Full Review

Juniper Brewing Co.

Juniper Brewing Co.
Christmas Wrapping Christmas Ale

Category: Herb Spice Beer

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 7%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended

Juniper Brewing Co.
Christmas Wrapping Christmas Ale

Category: Herb Spice Beer

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 7%
Copper color. Aromas and flavors of cinnamon chocolate honey candy, caramel, potpourri with mace, and plastic with a velvety, lively, spritzy, dryish medium body and an amusing, medium finish that exhibits notes of sweet malt, orange and pickled ginger, honey, and baking spices. One of the more interesting beers that you will find for the season.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: cinnamon chocolate honey candy, caramel, potpourri with mace, and plastic
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of sweet malt, orange and pickled ginger, honey, and baking spices
Bitterness Bitterness: None
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own
Recipes Pairing: Ribs, Steak Fajitas, BBQ Chicken
Bottom Line Bottom Line: One of the more interesting beers that you will find for the season.

The Producer

Juniper Brewing Company LLC

The Producer
145 South Main Street
Bowling Green, OH 43402
USA
1 419-819-4935

Herb Spice Beer

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Serve in a Shaker Pint Glass
Herb/spice beers are ales or lagers to which herbs and/or spices have been added to impart flavor. The degree of overall flavor and aroma will vary in these beers in relation to not just the herb or spice added, but also in relation to when and where the herb or spice was added during the brewing process. These beers are highly individualistic, and allow brewers great creativity in their formulations. While the more common herbs and spices used by brewers include ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg, many examples of herb/spice beers are readily available utilizing herbs and spices including ginseng and heather to name a couple. Given the variation possible in this category, there are no established standards for appearance, aroma or flavor. Instead, beers in this category are defined by a pleasing combination of the beer’s elements, overall drinkability and balance of herbs/spices and base beer flavors and aromas. Noteworthy examples of this style include: Rogue Chipotle Ale, Crabbie’s Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Williams Brothers Fraoch Heather Ale.