The Mad Elf
Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.88
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THE HOLIDAYS AT TRÖEGS START WITH our inner Mad Elf momentarily taking over the brew deck. So blame “him” for this cheerful ruby red creation reminiscent of ripened cherries, raw honey and cocoa with notes of cinnamon, clove and allspice.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Reddish brown pour. Fruity aroma. Taste us cherries and light malts with a mild alco burn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:08
7/10
RB score 3.53
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 21:44
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at ROC. Fruity and spicy nose, caramel and chocolate. Deep amber orange with a low thick head. Flavor is cherry, burnt caramel, orange, Belgian yeast spice. Not too sweet or heavy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2024
at 20:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Freshest by June 21st 2024. From Beer Drop.
Pours a clear deep amber with a small head of foam, very little lacing.
The smell is Belgian spices, yeast, cherries, more spices.
The taste is yeasty, cloves, cherries both tart and sweet (honey), massive spiciness, heat from the alcohol, big big flavours, not all of them to my liking. Especially the allspice and cloves.
Medium bodied, good carbonation.
I have another can that will be sitting for a while.
Pours a clear deep amber with a small head of foam, very little lacing.
The smell is Belgian spices, yeast, cherries, more spices.
The taste is yeasty, cloves, cherries both tart and sweet (honey), massive spiciness, heat from the alcohol, big big flavours, not all of them to my liking. Especially the allspice and cloves.
Medium bodied, good carbonation.
I have another can that will be sitting for a while.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2023
at 16:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at pizza plant buffalo. Pours deep amber, nose is caramel, toffee, berries, spice, taste is similar, fruitcake.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2023
at 18:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours reddish brown with a big oily head. Aroma of tart cherry juice, some nutty aromas. Taste has cherry juice, stone fruits, some spices, nutmeg, sweet mellifluous notes. Palate has more honey intermixed with tart fruit notes, along with some cocoa and toasted nuts. Fascinating.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2023
at 01:53
5.5/10
2019 bottle. Very mellow after a year and a half.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2021
at 19:54
7/10
The honey and cherry balance out the booziness quite nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2020
at 23:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Thanks, Jeremy! JStax) Bottle. A- Cherries, honey, mild spice. A- Dark red color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Honey, cherries, raisins, candi syrup, nutmeg, booze. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Pretty boozy even as aged as it was. A real winter warmer. Actually detected a lot of cherry and honey and the spices were subtle which was appreciated. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2019
at 19:57