{"id":1051,"date":"2010-07-28T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:50:50","slug":"from-the-cellar-schlafly-holiday-ale-culinaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/from-the-cellar-schlafly-holiday-ale-culinaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in July Cellar Review: Schlafly Holiday Ale \u2013 Culinaria"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> “Holiday Ale is a bottle-conditioned, English-style “Old Ale” brewed at the Schlafly Tap Room on 21st Street for Culnaria, a Schnucks market. This ale is a collaborative effort by the Brewers of Schlafly Beer and our friends at Schnucks to celebrate the ongoing revival in the City of St. Louis.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Schlafly Holiday Ale – Culinaria Sayeth the Guys:<\/em><\/p>\n Karl: <\/strong>This one is a headscratcher. \u00a0Now, this particular brew is not a bad beer. \u00a0It\u2019s a good beer. \u00a0It\u2019s not a great beer. \u00a0It\u2019s not a particularly notable beer. \u00a0It\u2019s hard to classify why it\u2019s a holiday beer, aside from the release date. \u00a0It\u2019s an example of an Old Ale, which naturally isn\u2019t a Xmas beer, but…well…I liked it? \u00a0I mean, I did! \u00a0I liked it. \u00a0I\u2019d drink it again. \u00a0But…that might be it.<\/p>\n Okay, not completely it.<\/p>\n Ruby-brown with a minimal white head, it\u2019s a little malty, light in flavor, medium bodied, with a decent amount of sediment hanging out in the bottle. \u00a0Helpful? \u00a0Not tremendously? \u00a0I guess I still haven\u2019t wrapped my head around the expectations versus the payoff. \u00a0The bottle reads that it\u2019s a great pair with meats, cheeses or desserts. \u00a0I could concieveably imagine that alongside a hearty plate of ham, beans and potato casserole at a holiday dinner table that this beer really starts to pop, but on its own it failed to measure up.<\/p>\n
\nSchlafly says:<\/p>\n
\nOld Ale, 8% ABV
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