Tasting Notes and Review of Schlafly Christmas Ale

This is probably the beer that the uninitiated imagine when they here the phrase "Christmas beer." With more than health doses of traditional holiday spices, this beer smells and tastes like Christmas.

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The Christmas Ale pours with a short dense head. The body is reddish copper and clear. Cloves and malt leap into your nose as soon as the bottle is opened. Some closer inspection reveals a bit of orange in the nose. The flavor of the beer begins with an average malt/hops balance and a pleasant earthiness. This give way to the cloves and a hint of tang from the orange peel. Cloves finish and linger with hops.

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