New Albanian Naughty Claus

Brewed by New Albanian Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
New Albany, Indiana USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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22 ounce bottle. Served in a chalice, the beer pours a slightly hazy amber/brown color with a thin off-white head that fizzled away quickly. Not much lacing. The brew smells like dark fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and bready malt. The taste is similar to the aroma, but there’s also a bit of clove and orange peel noticeable. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it’s easy to drink and has low carbonation. Overall a decent Christmas brew. Would have liked to try this one fresh, maybe next year.

Bottle. Amber body with an off-white head. Aroma of spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, toasted grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. All the elements of a Christmas ale are here — the spices, the warming alcohol, the sweetness. They just aren’t working together. Raw grain taste trips over the forced spicing. The watery texture doesn’t help the spicing at all. And then there’s a vegetable taste in the finish.

22oz bottle from sefus12, thanks Beau! Pours a clear, bright amber colored body with a finger-width, creamy, tan head that dissipates slowly and leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is pretty spicy up front from the Belgian yeast and has a good amount of orange peel. The nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger comes out more as this warms and blends well with the yeast. A few banana esters as well as a medium sweet, somewhat biscuity malt backing with touches of toffee. Flavor is somewhat sweet and biscuity up front with a soft malt feel. Some hints of toffee, banana esters, orange peel, and a spiced Belgian yeast in the middle before the cinnamon really comes on and helps dry this out with touches of ginger and nutmeg. Smooth, clean, and lightly bitter with a lengthy aftertaste. Soft, medium body and a medium-light carbonation. Overall, a pretty solid winter spiced ale. Soft, somewhat sweet and biscuity malts with a nice blend of Belgian yeast, orange peel, and dry spices. Not bad.

On draft poured darkish orange color. Got the aroma of spices and clove. The flavor though was a bit challenging. Got lots of orange and cinnamon. Really it’s an ok beer just not a fan. Just not Aran of the amount of orange peel I could taste.

Bomber: Nearly clear amber-brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of spices and sweets... Taste is the same...malty, bready....Holiday Spicing: cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger... Festive....packed with flavours. Tasty.

Tap at Bank Street location. Banana, ginger, nutmeg aroma. Clear copper with a small white head, light lacing. Spicy/clove, toasty, dry banana, bready flavor with a subtle bitterness. Medium creamy body.

Draft. Nutmeg, ginger and banana malt aroma. Amber with small head. Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, yeast and light banana malt flavor. Pretty good.

Draft. Poured clear amber color with an average fizzy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate to heavy complex spice, dark sweet aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Medium spicy balanced flavor with a medium sweet spicy finish of moderate duration. This is soft complex seasonal brew.

Pour is amber and crystal clear. Head is light in color and creamy. Nose brings loads of cinnamon, coriander with background notes of honey, and sweet malts. Flavor is spicy phenols, honey toasty malts, caramels and various fruity eaters and a seemingly Belgian yeast. Sweet but not cloying. Like most spiced strong ales, it’s a little messy. Not bad. Aroma is potpourri and purfumey but not so strong in the flavor.

Slightly hazed amber pour with creamy off white head and lace. Aroma of cinnamon and pumpkin. Flat vegtable, cinnamon, and a sour malat followed by a very light bitter. Medium bodied with light fizzy carbonation. Decent drinker