Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Beer

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

Had this beer on 12/22/2002. Aroma is spicy with the scent of Christmas. Color is a heavy orange with a dense fog of floty shit. Carbonation and head are good Taste rich, sweet and spicy. Starting with full medium body that goes down with a rich heavy feel. Finish comes in strong with a rich sweet taste that is backed by a strong spicy flavor. Although I like a nice rich winter brew this one seems to over do it a bit too much. It is a good example of what some of the other brewers should be going for when they make a weak winter.

Bought this at the brewery. It had nice notes of honey and citrus on the nose after pourin deep brown. On the palate it seemed heavy with some notes of cloves, corriander, and nutmeg.

Picked up single 12-oz bottle from Bob’s McFarland Liquors in McFarland, WI. Pours a hazy coppery amber brown brew with a thick, fizzy off white head with slow dissolving. Aroma of orange, Christmas cloves, mincemeat raisins, some gingerbread, and nutmeg. Taste is heavy body, honey sweet, floral hops and cinnamon apples. Ooph, it’s a strong bugger. Finish is sweet and a nice gingerbread aftertaste. A very good Christmas brew.

Bottle dated Nov. 06. With this kind of alcohol, I’d hope it can stand being tasted at 6 months old. Nice deep coppery red that doesn’t want to admit much light, Smell does show a little honey and wassail spice. Taste is richly sweet. Honey is there, as is a bit of orange and more spices. Strong warming alcohol, some cinnamon, nutmeg, maybe some ginger, but not as strong as would be in a pumpklin pie beer, thanks. Also has hints of Vernor’s soda, or the spicy 7-up Gold of 20 years ago. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.A good nightcap to a long day. Being a Lakefront beer I didn’t want to let it sit too long as my previous samples showed their age quickly, but this one may indeed cellar well.

Deep murky amber out of the bottle with a quickly dissipating off white head. Aroma is initially very hot with cloves and cinnamon. This beer has lots of honey sweetness and a syrupy mouthfeel. Almost too much honey. The alcohol is very prevelant in the finish. Cinnamon, clove, maybe some ginger and nutmeg, with orange peel and apple fruitiness. This beer made me sneeze for some reason. I usually enjoy spiced beers, but this seems too hot. Very carbonated on the tongue. Not really well balanced. It is a really big spiced beer.

Strong aroma of cinnamon and cloves. Faint scents of banana. Brown appearance with a small white head. Mellow start with a cinnamon and clove finish.

Bonus bottle from Hopscotch. Thanks Eric! Poured a big amber with a huge, 2 inch thick gargantuan off white head. that shows no sign of fading soon. Aroma is very sweet ( i can smell it from a foot away) with lot of spices, honey, nutmeg. Head hasnt moved a 1/4 of an inch. Tastes almost like a cold, alcoholic mulled cider with spices, though the high abv is not particularly noticeable. I usually hate this style. This is a well made spiced beer, bit still, I just dont dig it. A little overcarbonated and a bit of an icky palate.

Received via a work beer exchange. This poured with a big head, after opening, it almost foamed out of the bottle. The aroma is spicy and pungent. In appearance, there were large floating bits, about a quarter of an inch large in the beer. They appear to be chunks of yeast, and the same was reported by someone else in the exchange. The taste is a strong sweet flavor, with a hint of cinnamon. Not amongst my favorites.