Shiner Holiday Cheer

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

Not bad at all - big peach on the nose upfront. Decent looking amber body with a tall standing head. Lots of peach notes and some light spice. Nuts, but whether or not its pecan-derived is debatable. Sweet without being overly fruity.

12-oz. Thanks, Headbanger! Pours a crystal rubied dark amber. Creamy, fairly thin off-white head. Sheets of lace. Canned peaches, kind of syrupy, on the nose. Sour brown bread there as well. Brown bread and peaches on the mid-palate. Fairly neutral, slightly nutty finish.

Via trade. Pours a translucent ruby copper with a two finger frothy light tan head. The nose is fruity, mildly artificial, smells a lot like Juicy Juice, mild sweet spice character. The flavor is fruity, more artificial than the nose, tastes a lot like Juicy Juice, crisp, metallic bitterness, sweet. Palate shows a mild astringency. Interesting.

Pours clear dark copper with a 2 finger creamy beige head that has decent retention. Aroma is peach skin, a little apricot, sweet grain, karo syrup, a hint of nuttiness. Flavor is fresh peach, peach pie with lots of bitter peach skins, weak sweet grainy malt, some spice, a hint of bark like earthy notes. Finish is bitter peach and herbal notes. Palate is medium to thin with a slightly sticky feel. Not bad but not too good, would probably go good with some sort of cake or cookie dessert.

reddish brown color, medium off-white head, lacy. nose of peach candy (is there such a thing?), artificial seeming. flavor follows aroma, candyish peach, even a touch of candy corn, painful to drink. medium bodied, fizzy, yucky peach finish. pretty dreadful offering which i will avoid in the future. thanks to cornfield for the bottle. the label says "give one to someone you love". that applies to so many things, but probably not this beer.

Bottle. Pours a clear malt with a small frothy light tan head. The aroma is a sweet fruit apricot and light malt. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The taste is dried fruit malt with peach and a nice clean finish. Easy to drink a good fruit beer from shiner.

Not really sure why I bought a bottle of this, but what the hell. Actually a beatiful looking beer in the glass. Deep reddish/brown with moderate head. Aroma is definite peach and oddness. Taste is a miserable mix of dull caramel malts, nuts and peach. Fucking awful mess of a beer.

I’m not sure who this is supposed to give cheer, but it sure wasn’t me. Pours reddish mahogany with a deep tan head. The aroma is just a mess - definitely getting the peaches and pecans listed on the label, but its muddied and wrong. There is also phenolic spice and sweetness and little trace of actual beer. Medium / thin body with sharp carbonation. The taste starts with funky peach then an overbearing sour / rancidness along with pepper and a healthy dose of annoyance. Who could possibly be the target audience for this trainwreck.