{"id":8024,"date":"2018-12-24T23:11:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T05:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/?p=8024"},"modified":"2019-04-10T13:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:33:38","slug":"12-beers-of-christmas-2018-11-the-bruery-11-pipers-piping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/8024\/12-beers-of-christmas-2018-11-the-bruery-11-pipers-piping","title":{"rendered":"12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 11: The Bruery 11 Pipers Piping"},"content":{"rendered":"\"b11<\/a>\n

Back in 2015, when I added The Bruery\u2019s Six Maids-a-Milking<\/a> to the list, the PNC Christmas Price Index<\/a> was at $34,130.99 per price item\u2014that is, one Partridge, two Turtle Doves and so on. The cumulative price\u2014if you kept buying the repeat items with each verse, stood at $100,125.18.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, costs have risen, particularly, it would seem, for geese this year. This year\u2019s per price item would be $39,094.93, while the cumulative haul would run $170,609.46.<\/p>\n

All this figuring began in 1984 when the PNC Financial Services Group forerunner, the Provident National Bank in Philadelphia, began toting up the bill for all the items in the \u201c12 Days of Christmas\u201d song. This is the 35th year of releasing the figures, and it\u2019s not getting any cheaper. But what price love?<\/p>\n

The 11 pipers would do well, too, hauling in $2804.40 for a day\u2019s performance, and double that if included in the next verse.<\/p>\n\"b11<\/a>\n

The price for 11 Pipers Piping, the beer, was $11.74 for a 750ml bottle, plus deposit. Having tasted it, I\u2019d call this a bargain. This is the eleventh year in a row that The Bruery has released a beer keyed to a verse in the song, meaning the last of 12 will appear next year. It\u2019s a different recipe every year, but it\u2019s always a big beer in a big bottle, best shared with friends or family.<\/p>\n

I did the latter this evening, right before we tucked into a turkey dinner. My son, Mike, and son-in-law, Glenn, were the willing subjects. The beer pours out such a dark brown I had to convince the pair we weren\u2019t drinking a stout.<\/p>\n

Mike is not particularly a fan of big beers, and indeed he thought the 11% ABV high octane of the beer tasted a little like \u201cSchlitz Malt Liquor meets Starbucks.\u201d Glenn was more of a fan: \u201cI like the beer. It hits all the right notes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/a>

Mike Bedell, left, Glenn Brunetti right. We seem to be enjoying the beer.<\/p><\/div>\n

Among the notes are a big malt component, a very warming burn\u2014the beer includes Belgian candi sugar and coriander in the mix\u2014and what I detected to be some licorice notes, dark fruit (a bit of raisin), but a restrained sweetness.<\/p>\n

It was probably the right portion for the three of us, what with the meal stretching ahead, decorating the tree, and finishing up late night present wrapping on this Christmas Eve. Still, the thought occurred to me that I might have been better off buying 11 bottles.<\/p>\n

\"From<\/a>

From the PNC Christmas Price Index<\/p><\/div>\n

Name: 11 Pipers Piping
\nBrewer: The Bruery, Placentia, California
\nStyle: Spiced Scotch Ale
\nABV: 11%
\nAvailability: Seasonally, in about 25 states
\n<\/a>For More Information: http:\/\/www.thebruery.com<\/p>\n

[December 24, 2018]<\/em><\/p>\n

< 12 Beers of Christmas 10: Prairie Christmas Bomb <\/a>
\n12 Beers of Christmas 12: De Dolle Stille Nacht<\/a> ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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