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Schell’s is the second-oldest family-owned brewery in the United States and the oldest in Minnesota. In 2002, Schell’s became the largest brewery in Minnesota with the acquisition of the Grain Belt label.
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7.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sampled at All Pints North, I have been looking for this one for years and I believe it was the first of their noble star beers. Red color. Great raspberry aroma and flavor, moderately tart and an appropriate amount of fruit sugar. Excellent.
Tried on 20 Sep 2017 at 08:46

8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
4 oz. sample at El Bait Shop, De Moines, Iowa. Sour wheat base that shows lemons, yogurt, mild herbal hints and old grass clippings. I have never had a brew aged in Cypress tanks. Got to say.. it gives it a unique character against the sour wheat base. I like it because it was so different and it did taste nice. Would love to sample this again, simply because it is so different.
Tried on 08 Sep 2017 at 14:23

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear deep rust color with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has a good amount of banana with some grains, light spice and clove supporting. Flavor has a bit of boozy banana with clove, sweet grains and a bit of cinnamon.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2017 at 20:36

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle from the Hwy 2 Road Trip. Aroma is all bananas, all the time. Cinnamon is there if I concentrate. Pours hazy new penny copper with a small off-white head. Taste is sweet and spicy with flavors of banana, clove, cinnamon, bread. Has an alcohol presence that gets stronger the more it warms up. Nice beer, but I wish it was a little less boozy.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2017 at 23:27

5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
A very simple beer. Aroma is just beer. Flavor is sweet up front with a hint of grapefruit and a slightly bitter finish with a little bit of Carbonic Tang mixed in.
Tried on 13 Aug 2017 at 21:15

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
12 oz bottle from North Dakota. Aroma is wheaty, metallic, whiff of vomit, lemon, bread. Pours hazy golden with a fleeting white head that collapses into a big-bubbly ring fairly quick. Taste is lightly sweet, dry, lightly bitter. Has just the barest hint of tartness. Not salty at all. No sense of coriander, either. Tastes like a bland wheat beer. That being said, it is drinkable, just not very gose-like.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2017 at 15:18

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Very mild multi aroma. Small creamy head no lace. Flavor is likewise very mild malt almost dominated by Carbonic Tang. Forgettable.
Tried on 30 Jul 2017 at 22:07

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Very similar to their Oktoberfest perhaps a shade darker in a touch more roasty. Like with a lot of Schell beers a short-lived head with no lace.
Tried on 30 Jul 2017 at 20:15

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
I was expecting a bit more from this. Poured with a very short-lived fizzy head and no lace collar is a slightly hazy Amber. Aroma is typical traditional German weizen. Flavor’s like nose and I don’t pick up the cinnamon nuances that others claim. It’s decent but nothing special.
Tried on 30 Jul 2017 at 18:44

5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Aroma was the best thing here and that was just so-so with some sweet malt and perhaps the barest hint of spice. Flavor had zero sour or tart a slight inkling of salt in the Finish and likewise with the coriander basically was just some average sweet beer.
Tried on 29 Jul 2017 at 15:03