12 Beers of Christmas 2019 Edition

[passedpawn]

When do we commit for the Christmas 2020 brew?

Have you done it before? Pretty wild assortment of beers!

 

[fourfarthing]

When do we commit for the Christmas 2020 brew?

I pick you. Oh. Wrong thread.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Hahaha! Can't wait...

 

[HopHeavy]

Sent out tracking information to the east coast participants for our brews.

 

[TBC]

When do we commit for the Christmas 2020 brew?

I could create a new thread either tonight or tomorrow unless someone else wants to do it.

 

[HopHeavy]

@TBC … If you are up to it, great. If not, I could jump into the roll. Is everyone happy with the twin coasts thing this year? I know the east coast group had fewer participants, but I felt like we got off cheap this year.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I'm in Texas so can go wherever needed.

 

[HopHeavy]

I'm in Texas so can go wherever needed.

You are one of the outliers that probably can't be helped much by the East/West thing... Sorry bud. But we look forward to having you!

 

[fourfarthing]

I'm in Texas so can go wherever needed.

Or in other words, you can go both ways.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

As you know, been there done that! [emoji6]

Or in other words, you can go both ways.

 

[TBC]

@TBC … If you are up to it, great. If not, I could jump into the roll. Is everyone happy with the twin coasts thing this year? I know the east coast group had fewer participants, but I felt like we got off cheap this year.

I can set it up and run it. That’s fine. I believe there will be enough interest to run a west coast and best coast list. What I think we should do this year is send a pm to the participating members say in March to make sure that they are still in and if not or no response we dump them and open it up to another member.

I believe one member signed up for the east coast in December last year and never visited the site again. It would be nice to have a full compliment one of these years.

I haven’t had a beer in quite a few days. I’ll grab one and fire up the laptop and create it now. I’ll post the new link in here also.

 

[TBC]

Up and Running https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/12-beers-of-christmas-2020-edition.673080/

@passedpawn @j1laskey @PianoMan

 

[TwistedGray]

I'd have suggested wait until everyone ships and receives before launching a new thread in the event of issues related to that, but then again no one is going to not ship and sign up for the next year, lol.

 

[TBC]

I'd have suggested wait until everyone ships and receives before launching a new thread in the event of issues related to that, but then again no one is going to not ship and sign up for the next year, lol.

Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me!

 

[Yeroc]

@Yeroc … That is a fantastic label!

Hope the beer is enjoyable!

 

[jack13]

I'd have suggested wait until everyone ships and receives before launching a new thread in the event of issues related to that, but then again no one is going to not ship and sign up for the next year, lol.

Yeah, that would take some serious cajones.

BTW I'm shipping the West Honey Ginger IPA tomorrow. They're packed up and sitting in my fermentation chamber at 70F. Was ready to ship a week ago but they just weren't quite carbed enough.

I had checked with UPS and they should be arriving to people about the 20th.

 

[fourfarthing]

East Coast Gingerbread has arrived.

 

[fourfarthing]

East Coast Cherry Dubbel and Saffron Trippels are out for the homerun.

 

[Yeroc]

@tochsner, well done!

My wife isn’t feeling well so we blew off an Xmas party, which gave me the opportunity to have a holiday beer.

First beer I received; first beer I’m drinking. Dry, crisp, and a little tart. Very enjoyable.

Are the tannins I perceive just from the cranberries or did you oak this too?

 

[jack13]

Shipped the Honey Ginger-West today. Most should get there on the 20th, but arrival dates varied from the 19th (@bradcook) to the 24th (@grampamark).

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Thanks, yours is packed up and ready to go.

 

[TBC]

@Jtk78 and @HopHeavy everything arrived safely. Thanks again.

 

[gromitdj]

I got @TwistedGray 's stout on Friday. No pictures tho... I should be sending out my share of beers this week. Hopefully everyone will receive before Christmas.

 

[TwistedGray]

Everyone should have received my beer by now

...which is kind of a miracle given how much sloshing you can hear from inside those boxes.

 

[wstbrewing]

East coast Abby weizen is packed and will go out tomorrow or Wednesday. I’ll admit, I made this three times prior and I like this one the least. It was rushed because of my need to get it done prior to my sons birth. (Though life with a newborn has brought many rewards and a few challenges.)

For some reason it didn’t carb up well (maybe our house temperature), and the flavors seem muted to me. So I‘ve added a little surprise into each box to make up for it. Hope you all enjoy.

Cheers,

Mike

 

[fourfarthing]

East coast Abby weizen is packed and will go out tomorrow or Wednesday. I’ll admit, I made this three times prior and I like this one the least. It was rushed because of my need to get it done prior to my sons birth. (Though life with a newborn has brought many rewards and a few challenges.)

For some reason it didn’t carb up well (maybe our house temperature), and the flavors seem muted to me. So I‘ve added a little surprise into each box to make up for it. Hope you all enjoy.

Cheers,

Mike

Congrats buddy. You can brew with youngins... as l Iong as your wife says so.

 

[Jtk78]

East coast Abby weizen is packed and will go out tomorrow or Wednesday. I’ll admit, I made this three times prior and I like this one the least. It was rushed because of my need to get it done prior to my sons birth. (Though life with a newborn has brought many rewards and a few challenges.)

For some reason it didn’t carb up well (maybe our house temperature), and the flavors seem muted to me. So I‘ve added a little surprise into each box to make up for it. Hope you all enjoy.

Cheers,

Mike

Thanks for the update and congratulations on the new addition to the family!

 

[Jtk78]

Everyone should have received my beer by now

...which is kind of a miracle given how much sloshing you can hear from inside those boxes.

I thought the same thing when mine were packed. I nearly added some noise makers to them (tic-tacs, etc), but they all got there.

 

[wstbrewing]

Congrats buddy. You can brew with youngins... as l Iong as your wife says so.

My wife went two weeks past her due date. The last week I was so stressed out, my wife told me to brew and relax. I made 4, yes four, five gallon batches of beer that week. Now I have a bunch of full kegs.

I know, terrible problem....

 

[TBC]

Package received safely. I was like a kid on Christmas unpacking this! @fourfarthing @satph Thanks Again!