Interesting review of a tasty beer (I’d give it high marks too). Be sure to read their full post via beervader if you enjoy Star Wars references mixed in with beer reviews:
Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout is one of my beers tonight. This beer is very strong and very good. This one I enjoyed with BEARable Beers and my wife out on the patio of a great place called Smooth Endings in MO. We all enjoyed the bourbon taste of this beer and in saying that if you are not big in the stronger alcohol this beer might not be for you. This beer I felt would be best enjoyed with a cigar or a juicy steak and you don’t want to rush it because if you do, it will bite you hard and in saying that here is the beer specs: …
Speaking of bootlegging beer from out of state, I found bottles of Schlafly beer at Eagle Provisions here in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. For those who don’t know, Schlafly is a brewery in St. Louis (my hometown) who only distributes regionally in the midwest. I once heard founder Tom Schlafly speak at my alma-mater (Webster University) and said that they purposefully limit the scope of distribution and didn’t plan to be a national craft brewery, although it looks like Eagle Provisions was able to smuggle a few bottles across state lines.
Eagle is a neighborhood grocer here in Brooklyn, and can claim they have beer bottles from all 50 US states, so for now Schlafly is their only inclusion from Missouri…
Your truly in a Christmas Day beercast from St. Louis, taste testing Schalfly’s Chistmas Ale! Talking about “Old Ales”, Missouri breweries, and Christmas traditions…
My favorite pumpkin ale is the one pictured here, Schlafly’s Pumpkin Ale, which has a balanced amont of cinnamon and nutmug, and a malty charecter to its taste.
The great pumpkin • Beer guy Evan Benn rates this year’s crop of pumpkin beers, on a scale of one to four jack-o’-lanterns. The local contenders: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale (seen above), Kirkwood Station Pumpkin Ale, Ferguson Pumpkin Ale and O’Fallon Pumpkin Beer.
For this Beer Luck we had the Ommegang Biere de Mars, Schafly Biere de Garde and the Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabaza. We all agreed the Biere de Mars was very underwhelming due to its mild and watery characteristics (no brett detected, no spice, little flavor, very mild carbonation) which led us to believe it was cellared incorrectly and would have to be tried again. The Schafly was better than the Biere de Mars but it was still overall a bit of a dud. However, the Oro de Calabaza was world class and brought the funky spicy flavors we were all expecting for the style.
Generations of local loyalty is eroding in the wake of InBev’s 2008 hostile takeover of Anheuser-Busch — a St. Louis tradition since 1852, when it was called Bavarian. For Schlafly and other small breweries in the city, it’s an opportunity to exploit the increased interest in craft beers nationwide.
I’ll be in St. Louis, Missouri this year, which means I’ll have the chance to try great Midwestern beers again! I’m looking forward to catching up with friends and family over a couple glasses of the Midwest’s finest. Of course I’m hoping to find more of Schlafly, O’Fallon, and Boulevard under the Christmas Tree this year.
I plan to meet up with old friends at the Schlafly Tap Room in downtown St. Louis sometime over break, so let me know if you’d like to meet up and share a pint this holiday season….
