Your Holiday Beer Plan

Prairie Christmas BOMB!

 

Christmas Eve: Velvet Merkin and BA Dark Star Coffee Edition
Christmas: Sucoba, my last Dark O the Moon and Black Butte XXVI

New Years Eve is still a question mark depending where we are at.

 

Xmas eve I suspect a Mexican Cake. Xmas day a Cherry Rye.

 

I set up a 12 days plan, but the holidays include the following...

Christmas Eve:Fantome de Noel
Christmas Day: 7 swans a swimming

New Year's Eve: belching beaver horchata
New Years Night: undecided at the moment

 

Christmas Day: '13 Sucaba
New Years Eve: Saison-Brett

 

Twelve Beers of Xmas... a new Xmas beer every day (or something close)
12th Day Before: Euphoria PA
11th Day Before: Anchor Our Special Ale
10th Day Before: SN Celebration
9th Day Before: Black Market Holiday 3x IPA
8th Day Before: Alesmith YuleSmith Holiday Ale
7th Day Before: Karl Strauss Mouette a Trois Holiday Fruitcake

TBD on the rest... need to see what else is in the liquor sto'

 

I think it's going to be a lot of this for me this christmas.

 

I have a Fullers Vintage ale 2009 I been saving for Christmas . http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/71/19426/
I almost cracked when I was promoted and then again on my Birthday in October but been hanging in there and will have it Christmas eve...

 

Cantillon Iris
Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic
JK Aurelian Lure
JK Atrial Rubicite
JK Bier de Miel
JK Colour 5
JK Das Wunderkind!
JK Nocturn Chrysalis
JK O&P
Lone Pint Yellow Rose
Prairie Bible Belt
Prairie Bomb!
Prairie Christmas Bomb!
Prairie Pirate Bomb!
Prairie Wine Barrel Noir
Rahr & Sons Winter Warmer
RR Supplication

Not sure when exactly things will be consumed. But it should be fun.

 

I have 8 ballast point victory at sea coffee vanilla porters, bombers. I plan on sharing then with friends and mixing in various favorites like sea monster, oak aged yeti, sam smiths oatmeal stout.

 

For myself, I consider the holidays a travel / learning experience as I no longer stay at home, and my family is now spread out around the country. This year I'll be driving south from PA to FL, stopping along the way to visit brewpubs wherever I can, and pick up any beers that look interesting. Then once I reach my destination of Tampa, I'l be looking to stop in at some of my regular spots (Cigar City, Tampa Bay, Dunedin, Florida Ave., Cycle Brewing), and hopefully visit or try some beers from Coppertail. While I'm holed up in the house I'll work through whatever I've gathered on the way, and whatever's left over can still come home with me. The one thing I'd like to find is some Jasmine from Saint Somewhere... we'll see. Cheers to all!

 

I 2nd that. Will be opening good stuff for the game tomorrow night. I wish they were going blackout again.

@TongoRad send me your address and I will swing by victory and get you some Hop Ranch.

 

I plan on getting funky. I currently have a BBPt5, Black Note Stout, Huna, BBBM, BCBS, BCBCS, Abyss, Mexican Cake, Jester King sours, Lindley Park, Victory At Sea, Big Bad Baptist, Love Child 4. Gonna mow through as many as possible w the brothers and pop.

 

Well originally it was to crack my Hardywood Gingerbread stout but since I opened that tonight it will probably be some of the Florida goodies I get next week

 

That's very generous. BM sent.

 

Taking some Karben4 Fantasy Factory IPA down to share with my brother in Iowa and maybe a 12 Dogs Imperial Stout by Black Husky. I'm sure he'll have some goodies to share as well.

 

Hoping to acquire a bottle of St. Bernardus Christmas ale this week at my local bottle shop. It will pair nicely with the extra bottle of Even More Jesus that I stashed away for a special occasion. Seems like a good lineup for 'ze bebe jeeeesus.

 

Hopefully you find this better than most because it seems to have gotten a universal "meh," when compared to other Bomb! variants, from myself and everyone I've talked to that has tried it.

OT: Christmas Eve will probably be Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve or Fuller's Vintage Ale (2012)
Christmas Day will be Rodenbach Caractère Rouge followed by who knows what.

 

Founders Lushious and my 1 and only Eclipse party bottle... Coconut Eclipse!

 

Saving a single bottle/can from every exceptionally good 4/6 pack I get until Christmas. Then consuming on the big day. Mainly stouts so far. And a bomber or 2 I haven't decided on yet.