Santa Clausthaler

Brewed by Binding-Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Low Alcohol
Frankfurt, Germany

Offwhite medium head of coarse lace on copper-brown body. Faint floral hop aroma together with some caramel and hops. Malty taste with a little sweetness and quite a bit of caramel, together with faint hop notes and a little metal. Aftertaste is mostly a lingering hop/metal flavour in the mouth. Well. Not much of anything here. Certainly doesn’t remind me of Christmas in any way. Definitely prefer the normal Clausthaler over this.

330 ml bottle. Light brown. High carbonation. White persistent head. Saaz har clearly been used in this beer as it can be smelled next to the otherwise distinctly grainy aroma. Light bodied. A little more sweetness would have made it better. Some bitterness in the aftertaste. Good alternative for the designated driver.

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and so is the flavor, while the body is a bit thin.

Amber of color with a white head.. An aroma of sweet malt, hints of hops. A boring flavor with notes of malt but hoppy taste.

From 33 cL bottle. Pours clear light brown. Malty with dried fruit, dry flavoured. Dry finish. Overall dry and bland.

It is quite all right for a "beer" without alcohol. Malty sweeness as appropriate for a Christmas beer, and some hops in the aftertaste. A little grainy taste, too, not unpleasant. If you need a beer without alcohol, you could do far worse than this.

Bottle. Golden brown body, nice lasting white head. Weak, but fresh and floral hoppy aroma. Taste is grainy, moderatly sweet and slight bitter. Watery (of course), but yet a decent N/A.

330ml bottle. Clear, amber body with a white head. Vague aroma of caramel malt. Flavor is malty with some caramel, not so much more. A decent non-alcoholic lager.