Engel Frohe Weihnachten

Brewed by Engel Brauerei
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

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Botle: Pours dark orange with a white head. Weak nose with some malt. Flavour with malt, caramel and hops. Slightly bitter finish. Light bodied.

500ml swingtop bottle that comes in an unusual pottery like form. The one I bought from a fine food store in Wien had 5.2% ABV. Shining mahogany body with a filmy head. Poor in aroma, but it’s possible to shake up some smell of pale malt and grass. Slightly roasted caramel flavours with a dark fruity touch. A beer that has got more interesting form than content (25.12.2007).

not very merry watery maibock tasting brew with light malt and toasty nuty with a over the top watery taste not very enjoyed not recommended cute bottle

Went to the beer store with the wife one day and she points this one out and says, ’what a cool bottle, you have to get this one’. White, interestingly shaped bottle with a picture of Santa on his sleigh. So I got it to please her. Poured a dark brown with a huge (5.5 finger) off white head. Aromas of malts, lightly roasted and light alcohol. Tastes of light alcohol and caramel. The body was thin and a little watery. Wouldn’t pay $8 for this one again...

This beer was just "okay." I was expecting something special, with the nifty looking bottle and all. Nope. To me, this beer was much like a standard German lager or even a weak version of an Oktoberfest. Some malt in the nose, no strong flavors. Aftertaste was not bad, but not that good, either. Just an average beer for me.

Comes in a cool white clay/pottery 16oz (pint) that has a Santa Claus on it and a cool painted logo. This beer pours a dark brown color with a small tan head that dies off quickly and leaves a little lacing on the glass. The aroma is of a dark malt with an aroma that is strong with the smell of caramel and malts with some hops included as well. The flavor is more smooth than expected with strong hints of the malt with a center of caramel and it finishes up with some hops and the alcohol background. I enjoyed this beer quite a bit.

Supposed to be different from “Bière de la Grande Armée”…Don’t see how…As Oakes said for another one of their lagers: “One of several gimmicky beers these guys make with funky bottles and lame-ass beer inside”…End of discussion…