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Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Beer

Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Beer - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
84
overall
Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1553.47/5.03.44/5.0Winter9.5%91Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Timed to coincide with the holiday season, a very special lager is brewed with honey, oranges, and spices. This beer uses two pounds of honey per pound of malt in its brew, making it an exceptional fortified holiday specialty beer which will keep for years. The spices and hops balance the sweetness of the honey and malt to give this lightly hopped beer its perfect flavor.
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 ratman197 (3141), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 2, 2008  
Bottle poured a clear dark copper with a lasting light amber head. Aromas of orange, spice, carmel, toffee and a hint of honey. Palate was medium bodied and smooitrh. Flavors of toffee, spice, carmel and light orange with a smooth lingering spiced finish.


 Sammy (3934), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Lagerish mouthfeel with surprisngly sourness within a lager. It works, with orange and spices following. Imagine a toned down cantillon.Some beige transparency and quality aromas.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 24, 2008  
12-oz. Thanks, BitBucket! Pours a dark grainy amber with ruddy highlights; moderate creamy tan head. Big tart cherry nose, lots of sweetness that must be from the honey. Dense creamy body, really nothing like any lager you’ve had except for maybe the biggest doppelbocks. Lots of different dark spices and black pepper on the mid-palate. This is a highly singular and different beer, very unusual and a pleasure to drink.


 JamesD (192), Centreville, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Feb 13, 2008  
A pretty nice seasonal brew. This beer pours a very nice dark amber with a thick tan head and a spicy pumpkin like aroma. The flavor is spicy, with a strong yeasty nose. There is almost a marmalade or candied orange taste to it, though it’s not something that could be described as citrusy. This beer is also exceptionally smooth for its alcohol content, and in some ways reminds me of a barleywine.


 SHANER4 (370), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/55/102/512/20
Jan 28, 2008  
Poured a dark crimson color with small head. Initial aroma I could detect was oranges along with honey and also ripe banana. Taste is ripe banana with cinnamon and more cinnamon. Really a nice brew when I first took a drink but the aftertaste is overpowered by cinnamon and ripe banana. Reminded me of eating gingerbread cookies.


 badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 21, 2008  
this one was pretty good! pours reddish brown... aroma of nutmeg, cinnamon, apple, and clove. flavor is of cinnamon, baked apple, and nutmeg as well...spicy, yet sweet...very good winter drink!


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 17, 2008  
Pours chill hazy deep coppery with some ruby edges and 1-finger off-white head. Aroma is orane zest, caramel malt, spices, mild honey. Tastes orange zesty, with a solid caramel malt backbone, and some spices, honey, and hops throughout its life cycle. This one is decent enough to make me glad to have bought a sixer.


 valpoaj (362), Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 10, 2008    Updated: Jan 11, 2008
Deep mahogany pour with deep head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is a pleasant blend of spices, but is a bit too sweet; I can pick out some nutmeg and orange/citrus, but other than that, whew...good luck, but there’s a lot there! Flavor isn’t half bad. The spice is pretty strong, but it doesn’t go ’too far’ in my book. Good malt flavor is accentuated by the spice, which seems dominated by nutmeg and some cinnamon, amongst other things. I’m catching some slight metallic flavors in there as well...but nothing obscene. Mouthfeel was very intriguing...somewhat high level of carbonation and VERY heavy compared to what I was expecting. This one was much more interesting than I planned on, but when my friend passed it along, I didn’t realize it was a 9.5% ABV. Would love to see what this will taste like in a couple years!



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