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Posts Tagged: Christmas
12 Beers of Christmas 2021 – 1: Anchor Our Special Ale
Has it really been ten years? It will be after we plow through this year’s 12 Beers of Christmas, and… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2020 Reprise
[Dec. 17, 2021]–As promised, we blew past 100 beers sampled in the now nine years of doing the 12 Beers… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2020 – 12: Troëg’s Mad Elf Grand Cru
Yes, I reviewed Troëg’s Brewing’s The Mad Elf in the 12 Beers of Christmas 2013. But this isn’t the same… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 11: Harpoon The Long Thaw
Okay, so I skipped yesterday. Mainly because I wanted to finish up during a Zoom cocktail party we’re having tomorrow… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2020 – 10: Pipeworks Rudolph vs. Unicorn
I’m falling into a deep, dark pit, blinded, maybe heading for hell, but, no—too pleasurable, and no sulfurous fumes—more like… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 9: Shipyard Prelude
In the Commonwealth, Boxing Day is celebrated the day after Christmas. Except the old holiday in more modern dress has… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2019 – 8: Straffe Hendrik Xmas Blend
I’ll keep the December 25 date below and wish everyone a Merry Christmas, yet confess that I was just too… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2020 – 7: Prairie Artisan Ales Seasick Crocodile
Whoa, Nellie! We have a wild one here tonight! A runaway crocodile! Which raises, naturally, the question of what the… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2020 – 6: Canaster Winterscotch
All the bottled beers from the Brouwerij De Glazen Toren in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, come wrapped in paper, and the Canaster… Read more »