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Ready for the roast beast.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all you kindred beer lovers everywhere!
Well, I mentioned this one was coming, a belly-warmer if there ever was one. Samichlaus, or “Santa Claus”, a beer brewed once a year on December 6th, and a true Christmas celebration for all of you are lucky enough to find it. Maybe if you are good, Santa will leave some in your stocking next year!
Hurlimann isn’t around anymore, but their high-ABV classic is now brewed by Schloss Eggenberg in Austria. Hurlimann was a Swiss brewer known for pioneering methods of producing high-ABV beers. How high? For years, this was the highest ABV brew you could find, a monstrous 14% ABV. That’s like a big oversized glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. How about this 1-liter Maßkrug full? That’ll get you going! Actually I suspect their regular beers might have been in that stein - a liter of 14 ABV brew would likely send you to an early grave! I don’t have a Schloss Eggenberg stein, but I have a Hurlimann – fun to dust off and honor for this tasting!
I have to admit, there is a place for these brews primarily late evening sippers or nightcaps - like a fine wine, liqueur or brandy. I’d be interested in how many yeast dumps you’d need to get the ABV up that high without freezing distillation. 14% would do in most yeasts very quickly, new soldiers needed!
A beer this big has a lot of characteristics we don’t experience in most beers. For one thing, everything is more concentrated. It is more boozy, more “caramelly”, more “raisin and plum” inundated. Just bigger in every parameter we usually give these beers. Not as much head, zero lacing. I can’t really dial in the IBU for you, too hard on a beer like this. I can say that it is balanced to the malt bill, so you don’t experience a malt bomb, but the hops aren’t very forward either. It is big boozy perfection, if that is what rings your bell.
Funny thing on packaging – says 1 pint, .9 fluid ounce, 330 ml – but 16.9 ounces equals 500 ml right? 16.9 ounces? Not this shrimpy can! So obviously the math whiz keying in the label text must have been drinking this beer at the same time! I think this means they owe me another can! Gotta try it! Prost!
Well, I mentioned this one was coming, a belly-warmer if there ever was one. Samichlaus, or “Santa Claus”, a beer brewed once a year on December 6th, and a true Christmas celebration for all of you are lucky enough to find it. Maybe if you are good, Santa will leave some in your stocking next year!
Hurlimann isn’t around anymore, but their high-ABV classic is now brewed by Schloss Eggenberg in Austria. Hurlimann was a Swiss brewer known for pioneering methods of producing high-ABV beers. How high? For years, this was the highest ABV brew you could find, a monstrous 14% ABV. That’s like a big oversized glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. How about this 1-liter Maßkrug full? That’ll get you going! Actually I suspect their regular beers might have been in that stein - a liter of 14 ABV brew would likely send you to an early grave! I don’t have a Schloss Eggenberg stein, but I have a Hurlimann – fun to dust off and honor for this tasting!
I have to admit, there is a place for these brews primarily late evening sippers or nightcaps - like a fine wine, liqueur or brandy. I’d be interested in how many yeast dumps you’d need to get the ABV up that high without freezing distillation. 14% would do in most yeasts very quickly, new soldiers needed!
A beer this big has a lot of characteristics we don’t experience in most beers. For one thing, everything is more concentrated. It is more boozy, more “caramelly”, more “raisin and plum” inundated. Just bigger in every parameter we usually give these beers. Not as much head, zero lacing. I can’t really dial in the IBU for you, too hard on a beer like this. I can say that it is balanced to the malt bill, so you don’t experience a malt bomb, but the hops aren’t very forward either. It is big boozy perfection, if that is what rings your bell.
Funny thing on packaging – says 1 pint, .9 fluid ounce, 330 ml – but 16.9 ounces equals 500 ml right? 16.9 ounces? Not this shrimpy can! So obviously the math whiz keying in the label text must have been drinking this beer at the same time! I think this means they owe me another can! Gotta try it! Prost!
