Twelve Days of Beer Spiced Winter Lager

Review Date 11/9/2025  By John Staradumsky

  Style: Spiced   Brewery: ABW   Country: USA   State: Virginia   $ Per OZ: $.14 (B)   ABV: 5%

I didn’t need any beer, that much must be made clear, or nothing wondrous can come of this tale. Mind you, I leave it to the reader to decide if anything wonderous can come from this tale anyway, but it must be understood as I said before, I didn’t need any beer.

This, of course, never stops me from buying beer, and so when I spied Twelve Days of Beer 12-packs stacked on a pallet at my local Aldi, I bought one. Twelve assorted beers for $19.99 seemed a good deal, and after all they are brewed by ABW at New Realm Brewing in Virginia, a very good brewery indeed. I had recently picke dup a six-pack of their Patriot’s Reserve American Lager and found it quite worthy.

In this collection you will find:

Amber Lager

Lemon Shandy

Mango Wheat

Tangerine Wheat Light

Hazy IPA

Imperial IPA

American IPA

American Light Lager

Mexican Lager

Breakfast Stout

Dry Stout

And the beer I’m here to talk about today, Aldi Twelve Days of Beer Spiced Winter Lager, a beer of 5% alcohol by volume. This is the only “wintery” or “Christmasy” beer in the collection, so I wanted to try it first. It is stamped on the bottom PKGD 091725.

Aldi Twelve Days of Beer Spiced Winter Lager pours to a brilliant amber color with a thick fluffy white head and a nose of spicy cinnamon and nutmeg. Taking a sip, the beer is medium in body, firm in mouthfeel. It immediately pops with spice, the cinnamon and nutmeg, but clove too. I get citrusy orange and a dry pie spice finish.

A worthy first beer of the night on a chilly, windy November night of football, and a tasty dry spicy lager judged to style. Extra credit for the bargain price.

Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??