Holiday Ale

Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸

Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Winter

Score

6.49

ABV: 7.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 35

Holiday Ale is a Biere de Noel, an offshoot of the Biere de Garde style. Traditionally this style was made by just a handful of small farmhouse breweries in France during the few weeks leading up to Christmas. It has a deep malt flavor with notes of treacle, toasted malt, and caramel. The malt character is accented by a mild herbal presence of French Strisselspalt and Aramis hops.

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6.8

Maverick (5074) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

pours dark from bottle . pretty malted this one is. ok but not a lot else going on

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:40

johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from the Advent Box Dark gold color with a thin off white head that slowly recedes. Earthy spicy hops and light yeasty notes against a rich toasty bready maltiness. Seemed a bit sweet imho but tasty,

Tried from Can on 16 Dec 2022 at 19:25

6.6

iphonephan (11575) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From a can. Pours a clear cola with an off white head. Aromas are fruity with nuts, kind of like a fruit cake. Flavors are mostly sweet with a bit of bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2022 at 20:32

6.6

Dogbrick (24210) ticked Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

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Tried from Can on 03 May 2022 at 21:17

7.2

nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle. Pretty enjoyable Bierre de Garde, truer than I anticipated. Deep caramel malt tone. Smooth and true mouthfeel and tone. Mild spice tones perhaps, but well incorporated. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2021 at 04:31

shrubber (15804) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Orange, caramel malt and fresh hay/grass aroma. Dark amber with large light tan head. Moderately sweet cherry/orange, light cinnamon, caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2021 at 03:19

6.8

pdog555 (2102) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours deep reddish copper with a frothy white head. Aroma of nondescript malt. Taste has caramel, sweet malt, mildly nutty, spruce/evergreen, slightly boozy. Palate has evergreen note on nose, caramelized malt. Interesting.

Tried on 25 Nov 2020 at 00:12

MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2020 at 18:10

6.9

trapped (8300) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ Sugarburg (1/21/20). Clear copper-amber with creamy beige head, faint spicy caramel aroma, low carbonation, mildly sweet caramel taste with spices (cloves, nutmeg), smooth body, long spicy sweet finish. Very easy to drink.

Tried on 31 Jan 2020 at 15:31

kurtthomsen (3611) ticked Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 6 years ago

Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2019 at 15:28