Shiner Holiday Cheer

Brewed by Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Fruit Beer
Shiner, Texas USA

This one poured a dark amber color with an off white head. Aroma was bright artificial peaches, some nuts and sweetness. Flavor was slightly roasted malts, masked by lots of peaches and not much else.

This beer surprised me, as I am not a big fan of Shiner. Canned peaches on the nose, light but not overpowering fruit taste. Very decent winter beer, ont the wife may enjoy.

(bottle). Clear dark brown color. Small off white head. Light fruit/peach aroma. Peach and malt flavor, but not balanced. Avg duration. Slight dry finish. Slick texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.

Pours amber with an off white head. Aroma is dominated by peaches. Flavor is mostly peaches with a bit of bitterness (pecans?)

A very good and delicious fruit beer. Aroma was huge. All peaches with nothing else. Pour was a beautiful dark red with a one finger head. Taste was very big and full. All peach, but still very good. Big heavy carbonation that stays until the last sip. Very good if not a little one dimensional.

Poured from bottle. Aroma of malt, soap, peaches, and spruce. Nice two finger head, high carbonation. Medium to full bodied with a creamy texture. Nice touch of bitterness in this complex beer. Hints of pecans, spruce, citrus, and a touch of soap on the tongue. Big fan of Shiner Cheer!

Oh God, the peaches. It’s not so much that the peach flavor is all that bad, in fact it’s one of the more natural-tasting fruit flavors in a fruit beer that I’ve tried, but it’s just extremely peachy, like someone mixed peach preserves and beer. The smell is particularly peachy, literally rather than figuratively. The flavor is like a cross between a strawberry soda, a light possibly decent dunkelweizen and a giant bowl of peaches (and a trace of bile - but I hate a lot of sweet fruit beers). I’ve never really associated peaches with the holiday season, so it leaves me a bit confused. Maybe, it’s a Texas thing. Also, if anyone can taste pecan in this beer, my hat is off to you. It’s really not a horrible beer, I guess, but it’s not my thing.

Pours clear hazelnut brown with a thin head. The aroma is quite interesting. The fruit is quite prominent, and smells like raspberry to me rather than peaches. Under that is a rich malty aroma, and a nuttiness that must be the pecans. Flavor is a bummer. It’s lightly sweet and bitter. Not much else going on. Just tastes like fizzy water. Very medicinal aftertaste. This is a well intentioned beer gone wrong. I can’t recommend it.