Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Beer

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Dark red brown with a minimal tan head. Interesting aroma is over ripe fruit with holiday spices. Flavor reminds me of an old ale in a holiday spirit. Like that style there is a lot going on. Alcohol is prominent and spices such as nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon. Honey can be tasted. I would rather have this beer at the brewery on a fish night Friday but it was pretty good in my living room.

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of spices, cinnamon, ginger, orange peel, grains, malts, nutmeg, light honey, and slight alcohol. Poured dark orange/dark amber in color with a small, off-white head that disappeared quickly. Hazy. Slightly sparkling. A few medium-sized particles. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of malts, honey, spices, cinnamon, grains, slight alcohol, nutmeg, light caramel, light brown sugar, and some hops. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Dry, malty, spiced finish. 9.5% ABV is detectable but well hidden.

In the bottle from Beertopia. Amber orange in color with a medium sized off white head. This has a huge amount of spices in the nose and taste. Cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves but it has enough malt to make it drinkable. Very sweet as well.

Aggressive pour yields a deep copper beer with minimal head and next to no lacing(though i’ve been accused of poor glass washing technique in the past)... Aroma of mild spice and definitely orange as advertised, much subtler aroma than i expected.... Warming, a bit pumpkin pie like, a hint of alcohol, but there is a certain greasiness to the mouthfeel that turned me off a bit... Medium to full bodied... As the beer warms the alcohol flavor becomes increasingly more apparent...

12 oz bottle. Clear brown with orange edges and a slight beige head. Nose is orange, nutmeg, clove and ginger with a touch of cinnamon. Body is fuller than expected; quite substantial. Crisp tingly carb. Taste is orange peel and bitter ginger. Spice emerges in the finish but comes off as vegetal and a bit metallic.

Bottle. Poured a clear dark orange brown color with a fizzy off white head. Smelled of brown sugar, cranberry, orange, and clove. Medium bodied and dry with burning raw alcohol. Moderately carbonated with mild bitterness. Orange liqueur and clove flavors predominated.

Bottle: Pour is deep amber with a fluffy light tan head. Aroma is of nutmeg, light clove, cinnamon, and some malt. Holy hell, this is 9.5% Alcohol is hidden darn well. This brew is full of flavor including a lot of nutmeg and clove and just a touch of honey. I am not getting much orange characters in the brew. There is just a hint of hop bitterness at the finish. Very well blended brew. I had no idea what to expect from this but I have to say that I like it a lot. Would buy again.

Crushed with Jakebra at the brewery. Hell, not bad at all. Lots of spiciness goin on in this one and a high ABV to make you happy. A good brew for what it is.