Beer Review – Schells Snowstorm 2008
The August Schell Brewing Co. in new Ulm, Minn., treats us yet again to another well-done seasonal.
This year’s Snowstorm offering is a Weihnachtsbier.
Snowstorm pours a clear auburn color with a tall tan head. Its aroma is of sourdough-ish bready malt with some noble hop aroma notes.
The initial flavor is of dark rye bread with some dark friut notes. The beer turns very spicy at mid-tongue that morphs into a black pepper spiciness at the back of the throat.
There is a sort of mild sour flavor (the label notes sourdough flavors), but I found these flavors to be very complimentary to the brew.
This is a very nice beer that is similar in flavor to an amped up and spicy Marzen.
The finish is fairly long and ends on a peppery, bready note with some nutty undertones.
The beer is listed at 6% alcohol by volume and I consider the 2008 edition of Snowstorm to be medium bodied and medium flavored. I recommend the beer as a worthy winter seasonal.
Snowstorm was purchased at Miller liquor in North Sioux City, SD.
-Tim Hynds
November 26th, 2008 at 1:11 am
This is a new one I must try which thankfully I have seen recently in our local grocer beer dept here in Southwestern Wisconsin.
February 9th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
[...] mid-tongue, the flavor turns a bit spicy – sort of in the save vein as the brewery’s 2008 Snow Storm – with some fairly big dark fruit notes. Flavors remind of fig and a little dark cherry punctuated [...]
October 28th, 2009 at 9:48 am
[...] volume content and other stats, but Schell’s website still lists the 2008 Snowstorm (a fine Weihnachtsbier). In fact, Internet information says this beer isn’t scheduled to be released until Sunday [...]