Your Holiday Beer Plan

With me it is generally a lot of Celebration with some Storm King thrown in. I have a big group coming in Saturday so I will get to my local and buy a case or so of varied six packs. Then I will add in another case of my homebrew. OP anything special should come out for the Eagles victory over the Cow Girls.

 

With the family-
Great Lakes Christmas Ale
Celebration

Probably a couple of bombers with my brother and maybe my BIL but my BIL doesn't like bourbon so I'm not sure.

 

Several of us are participating in a Twelve Days of Christmas thread - starts tomorrow, still time to get in!

 

No drinking plan...other than anything I've yet to try...And I'm still working out the whose driving/ where am I crashing plan.

 

drink beer.

 

Christmas Eve: St. Bernardus and tapping into the 5 liter Breckenridge Christmas Ale
Christmas Day: Don't know, but another new Christmas beer I haven't had such as St. Bernardus the night before. And finish off the Breck Christmas Ale. Maybe an Anchor Our Christmas magnum?

 

Bought an anchor magnum last night, so probably that, some celebration, and maybe st bernardus Christmas.w

 

I am in the 12 days of Christmas BIF. From Christmas day until the 5th of January I will have a surprise beer that was selected by and sent to be by a wonderful fellow BA. And I did the same for another BA to have beers to drink everyday too.

 

St Bernardus Xmas Ale on Christmas Eve.

Xmas day I will pace myself with sessionable ales during the morning and then up the anti with some quads in the afternoon.

 

Every year my brother in law comes in from Denver for about a week. He brings some beers in and I do also. We set aside beers we pickup throughout the year. We have 3 other family members who help us as we enjoy the brews we have assembled. We email each other about the beers in November and December. I try to focus on beers not distributed in Colorado (some not in CO or MO from traveling or trades),beers in the BA top 250, limited releases, and sprinkle in some whales. We usually use my list randomizer app to pick what to drink next since they are all great and we are nerds. Family, food,and great beer makes the holidays great! Here's what we have this year:

1)Perennial Stefon
2)Dry Dock Signature Series Imperial Stout
3)Victory Wild Devil
4)Avery Pump[KY}n
5)4 Hands Psycho Killer
6)2nd Shift Chaotic Insecure Delusions
7)Avery Rufus Corvus
8)Avery Uncle Jacob’s Stout
9)Epic Fermentation Without Representation
10)Odell Woodcut #7 Russian Imperial Stout
11)Avery Tweak
12)Dry Dock Signature Series Double Vanilla Porter
13)DogFish Head Beer Thousand
14)2nd Shift Grace
15)Mikkeller It’s Alive
16)Stone Guardians Slumber
17)Bull & Bush Yule Fuel
18)Bull & Bush Ice Cream Clone Barrel Aged Milk Stout
19)Avery 5 Monks
20)Prairie Cherry Funk
21)Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher
22)De Struise Pannepot
23)Straffe Hendrik Heritage 2012
24)Straight To Ale Laika Russian Imperial Stout
This year Avery and sours seem to be a theme!

 

Whatever I can share with my brother, haven't seen him since last Christmas!! We usually do an East coast / West Coast beer swap.... I've got some Black Ops, Resin, and Lunch waiting for him... Maybe time to open up my Utopia??

 

Early and often.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

 

...Drink good craft beer with family and friends.

 

Christmas Eve: Brasserie D' Achouffe's N'Ice Chouffe.

Christmas Day: A 1+ year old Boulevard Smokestack Series Imperial Stout (2013)

New Year's Eve: AleWerks Brewing Co.'s Jubilee VIII (ale aged in rum casks)

 

Same as my "everyday beer plan."

 

Inlaws , SIL ,wifes aunt and uncle too. All I know is 2 Christmas Bombs and a Prairie Bomb for starters. High ABV from there on

 

No specifics set yet, but I'm pretty sure Christmas week will be a low-key event for us this year, so I'm thinking BCBS, BA Narwhal, Quetsche, maybe Door Kriek, and if I can find The Beast, Avery's Demon series. I'll have to check the basement, see what needs drinking.

 

Amazing how when you've been into the "scene" for over 10+ years, it just doesn't matter. Only worried about connecting closer with friends and family, beer or not...BUT WITH BEEEEER!!!

 

Christmas Eve: Andeker
Christmas Day: Andeker
Day after Christmas: Andeker