Engel Frohe Weihnachten
Crailsheimer Engelbräu

 

This beer is not what I was expecting. I was thinking it might be more fruit or have a heavy alcohol feel to it since it is a seasonal brew. Instead it was a good dark larger with smells of roasted malt and caramel and mild german hops. The body was very nice and I drank my first bottle faster than I wanted just to feel the great body. It is a very smooth with a taste like it smells and has no real lingering flavor only a call to have another pint.

Comes in a cool white clay/pottery 16oz (pint) that has a Santa Claus on it and a cool painted logo. This beer pours a dark brown color with a small tan head that dies off quickly and leaves a little lacing on the glass. The aroma is of a dark malt with an aroma that is strong with the smell of caramel and malts with some hops included as well. The flavor is more smooth than expected with strong hints of the malt with a center of caramel and it finishes up with some hops and the alcohol background. I enjoyed this beer quite a bit.