Share your Holiday Packs (2021)

Last year I bought 3 cases of St. B christmas ale when it showed up at TW. I love their chalice.
Pat

 

Left hand has a mixed 12 of milk stouts, Mexican chocolate and double intrigue me, but mint is a hard pass... I'm still thinking about it.

 

They had a bunch of holiday packs in a new floor display at the grocery store this afternoon, among them the "24 Beers of Cheer" pack from the fine folks at AB. Just in time for Festivus. Let the airing of grievances begin!

 

Last year's Goose Island Christmas IPA got a massive thumbs down reaction when consumed blind on John Holl's & Augie Carton's Steal This Beer podcast. They loathed it. YMMV, but I surmise it is the same recipe.
I did not glimpse this thread before posting in another thread (I searched this rubric for "Aldi".). I will post a link to that thread when I reply as to what the Aldi Advent case contained.

 

The split shot is pretty nice, or at least it used to be. The apricot sour I would try if I saw a single.

Enjoy

 

I’m all in favor of everyone who gets one of these holiday variety packs sharing photos and tasting notes!

 

Damn, really wishing I lived in MI right about now That sounds like an incredible box

 

Gonna' blow your 2022 beer budget before the year even starts?

 

Good luck. Get one so we can enjoy vicariously. Cheers!

 

My x-mas calendar from beerrepublic arrived today. I have a very limited knowledge of US beers and styles so I thought it was a good idea to buy this.


Advent Styles
The styles represented in the Advent Calendar 2021 are subject to change.

American IPA
American Pale Ale
Blonde
Brown Ale
Fruited Sour
Imperial Stout
Lager
New England IPA
Red Ale
Red IPA
Saison
Session IPA
Specialty
Tripel

Advent Breweries
The breweries represented in the Advent Calendar 2021 are subject to change and a final selection out of these is made while the list can grow or slink.

21st Amendment
Avery
Bear Republic
Bells
Blue Moon
Cigar City
Collective Arts
Deep Ellum
Deschutes
Dogfish Head
Figuroa Mountain
Founders
Harpoon
M.I.A.
Mike Hess
Nebraska
New Belgium
Oskar Blues
Proof
Saint Archer
Santa Monica
Societe
Stone
Topa Topa



I like the idea of a beer calendar but there is a lot of trash out there. I "knew" some of the breweries before and checked the others here on BA. Really looking forward to this!

You'll laugh but I will use it as what it is and I will not open this calendar just to see whose and which beers finally made it into the box.
This is more like a tasting box to me and I want to drink all these beers with a clean palate, so 1 new beer (surprise) per day is just perfect imo!
Downside: Aging and it's hard to judge if 10-12 C°/ ~F°50-54 in my cellar is cold enough for a proper storing of unknown beers and styles.

What do you think? Is it foolish to do it this way? I know it would be better to put all of them directly into my fridge and don't care about anything else.

Prost!

 

You can reveal the daily selection in the morning after dreaming about the surprise all night (), and once known, you can decide if it needs to go into the fridge before drinking it. The downside is if you want to drink it for breakfast.

 

Hey @PapaGoose03,

I'll do that anyway! I'm just wondering if some of these beers would take some damage for the time of being stored in my cellar. Worst case would be an IPA behind door 24. That's roughly 6 weeks from now..

Prost!

 

Hopefully the placement in the box considered the refrigeration by style, but that's something you'll have to accept unless you cheat and peek at them all. Good luck, and Happy Holidays.