Schell Snowstorm (2008 - Weihnachtsbier)

Formerly brewed at August Schell Brewing Company
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
New Ulm, Minnesota USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle. Pours a beautiful amber with a nice head. Aroma is autumn leaves and malt. Flavor is slightly dirty strawberry and malt. Average mouthfeel. I’d write more but I’m kinda buzzed right now.

Here’s an interesting style. 12oz bottle. Sweet, malty aroma, not much too it. Deep amber-brown color with a nice off white head. Smooth and creamy, with a slightly sour Rye edge to it. Fruity in some respects, lots of mellow malt character. Easy drinking, relatively true to style, this is a pretty cool offering.

Clear reddish orange with a quickly dissolving tan head. Aroma of lots of malt, including rye, sourdough, caramel and dough, with just a touch of sugar. Sounds pretty good for sandwich bread. Taste of burnt caramelized sugar at first but then leads way to the bread aisle with sourdough, rye and a touch of sugar, caramel and salt. Interesting concoction that I seemed to enjoy more with each sip.

UPDATED: MAY 19, 2012 From memory, a very malty, unique German style lager. Has a very strong rye flavor that is incredibly good and is in general among the best lagers I’ve ever had.

The rye shines through on this one. Plenty of roasty and sweet malt in the nose, a little lace on the glass. This tastes very nice and somewhat complex the rye adds to this beer more than it does to many other rye beers plenty of spicyness seemingly from the grain instead of much hops. There are sweet flavors like chocolate and sweet malt that are very well balanced by the dryness of the grain. Pretty tasty

Bottle from Grimreeser. Pours a very nice, rich translucent copper with a retentive tan head. Bread and lagery aroma. Lighter side of medium bodied, with a smooth and clean texture. Flavor of dark bread, caramel, rye, and perhaps a hint of tobacco. Not bad at all

Bottle from Sean, and I think this originally came from Chad. Thanks whoever! Poured a little bit into my glass to see what it looked like then drank the rest from the bottle. Yellowish brown color with a tan head on it. Smell is fruity and has some hops and wheat in it. Interesting aroma. Taste is smooth and malty, rich, but not too rich, not really a bitter hop presence but there is enough there to know that its got some in it. Good enough to drink, surprisingly good really.

Bottle courtesy of Buebie poured into a pint glass. Pours a clear dark amber with a big two-finger creamy head that has great staying power and leaves thick sheets of lacing. It’s a really solid looking beer. The aroma is dominated by caramel with a slightly roasted character and a biscuity malt backbone. Definitely some rye and a hint of chocolate as well. The taste is mild and smooth with caramel malts leading the way and some bready malts in the background. The rye is not as present as the aroma but chocolate is there in the finish. Again, this is seriously smooth with good carbonation and goes down so easy. It’s easy to feel the presence of the rye on the palate. This is a very drinkable winter ale that is a nice change of pace compared to some of the over-the-top beers I’ve tasted recently. Simple, smooth and very drinkable.

Dark brown with hints of red. Massive off-white head spilled over the top of the glass and is mostly lasting, leaving patchy lacing. Nutty, yeasty aroma rounded out by over-ripened banana. Mildly sweet malt flavor, some rye graininess, mild yeastiness, and almonds. Rather thin bodied.

Pours amber with a thin head. Aroma is earthy bready malt, almost a sweet and sour type dynamic to the bready tones ( rye or sourdough?) Light fruity tones. Flavor was caramel and bready maltiness, almost peppery and smokey tones, and a light herbal hoppy finish, very tasty and quaffable.