Posts Tagged: Winter and Christmas Ales
A Merry Christmas Eve Strikes Good Beer Blog HQ
Posted by on Saturday, December 24, 2011 in - leave a comment
I love when Christmas Eve is Saturday. It creates a whole gentle extra day of laying around, wrapping gifts, watching the Jets and Giants, sipping beer, eating cheese, sampling squares, nibbling on cold beef, consuming tidbits and generally chewing and not shifting. I have chatted on IM with the …
Icelandic Beers Sales Include Shrubs And Sheep Herds
Posted by on Thursday, December 22, 2011 in - 7 comments
Sheep herds? There must be. Yes, I say - yes! And likely a few gulls, too, with this much being sold: • The Icelandic love of specially-made Christmas beers knows no bounds this year…that is until all of it has been sold. Nearly 500,000 litres of Christmas beer have been sold in Iceland so far …
Session 58: Beers Of Christmas Past, Present and Future
Posted by on Friday, December 2, 2011 in - 3 comments
It's session day again. The first Friday of every month for a whopping 58 months now beer bloggers around the world have written on the same topic. This month's edition was chosen by Beersay: • “A Christmas Carol“. The idea for me was based loosely around the visits of three ghosts to Ebenezer …
Belgium: Winterscotch, KleinBrouwerij De Glazen Toren
Posted by on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in - leave a comment
I have a thing for those Belgian beers that are rolled in paper rather than a stuck on label. Even though this one has a label underneath, too. They pile up like a hoarder's wax paper collection, get shoved amongst books on the shelf, get used as crayon fodder and act as remembrances of great … read more »
Belgium: Christmas Ale, St. Bernardus, Watou
Posted by on Saturday, December 26, 2009 in - leave a comment
I had this stuck away as a nod to Ron, the patron saint of Watou. As I can't get the 12 on tap, this is according to Ron the second best thing. • And it is a best thing. Brownest brew under rich deep cream froth and foam. A nose of dark plum and date with cinnamon and nutmeg. All that plus cream …
Don't Forget To Heat Your Beer For Christmas
Posted by on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 in - leave a comment
The Washington Post introduced a piece on Christmas ales today with a reminder that they harken back to the pre-Puritan days of England, days of steaming bowls of hot spiced ale and shorter life spans: • ... originally, the word -- from the Middle English greeting "waes haeil," or "be hearty" …
Belgium: Fantome Noel, Brasserie Fantome, Soy
Posted by on Saturday, December 19, 2009 in - 3 comments
I was good to myself. Having a family reunion with one great uncle in the house, I thought I would pop this gem as we consume t-bones and lamb chops. Have you noticed that steaks go discount at Yule? It sure does here. We always have the beef feed in the lead up. • Barn. Moinette Brune meets …
Day 17: Beer Advent Calendar - N'Ice Chouffe
Posted by on Thursday, December 17, 2009 in - 1 comment
Jon Abernathy of The Brew Site asked me to join in and place one beer on his Advent calendar this Christmas season. Well, as Jon is I think the only pure beer blogger who may well have been posting longer than I have who am I to say no? I posted my first beer blog post on this stand alone beer … read more »
Perhaps Think Of Beers For Giving Not Receiving
Posted by on Sunday, December 13, 2009 in - 4 comments
There are lot of I want, I want, I want lists going around, however well intentioned, but it strikes me that the whole point at this time of year is you placing goods and services in the hands of others. It's in fact the most transactional time of the year - which means, as Mr. B. reminds us, the …
Belgium: Gouden Carolus Noël, Het Anker, Mechelen
Posted by on Saturday, October 3, 2009 in - leave a comment
I had a Het Anker Margriet after supper, a beer that is on the shelves in Ontario at a incredibly reasonable price for the quality. With the Red Sox winning their last Saturday night regular season game of 2009, I wanted something more. And then I remembered that the good people at Roland and …
