Week 1 of 52
Schell Snowstorm
January 1st thru January 6th
Brewer's Description
Much like snowflakes, no two Snowstorm beers are alike. Once a year, our brewmasters lock themselves in the testing room with a secret selection of fine malts and hops, only emerging when they've hit upon something truly extraordinary.
Snowstorm 2007 was inspired by the Monastic beers of Belgium. Authentic Belgian yeast produces subtle overtones of fruiit and spice. Six malts combined with a touch of Turbinado sugars help to create a complex malt character, with hints of raisins, dark fruit and rum. We hope you enjoy savoring it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Overall Rating based on 59 reviews
3.03 of 5 stars
Brewery Information
August Schell Brewing Company
New Ulm, Minnesota
schellsbrewery.com
Interesting Fact
August Schell was born in 1828 in Durbach, Germany, located in the heart of the famous German “Schwarzwald," otherwise known as the Black Forest region. Read more
Photography
Courtesy of Erin Reichelt. View more on her flickr set.
Barrett says I guess I drink mouthwash tonight.
January 6th, 2008
The bottle says it has “hints of raisins, dark fruit, and rum.” I say it has hints of menopausal angst, Lemon Pledge and plain old ass. You know when you go over to a non-beer-drinker’s house and they offer you one of the three bottles of beer that have been sitting in their fridge since 2003? Schell’s SnowStorm is like one of those beers.
Jan 6th, 2008 at 7:59 am
What?! Really?! Are you sure you had a 2007 Snowstorm? At the risk of sounding like the beer snob I am, I wonder–or hope–that maybe you’re just not familiar with Belgian-style beers. Sure, it doesn’t come close to a Chimay Red or a Kwak or other dubbel styles, and I’ll even accept that you just plain don’t like this style, but ass? Mouthwash? C’mon, really?!
Jan 6th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I laughed out loud at your review. Or I LOL’d it
Jan 6th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
The raisin angle has been getting a lot of play. Perhaps even if you didn’t like it, you can take comfort in the fact that it might make you a bit more regular.
Jan 10th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I have a feeling we won’t share the same opinions, but you will provide mild, if irritated chuckles. “Menopausal angst”? Taste some of that, lately, have you?
P.S. clean those Gluek cans off of your lawn or I’m calling the neighborhood association!