Xmas Day Drink ?

The Bruery - Autumn Maple, picked it up in the US in june so it'll make for a nice fall/Christmas beer.

 

Something strong, dark and Belgian.

 

Champagne, prosecco, snowballs, squashed frogs, egg nog, Ipecac, Andrews liver salts.

 

I will be in deepest wales so I will get whatever I can find Although we will be making a stop at M&S to pick up food on the way there so hopefully I can remember to pick up some decent beers there.

Have a thoroughly beery Winterval everyone

 

Although it’s only been made for a few years, Williams Bros Nollaig (brewed with pine needles) is already a Christmas tradition for me. Otherwise, whatever cask barley wine the brewers local to wherever I am have available.

 

Long tradition standing in our household. We literally save up all year and gradually stock up for Xmas day family drinking.
Start the day with some single malt,
Brunch time some champagne with smoked salmon,
Nice red, claret or Rhône with Turkey lunch,
Beers in the afternoon, this year I've got Mikkeller Black, Struise Black Albert, Tiny Rebel Bass Drop and Tempest Double Shuck. Also have some old Stille Nachts and Tjeeses (or however you spell it)
Finish off the evening with port, Graham's LBV or crusted I quite like.

Sleep 'til new years.

 

Whereabouts in Wales? If you're passing Cardiff a pit stop at Discount Supermarket could be good.

 

Lampeter, which I suppose is in west wales so not close to Cardiff sadly

 

The only definite I have planned is a big bottle of 3F Oude Gueze for with my meal, which I've been told I'm cooking so I also plan on holing up in the kitchen with a lot of imperial stouts. So far the box for the 3 festive days contains
Ten Fidy
Black Eyed King Imp
Yellow Belly
Yellow Belly Sundae
Rain Shadow
Broken Dream
Broken Dream Isaly aged
KBS
Got a couple of trips outta town to stock up on some more though.

 

I've a couple bottles of Old Chimneys' Good King Henry Special Reserve.
Christmas seems like a good enough excuse to crunk one open?

Either way, I'll be hitting something dark and full bodied. Pile it high, it's Christmas!

 

Been thinking about breaking out the 750ml duvel once we are back from visiting family. I've just bought some other options too, st bernadus tripel, Buxton the living end bourbon barrel and a collaboration quad between magic rock and brouwerij Kees.

 

Probably some Jester King Le Petit Prince with lunch and a few bigger stouts in the evening.

 

Where do I go about acquiring some KBS here in the UK? I recently moved from the States and would love to find some. I drank my last one before I had to ship out.

 

Think this was the first year it's been available here. There was some available at a few places in May. You might want to find a thread on it as a few people on here got bottles from different parts of the country. A place near me had a bottle on Saturday which I got. I don't know if they have more left. Where do you live?

 

I'm in London

 

Welcome to our little sub-community. Have you seen the London guide thread yet?

 

I got this one in a bottle shop in St. Andrews called Luvians. Had one in a pub in Aberdeen called CASC at the weekend there. You should stumble across it. If I see it again I'll get you a bottle mate.

 

time rummage in the cellar, quite possibly one of my last Courage Russian Imperial Stout from the 70's, definitely an Eldridge Pope Thomas Hardy Ale and a couple of Fullers Vintage Ales (to hell with the expense!).