Spiced NA Beer Shandy | Santa Clausthaler Holiday Brew

A festive beer-based mocktail + promo code!

There’s a new holiday beer cocktail on the block. Santa Clausthaler Holiday Brew is a non-alcoholic shandy that consists of a 50/50 mix of Clausthaler Original and cranberry-cinnamon spritzer.

While Clausthaler is very transparent about this on the back of the bottles, hasty shoppers may mistake this for a winter lager or Christmas ale—a seasonal beer brewed with spices. If that’s your expectation, you may be let down. More of a Christmas shandy or radler, Santa Clausthaler is quite sweet. Think beer-based holiday mocktail, instead of NA winter beer.

Santa Clausthaler pours a deep copper color, with a small bubbly head. Not much foam in this one. It smells strongly of cinnamon cider with a malty mellowness. The body is medium-light. The cinnamon spice flavor stands out on the tongue, rounded out by cranberry juice sweetness and crisp beer undertone. The spice can be a bit much if you’re looking for more of a spiced beer than a cinnamon beer mocktail.

Overall, this Clausthaler holiday brew is very tasty and easy drinking. It smells and tastes of holidays and good cheer and looks very festive. A great addition to any Christmas party or family holiday dinner.

Clausthaler is running a promotion right now through the end of the year. Purchase one (1) 6-pack of any Clausthaler product between now and December 31 and get up to $9.99 back. Text RGUSAOFFERS to 866-313-1565 to redeem this rebate.

If you’re having a hard time finding this seasonal brew, you can also go for Clausthaler Original and prepare cranberry-cinnamon spritzer to mix it with yourself. Mix some cranberry juice with cinnamon and club soda or sparkling water and add it to any crisp NA lager of your choice. (Here’s a more involved recipe for spiced cranberry juice if you’ll be making a bigger batch for your holiday party).