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Holiday Spice Lager
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.

Holiday Spice LagerHoliday Spice Lager
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From:
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
ABV:
9.4%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.7 | pDev: 16.22%
Reviews:
145
Ratings:
313
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 04, 2017
Added:
Dec 03, 2002
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  28
Spice beer brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, orange peel, and clover honey.
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Ratings by superspak:
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/29/2014. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, honey, toast, brown bread, plum, fig, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, and herbal/spice earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, spices, and dark fruit notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, honey, toast, brown bread, plum, fig, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, and herbal/spice earthiness. Slight spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, honey, toast, brown bread, plum, fig, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and herbal/spice earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt, spices, and dark fruit flavors; with a great malt/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, fairly creamy, and lightly slick/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is fairly well hidden with a small-moderate warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent winter spiced ale. All around great robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/bready malt, spices, and dark fruit flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Mar 07, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by yesterdayfaraway from Missouri

Dec 04, 2017
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.74/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Toasty, spicy and sweet, the brewers at Lakefront Brewery take all the wintry flavors of spicecake and roll them into a savory, peppery and succulent lager. That's right- lager!

Deep amber in color, the beer pushes against bronze and brown hues, darkened by its bright clarity and shadowed with a creamy ecru lather. Spicy aromas of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove are wrapped in the floral perfume of honey before diving head first into a malty sweet taste. Flavors hit the tongue with the savory toastiness of gingersnaps, caramel, toffee and the expected spice cake backbone.

And as the beer opens up, its those holiday spices that go from Yankee Candle fragrances toward a spicy offset to the malt sweetness. Woodsy, herbal and spicy, the warm middle palate remains sweet, malty and savory with those cake like flavors as the simple balance works across the middle palate.

Medium full on the body, its amber-like demeanor suggests a more medium bodied taste, but its long draw of sweetness hints toward strong ale. Spicy with rum to close, the beer extends graciously with gingerbread and spice cake once more.
Oct 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Jul 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by Krusader from Wisconsin

Apr 25, 2017
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.73/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Brown appearance, doesn't bring the head though. Disappointing. Gives you all those holiday spice notes and spice rack, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin.

Smooth taste, its a strong beer, but I think they got in trouble for saying it was 11% before, it was nowhere near that. Anyways, is there a little orange and chocolate malt in here? Nice.

I don't know what it is about this one, but its one of my favorite xmas beers.
Feb 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by AuntBea from Illinois

Feb 15, 2016
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Reviewed by AlarmClock314 from Wisconsin

4.03/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle, 9.6% ABV, 2015. Pours transparent light amber with a large off-white head. Smells of clove, nutmeg, orange peel, and light malt. The taste follows closely with spices, orange peel, malt, and some honey. The spices linger into the aftertaste. Medium body and higher carbonation. Overall, there's a lot of holiday spice in this beer, so grab it if you want a tasty wintery drink.
Feb 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by brandoman63 from Illinois

Jan 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.6 by npendres from Wisconsin

Jan 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.48 by Pugi13 from Illinois

Jan 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by Get_Lowell from Missouri

Dec 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.91 by Rilesmiles from Wisconsin

Dec 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Grinky from Illinois

Dec 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by JayKay412 from Pennsylvania

Dec 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 10, 2015
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +21.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Pours brilliant garnet amber, ¼” cream colored foam cap, dissipates to a thick film.
S: Malt, honey, orange and spice aromas.
T: Rich deep honey flavors blending with rich malt, orange zest and spices.
F: Medium body and medium high carbonation but comes across soft giving the beer a little creaminess.
O: This is a stealth beer – it does not taste the least bit alcoholic and certainly does not taste like a 9.4 % abv beer.
May 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.65 by Nurt20 from Illinois

May 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4.4 by oNSXo from Wisconsin

Apr 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.7 by sendbeer from Georgia

Apr 10, 2015
Holiday Spice Lager from Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 313 ratings