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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour from Total Wine & More, Danvers. Appearance is clear, dark amber/cherry with trace sparkle, finger-width foamy beige head with fair retention and no lacing. Aroma is sweet malts, dark fruit, nutmeg. Taste is strong cherry, caramel malt, background alcohol and late holiday spices. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, soft-to-average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, an ale perfect for the holidays--nice sweet aroma and flavors, alcohol just poking through to get you through the darkest days of the year/holidays (not that those two are the exact same thing).
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2019
at 00:06
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Dickinsonbeer, thanks! Red color, no head. Only hints of cherry and marzipan in the aroma. Very alcoholic flavor with hints of cherry pits and honey. The alcohol almost destroys all other flavors. No balance at all, disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
F: medium, light tan, quick gone. C: coppery to brown, hazy. A: rich malty, mellow fruity, honey, bit cherries, bit spicy, dried fruits. T: malty, some red berries, cherries, honey, herbal, light spicy, light oily mouthfeel, bit warming alcohol, full body, lower carbonation, very nice, enjoyed, bit too sweet but I like it, 355ml bottle as courtesy from tderoeck, many thanks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2018
at 19:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a dark ruby red with a large tan head that goes away quickly. Aroma is a pleasant dark fruit with some bitter bakers chocolate and alcohol. Flavor is dark fruit, brown sugar and sweet molasses. I also get some alcohol heat after the swallow. It's starting to get a bit warm in here. This was a fine winter warmer. Lots of tasty sweet dark fruit like sugar plums. A little alcohol heat is the only thing to get in the way but hopefully after some time on it that will fade.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2017
at 17:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle pours dark red/ maroon color with some off white head retention. Aroma of plums, cherry skins, honey, and light traces of cinnamon. The flavor is a exact duplicate of the aroma and the alcohol is hidden well but provides a slight warming after the sip. A nice winter warmer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2017
at 08:15
Great winter/holiday beer!
Tried
on 08 Jan 2017
at 20:40
4/10
Tried
on 01 Jan 2017
at 23:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Thanks altonbrownd for the bottel! Poured into a snifter showing well filtered dark brown with brown leather quickly dissipating foam. The nose shows a lot of honey with a bed of tart cherries. The palate is moderately carbonated and full bodied. Honey forward flavor that integrates well with the malts and bing cherries in the background. Not bad but not great. Slightly cloying towards end.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2016
at 20:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Albion. Clear amber red color with small foamy beige head, caramel aroma, sweetish caramel taste with vanilla like flavor, medium carbonation, long caramel finish. Smooth but a it too sticky sweet.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2015
at 16:13
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Aroma: caramel, alcohol, cherries, dark fruits, yeast Appearance: clear medium amber, tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, cherries and spices Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, long finish, Delicious
Tried
on 20 Dec 2015
at 12:27