Make Sure To Leave Santa Cookies And A Nice Christmas Beer By The Hearth
I suppose it would be clich to say something like, "Wow! I can't believe the year is almost over!" But it is truly how I feel. It seems like just yesterday I was writing about how white IPA was going to be big this spring. Long gone is the warm caress of the summer sun, and now winter chills us so deeply that we need a brew truly hearty to revive us and fuel our holiday spirit.
This time of year the beer store shelves fill up with kitschy-looking holiday beers. Santa sticking out of chimney with his posterior facing up, Christmas trees adorned with holly and ornaments, picturesque fireplaces with stockings hung, snowflakes swathed across the label: All are aimed at grabbing our nostalgic attention without regard to what's actually inside the bottle.
I find that most of my patrons at the bar believe that all winter ales contain some amount of spice. While some do, such as Anchor Christmas Ale and De Ranke Pre Nol, others, such as Samuel Smith's Winter Warmer and Ridgeway Bad Elf , do not contain any spices whatsoever.
To help you with your holiday beer shopping, I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite winter beers as well as a few new ones that I'm looking forward to trying this year.
One of my very favorite holiday beers...
Since I'm Santa, I better be having some cookies and wine, or a little bourbon, Christmas Eve.
Never have had any yet, either.
Looks good!
Dowsy,you betchya.All the stuff you've been havin' to deal with lately....
...holy!
Santa deserves a little love.
:~)
She sure does!
There may be a little bourbon left over from before Daddy died in 1985-- or maybe I'll have to go buy some myself!
I think we have to look at this in a different light.
If Santa drank a beer at every house that he stopped at, well there will be a problem. Hewill have to start using the bathroom at every house, traveling bladder or not.
Next, zooming across the sky with a bunch of Reindeer while ''very happy'' will create sky jams and accidents. Just think if his toy bag broke open in an accident and showered the area with lethal toys.
Just my thoughts.
Funny! I'm sure there are many who would object to Santa having a few beers...