Just Wondering what yall have saved up for this special day. What Beers Will you be opening up this Christmas Here's My little List Sucaba 16 Velvet Merkin 16 Smog City Bourbon O.E. 16 Bourbon County 16 Prairie BOMB Old Rasputin XIX
For Festivus through Christmas Day Casey Oak Theory Hill Farmstead Dorothy Schramm's The Statement Modern Times Devil's Teeth with a bunch of shit in it Phantom Carriage Amarantha Some IPAs
Citraholic or maybe a 32oz fill from Riip HPB BA Gloom Beachwood Mocha Machine Either Toolbox Mackinaw or Rare Barrel Gifted Branch (hopefully something family brought from Cellarmaker) Something barrel aged, haven't figured this one out yet.
Rye DDBA Huck Yeah! Sour Opal (2016) Mocha Machine The Dissident (2014) Black Tuesday (2013) Local, fresh hops
Saving beers for Christmas? I might drink one or two of my current collection Christmas night, but I don't really like to taste new beers for the first time with family (I don't have an abundance of cash flow, so I tend to drink most things once, so I can experience as many beers as possible. Spread it around a bit.). I like to study and enjoy the beer. Holiday with family just doesn't seem the right environment. I've got a signature cocktail. Gonna make fresh hot chocolate, and I've got some spirits to spike it with. Might try the Pirate Bomb! once I get home. And, one of the sours in the fridge. Maybe the Prairie 4th Anniversary Ginger Sour?
I think your are right on most of this. u don't want to try new beers on big days, but you do want beers that will rock the socks off YOU & others if you are sharing. Which You Always Should. Getting that LIST together for me is all the fun. obviously we only SAVE beers that can be aged/saved, not like IPAs, but stouts & barleywines.
Saved up doesn't necessarily mean it's brand new, just what you're pulling from the cellar/closet/garage/storage unit/fridge/cave/attic/basement/chest/porch bombs...
To be shared with friends over the next two days: Anchor Christmas Ale - magnum Bruery Share This Drakes Electric Owl Founders Backwoods Bastard - 2015 High Water Sugaree Maple Bourbon Pecan Pie Knee Deep N/E Auburn Pale Ale Moonraker Ghost Ship Moonraker Holy Hermit Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 Stone Charred Xocoveza
Black Tuesday 2016 BCBS 2016 FO batch 2 Leche Borracho BA Standard Crude Cuddle bug Took these down to Mexico to share with a family member that I got hooked on BA stouts. I second that getting the list together is a big part of the fun.
