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Tröegs The Mad Elf Holiday Ale

Tröegs The Mad Elf Holiday Ale

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Tröegs Brewing Company

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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5393.49/5.03.49/5.0Winter11%42.2Snifter, Trappist glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The combination of Cherries, Honey, and Chocolate Malts delivers gentle fruits and subtle spices. Fermented and aged with a unique yeast , this ruby red beer has significant warming strength that underlies the character of this Ale.

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 grandet (326), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20

Apr 30, 2007    Updated: Nov 26, 2007
Copying from my tasting notes. bottle. Dark red pour with a small white head. Aroma of cherry and malt. Taste is strong cherry and alcohol. Very good and smooth.

 rocbyter (718), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 7, 2009  
On tap at mugs in Brooklyn. Malt aroma with light amounts of medicine. Clear orange color with no head. Fruity malt taste in the beginning with a sweet thicker finish.


 blklab2007 (631), Connecticut, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 7, 2009  
bottle poured a red orange color with a one finger white head. aroma has sweet malt, cherry, candy fruit, and some spice. flavor is sweet, maraschino cherry, shirley temple, spices, and fruit cake. I will say i would not have guessed this had 11%, warming, and unique.


 Parrothead (169), Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/513/20
Jan 5, 2009  
On tap at McLeary’s in Marrietta, PA. I’ll be darned if I can pigeon-hole this beer - almots a Belgian dubble, almost a pale ale. Maybe more like a Christmas fruitcake in a glass. And, like that fruitcake, I stopped at one.


 T2Tool (297), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 4, 2009  
Had on tap. Poured into a snifter. Appearance was orange/red. Had a hard time getting much of an aroma on it, but it could have been because the beer was served a little too cold. Taste of cherries, sour fruits and some spicy sugar. Alcohol started to come forward as the beer warmed up.


fizzban (24), whitehouse, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 3, 2009  
light cherry, and sweet malts. Pours a ruby red. not as hoppy as troges tend to be. better than expected. its not close to lambic cherry. just a hint. slite clove, some other christmas spices



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