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Old 12-26-2012, 07:55 PM   #71
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Started drinking mine on Sunday. Really good! Maybe just a tad sweet but I understand that will mellow out. Not a dead on taste to GL, but a great beer, dare I say even better haha?!
Yeah, it's not dead on, but I do like mine better as well!

I just brewed a version of this recipe AG doing BIAB over the weekend so it will be interesting to see how much different it turns out than this extract recipe...


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Old 12-27-2012, 12:52 PM   #72
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Well anyway, thanks for putting this recipe together MMJFan! It will definitely be a yearly tradition!
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For all you fellow Ohioans, I recommend trying Thirsty Dog's 12 Dogs of Christmas (out of Akron) if you haven't already done so. One of the earlier posters commented on how it seems GL Xmas Ale has lost some of its luster...I'll argue that 12 Dogs is partly responsible. For a few weeks in early December it was completely sold out everywhere here in Cleveland while GL was bountiful on the shelves. Rumor has it one of the original brewers at GLBC is now the head brewer at Thirsty Dog.

I personally think the 12 Dogs has a much better finish & aroma...and is north of 8% ABV.
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