such libations tend to smooth the rougher edges of enjoying each other’s company and spreading goodwill. Available November-December ABV: 8.0% | IBU: 30 Appearance: Deep copper, bright Process: Spiced with orange peel, juniper berries, ginger root, cardamom and cloves Hops: Magnum (PL) Grains : Pale, Caramel, Munich, Chocolate, Honey Yeast: American Ale OG: 18.7 SRM: 30
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| Overall Rank | 11736 |
| Overall Percentile | 78.1 |
| Style Rank | 231 of 1270 |
| Style Percentile | 81.8 |
| Lowest Score | 3.3 |
| Highest Score | 3.7 |
| Average Score | 3.567 |
| Weighted Score | 3.284 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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3 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 6
Pours murky brown with small head. The aroma is bready and floral with sweet citrus topnotes. Flavor is balanced and pleasant, highlighted by subtle, not overwhelming, holiday spice. Not so Christmassy as to knock your socks off, but still, a quite drinkable spiced ale. Medium bodied with significant warming affect.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
This beer pours a deep golden brown with a thin white head that dissapates quickly. The aroma is spicy and sweet, with a sharp hops scent. It almost smells like candi sugar and cloves. The mouthfeel is great, medium heavy and really smooth, with light carbonation. The flavor is nice, you are first hit with the big spices, but then suprisingly there is a nice big malty taste to balance it. I found this a pleasant suprise, as I didn't expect the malts from the aroma. The alcohol is there, and they didn't try to cover it up in this one. The finish is dry, which suits the character of this beer pretty well. This is a nice offering from Schlafly, and for winter the alcohol warmth is great. As the beer warms a little, there is a sort of vanilla flavor that comes out, and the harshness of the spices turns down a couple notches.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Smells like Christmas! Orange rind, sweet malt, cinnimon, cardamom, allspice/clove and others dance around a tiny hop punch, this is a winter warmer for sure. Pours a deep amber with very little head and lace. Low carbonation, warming in the mouth and on the swallow, pleasant but not memorable. Spicy and malty sweet in great balace with a touch of warming alcohol, who needs eggnog! This joins my OSA, O'Dell's Isolation and others in the cellar.
