I went hog wild buying beers for Christmas. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but I did load up on some stuff that I normally wouldn't drink, like the Belgians... I don't generally care for Belgian beers because I don't like brettanomyces. But I did get used to it somewhat, and I was able to learn to appreciate some of them, specifically the St Bernardus Abt.12, Wit, and Christmas Ale. And I was pleased by Steen Brugge Dubbel Bruin.
I didn't care for Weyerbacher's Merry Monk, but I respect what they were trying to do with it. Just too strong, I guess, and the flavors didn't work well for me. I enjoyed Great Lakes Brewery's Christmas Ale much more.
The fruit lambics, those are like soda pop, all sweet and fizzy, like weak champagne. And the king of fruit lambics is Brouerij Lindemanns. I still have a peche and a kreik to plow through, but that will be a pleasure. The Kreik from ShawneeCraft Brewing was pretty decent, if a bit sour; it was nicely complex, and got interesting as its temperature changed.
All in all, though, I'm glad to get back to "just beer". On the way home from work Saturday I grabbed a sixer of Bell's Two Hearted Ale, and a sixer of Great Lakes' Dortmunder Gold.
Ahhhhh. Beer. Just the thing for barbeque.
I didn't care for Weyerbacher's Merry Monk, but I respect what they were trying to do with it. Just too strong, I guess, and the flavors didn't work well for me. I enjoyed Great Lakes Brewery's Christmas Ale much more.
The fruit lambics, those are like soda pop, all sweet and fizzy, like weak champagne. And the king of fruit lambics is Brouerij Lindemanns. I still have a peche and a kreik to plow through, but that will be a pleasure. The Kreik from ShawneeCraft Brewing was pretty decent, if a bit sour; it was nicely complex, and got interesting as its temperature changed.
All in all, though, I'm glad to get back to "just beer". On the way home from work Saturday I grabbed a sixer of Bell's Two Hearted Ale, and a sixer of Great Lakes' Dortmunder Gold.
Ahhhhh. Beer. Just the thing for barbeque.
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