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.
Rett says Reminds Me of Summer
January 1st, 2008
I cracked a Snowstorm expecting to have some dark winter stout. I was totally caught off guard when the beer tasted more like the Hefeweizen I brewed in the late summer. I quickly turned the bottle around and read that the Schell Brewmaster tries out a different recipe for Snowstorm each year and that this year it was brewed with a Belgian yeast. What an awesome idea! I couldn’t really taste the raisins or rum that they describe, but it definitely has a light, slightly fruity taste. A little bit of summer was just what I needed on a cold-ass Minnesota day.
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Yum. I’m going to find some. What a fun site to follow along. Hope I can keep up.
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Great site. So, will you two be the only one’s doing the reviews? It would be cool to allow more people to join in, unless that’s what the comments are for.
So here’s my comment/brief review about this years Snowstorm. I was excited for this, as I just brewed my first Dubbel, and have gotten pretty heavily into the Belgians in the past year or so. Dave did a great job with this one. I had it when it first came out about a month ago, and it’s even better after some aging. I put a couple away for next year.
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
Eric, I just sent you an email with details on how to join in! You should register and repost your review as an official review.
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I love the 07-08 Schell Snowstorm. This is the lightest that it has been in at least the past 4 years. It usually is a darker and heavier brew. I liken it to a caramel bock style beer, where in the past it has been more of a Black/Brown Stronger Ale.
I must admit that I am a bit bias toward Schell’s as it is my hometown brew, and my family is friends with the Marti family. But, that does not take anything away from this wonderful lighter Winter Brew. Pick up a Snowstorm and do it quick, before the stores run out!!!
Jan 4th, 2008 at 9:38 am
It would be cool if a local liquor store would get involved and create a pick six type of deal for a month or so worth of beers that you could purchase.
Jan 4th, 2008 at 9:51 am
That is an awesome idea. I’ve spoken with the folks at Surdyks a couple times, maybe they’d be open to the idea…
Jan 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Am I imagining things or did the first two reviews- this one and the next one (Aaron’s?)- drop off the front page?
Jan 5th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
CJ, you weren’t imagining things. The default number of posts to display was set to 10 so I just had to change that. Thanks for catching it!