Back in Aug we brought you the first peek at Shiner Holiday Cheer 2011, so I was excited to see the box arrive from my friend Jimmy Mauric, Master Brewer at the Spoetzl Brewery . I look forward to this unique yearly seasonal every year (last years post here), and when I shared a few with my friends yesterday, everyone loved it. This 12oz long neck bottle holds an easy drinking 5.4% non-traditional winter ale. Holiday Cheer is a Dunkelweizen that is brewed with Texas peaches & roasted pecans for a unique brew that I know you’ll love.
Shiner Holiday Cheer
Our most complex beer. A Bavarian Style Dark Wheat or Dunkelweizen infused with Texas Roasted Pecans and Hill Country Peaches in the brewhouse. We use traditional decoction mashing, in which some of the malt is boiled to suppress malt enzyme activity and fermentable sugars, while naturally deepening color. The result is a richer, fuller body with intensified malty flavors. Caramel malt provides the dark brown color. Fairly low but balanced hop flavor and bitterness is from Mt. Hood and First Gold hop. A truly old-world-inspired second fermentation in cold ageing tanks called Kräusen ageing re-carbonates and smoothes the beer.
Specifications
Alcohol: 5.4 % by vol, 4.22 % by wt
Original Gravity: 14.4 % by wt
Final Gravity: 4.35 % by wt
Real Degree of Fermentation: 58.0 %
Bitterness: 22 IBU
Color: 30 SRM
Shelf life: 75 day draft, 120 day package
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