While smoking the Christmas roast, new Belgium oakspire with four roses. Very tasty
Merry Christmas everyone. HB Nut Brown. Hard Lemonade for the DiL.
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Merry Christams to all!
Indeed. Jim Beam also makes Basil Hayden, which I like.
Festbier from the world's oldest brewery. Probably my favorite of the 7 or 8 O'fest beers I've been tasting this year. Very nice.
Merry Christmas everyone! Drinking my home brewed spiced Belgian Christmas Ale! Drinks very smooth with that nice trappist yeast funk! It will sneak up on you though!
Merry Christmas, y'all! HB stout Black Velvet. Pretty tasty.
Thank you for the suggestion. I added some prosecco to my Oatmeal Stout. It has a nice fruitiness. SWMBO likes it, even though she does not like stouts.
RHL and some whiskey after making a delicious brisket. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
Smolnisky Imperial Stout (boooooozy but also quite young)
Merry Christmas to all
Wife and I worked today... here's me working, shhhh
Merry Christmas to all
Wife and I worked today... here's me working, shhhh
At my parents' with the wife and kids. Pacing as I have to drive home. Half pint from the 5L mini keg bought from the village brewery.
Old Spot Prize Ale. Dimple mug. Open fire in the living room.
Old Spot Prize Ale. Dimple mug. Open fire in the living room.
Purchased in October and enjoyed as an Okoberfest beer, in November as a Novemberfest beer, and now in late December as a Decemberfest beer. I must say, it's a very versatile beer. 
Enjoying a glass of RHL on a pleasant sunny afternoon.
I recently took a gallon of this to a Christmas party, I came home with an empty container.
I recently took a gallon of this to a Christmas party, I came home with an empty container.
HB wheat
So I’m at my favorite booze store stocking up. Which of these green bottles should I buy, stored 12” from a fluorescent light! ?? !!!
Vitus strong weizenbock (7.7%). Clove, a little banana, fruity, nicely carbonated. I really like this.
This week I’m going to be trying some beer hybrids as well as the regular beer production from our Austria – Czech – Swiss beer friends. These fit loosely in the malt beverage family.
We’re used to seeing great things from Stiegl, and they don’t disappoint with their Stiegl Zitrone Lemon Radler. So what’s a Radler? Well the story goes back to the 1920’s when a Bavarian inkeeper was deluged by a large group of bicyclists pulling in for some beer. Fearing that his supply would be depleted, he mixed his available beer supply with the lemon soda he had on hand and came up with the “Radler” (German for Cyclist!) Problem solved!
These are very similar to Shandies found on other shores. They are a refreshing and spritzy drink with low ABV of 2%. Enough to keep you vertical on your bike for another 10 miles! Right On, er, Ride On!
We’re used to seeing great things from Stiegl, and they don’t disappoint with their Stiegl Zitrone Lemon Radler. So what’s a Radler? Well the story goes back to the 1920’s when a Bavarian inkeeper was deluged by a large group of bicyclists pulling in for some beer. Fearing that his supply would be depleted, he mixed his available beer supply with the lemon soda he had on hand and came up with the “Radler” (German for Cyclist!) Problem solved!
These are very similar to Shandies found on other shores. They are a refreshing and spritzy drink with low ABV of 2%. Enough to keep you vertical on your bike for another 10 miles! Right On, er, Ride On!
Playing pool in my dad’s old basement and goat lords later.
Got home from work and it was light out, 55 degrees, and dry so I brought in all the inflatable Christmas decorations (including 2 on the roof) and called it a win. Typically a task for the weekend or next, but rain and cold are coming back soon. Celebrated with a HB xmass not pictured and then a Spicy Chocolate KBS:
Next up was a local xmass ale "3 HO's". Name was better than the beer. It is very similar to mine, but mine (per wife-who is happy to tell me how it is) has a better mouth feel and is tastier. For my FOTD friends one of you may get to compare the 2 for yourself...
Raspberry Gimlets.
Founders KBS Chocolate Expresso -- good heavens this is delicious!!!
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