Holiday Ale

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

Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Winter

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6.47

ABV: 7.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 33

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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7.1

obguthr (12411) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Brown bread, caramel, cardamom nose. Clear bronze, medium yellow head. Caramel, cardamom, cake. Full body, easy carbonation.

Tried on 13 Nov 2019 at 05:35

beastiefan2k (4726) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 6 years ago

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

To paraphrase another RBian, you wrote the book on this style, perhaps you need to return to it. Dirty, grimy, earthy, medicinal-herbal malts dominate. Poor malt structure.

Tried on 18 Jan 2019 at 04:09

3.6

cheap (9479) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle from JRs. Pour is clear orange brown with a big creamy foamy head. Smells fresh, a little malty and chlorinated. First let me say this is not a biere degarde, its actually a spiced veggie some what holiday beer. Taste is quite malty with a tad of spices added to it. Yes, in the middle it gets a little more spice but then in the end it mellows. Goes malty towards the finish. Not as rude as many spiced holiday ales but it is in the border of rudeness I would have expected. To say this is in the same style as Beaver Biere de Garde, Beaver French Teamaker De Garde, Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars, Beaver French Strisselspalt,or even Off Color Le Woof, is freaking stupid, its not those kinds of degardes.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2019 at 19:22

6.2

allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 7 years ago

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

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee and caramel malts, faint spice. Taste is a bit thin, sweet caramel and more light spice. Sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2018 at 13:53

6.5

fonefan (84235) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 7 years ago

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

Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Red Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Two Roads Holiday Ale ].Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, light caramelized malt - caramle. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, caramel, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170513] 7-3-6-3-14

Tried on 31 Jan 2018 at 18:29

7.6

McCash (15986) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 7 years ago

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

Bottle from Appellation Wines Comely Bank. Appearance - deep amber to copper. Nice fluffy head. Nose - pecan, chewy nut thing. Praline, but more savoury. Taste - more chewy toffee and hazelnuts this time. It's a Snickers. Palate - creamy medium body. Fairly balanced on the finish in terms of sweetness and bitterness. Overall - has elements of Scotch ale and Belgian Dubbel. I do like this.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2017 at 15:27

6.4

Camons (21568) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 8 years ago

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

Draught @ MBCC 2017. Pours brown with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, grain, light spice, hay. Flavor is sweet, malt, caramel yeast, hay. Medium body, average carbonation, sweet finish. 130517

Tried on 24 Sep 2017 at 06:14

6.6

chrisv10 (24611) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 8 years ago

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

MBCC. Dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, cocoa, toasted and a little burned caramel. Flavour is malt, fruit, toasted, little burned caramel and sweet.

Tried on 22 Jun 2017 at 13:16

6.6

RuneBlix (26068) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 8 years ago

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

Draught at MBCC. Red Session. Cloudy brown coloured body, filmy-layer, scattered lacing. Caramel and dried fruits on the nose. Blended taste of caramel, nuts and marmalade offset by a mid-dry, bittersweet ending. Fine bodied. Decent stuff. (Copenhagen 13.05.2017).

Tried on 07 Jun 2017 at 02:51

6.8

Rasmus40 (36891) reviewed Holiday Ale from Two Roads Brewing Company 8 years ago

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

MBCC. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, nutty and light spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 130517

Tried on 04 Jun 2017 at 09:00

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