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Christmas Beer – Weltons Imperial Festive 2008

Oh my, this is my 2nd bottle of this.  First one I wasn’t able to take notes as I’m still not sure of the etiquette of taking notes when drinking socially with people you don’t know so well. And this bottle conditioned beauty is wonderful and goes straight to the top of the charts of [...]

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Christmas Beer – WJ King Merry Ale

The King family has been brewing beer for 5 generations.  They are based in Horsham which seems to be quite a hotbed for great smaller/craft brewers.  Need to go to a tour sometime soon. I gave their 6.5% bottle conditioned Christmas Beer I try and based on that am now keen to work my way [...]

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Some photos from late 2008… random

Ok so the BV team needs a flickr account… Anyway some photos from ’08. Most are from the Groninger brewpub in Hamburg (December) and one is a Friday session at the Rake in London (~October).

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Christmas Beer – Corsendonk Christmas Ale

Another Belgian, this time it appears to be a contract beer from Du Bocq for Brouwerij Corsendonk which I think it the 2nd or 3rd time for me.  Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a bad brew but I’m looking for smaller efforts than what you generally seem to get for Belgian Christmas beer.  The [...]

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Christmas Beer – Ballards Wassail

Getting near the end of the Christmas Beer tasting and will try to do a wrapup. The label on this one is pretty cool with a Viking (Olde English) tale about where the word Wassail came from. This was a conditioned bottle bought from the well stocked Middle Farm in East Sussex.  I was also [...]

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Doc’s Christmas Beers 2008

Anchor Brewing Co, Merry Christmas & happy New Year 2006. 5.5 abv. SF, CA USA.  Spicey one. 15 out of 20. Hook Norton, Twelve Days. 5.5% abv. UK. Delicously dark and strong. 19 out 20. This one could become a habit. Goose Island IPA. Chicago, USA. Solid 18 out of 20… Meantime Pale Ale. London, [...]

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