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\nSchlafly says:<\/p>\n

“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
\nOld Ale, 8% ABV
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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

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Ryan:<\/strong> I’ll give it to you, Karl, this beer may not be that<\/em> notable. I did not run down the streets of Roscoe Village shouting to all who will listen how wonderful this beer is. But it was very good. And it’s a beer I could drink more than one of. And I do mean more than one bomber.<\/p>\n

As you can see from the photo above, this beer pours murky brown to copper in color with a some pillowy, fluffy white head.\u00a0 You’ll also notice in the picture below that there was a good amount of sediment in this beer.\u00a0 Kind of looked like fish food floating in there.<\/p>\n

The smell was unimpressive – but inviting – sweet malts and brown sugar.\u00a0 The taste was also unimpressive but still good; more like an imperial brown ale than an old ale with a mix of sweet malts and light cherries.\u00a0 The carbonation was spot on which I think adds to this beer’s drinkability.<\/p>\n

I happened to stumble across this at the Schlafly brewery in Maplewood the weekend of my bachelor party.\u00a0 This was a great find and I would happily drink it again if I could get my hands on it.<\/p>\n

Andrew: <\/strong>This offering from Schalfly poured an orange, almost coppery color with just a slight head and lots of flakey sediment.<\/p>\n

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I really couldn’t pick up a lot going on in the nose, other than sweet malts and some booze.<\/p>\n

This is a warm beer with great flavors of malt, some christmas spice and lots of dark fruits, such as cherries. I also noted that I really liked the carbonation as well.\u00a0 Looking back at my notes, I wrote that this was a fantastic beer, one that I could polish a bottle off without a problem and still go back for more. If you can find this offering from Schalfly, definitely pick it up.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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