Who Brewed beer for Christmas!?

[Downhillfromhere]

Curious to see who else made a special brew for Xmas/The Holidays?

I did a Xmas Vanilla Porter to send back home to Chicago, it hasn't even been 2 weeks since it was brewed, and I'm already drinking a sample Not bad for 7%abv! Still has 2 weeks to go, but heck, it's drinkable now. A strong roasty Vanilla aroma, but the taste is quite a bit more subdude, spot on!

What else do we have out there for Xmas beers?

 

[cjmurphy87]

My brew-buddies and I have made a hogmanale for New Years. Hogmanay is the scots name for the last day of the year, and the associated party. Its based on the malt from an amber we've done in the past, with the hops way scaled back, beefed up with molasses and spiced with chai tea, cloves and vanilla. Should be about 7.5%abv.

 

[Hammy71]

Made my x-mas brew back in July. Bottle 5 gallons last week with the beer gun for gifts and the other 5 is on tap. Planning ahead is a wonderful thing....

 

[Daybis]

I brewed a Chocolate Mint Stout and a Mocha Stout. The Mocha stout is ready for kegs, but the Mint Stout might not be ready in time.

 

[Ace_Club]

I did a Xmas Vanilla Porter to send back home to Chicago,

Man, you totally didn't have to do that! But how did you get my address?

Seriously, though, I did make a batch of Northern Brewer's Winter Spiced Ale for gifts for the neighbors and to drink over the winter. The mulling spice addition in the BK made the house smell wonderful. The airlock smelled like Santa's reindeer's farts (that's a good thing). When I bottled/kegged it last night, the spice taste was pretty strong. I'm hoping they mellow out somewhat and that the bite from the carbonation helps to make this a delicious beer.

 

[mountainbrewdude]

I did a pumpkin porter, just kinda threw a recipe together, not my favorite, but alot of people liked it. I brewed a Ghiradelli chocolate mocha oatmeal stout Friday night, that should be great.

 

[Downhillfromhere]

Man, you totally didn't have to do that! But how did you get my address?

Seriously, though, I did make a batch of Northern Brewer's Winter Spiced Ale for gifts for the neighbors and to drink over the winter. The mulling spice addition in the BK made the house smell wonderful. The airlock smelled like Santa's reindeer's farts (that's a good thing). When I bottled/kegged it last night, the spice taste was pretty strong. I'm hoping they mellow out somewhat and that the bite from the carbonation helps to make this a delicious beer.

saw it on one of your old posts, I'm hoping all the bottles make it in tact My family is full of beer lovers, so the Porter should go over really well. I'm sending a Saison I brewed about 6-8 weeks back as well to keep the "I don't like dark beer" crowd happy

 

[stageseven]

I did a spiced wheat and a Belgian strong dark to give away as gifts.

 

[hopdawg]

I did a stout with attitude. I put everything in. Special B, Crystal 80, choc malt, roast barley, oatmeal, munich, 4oz coffee. Dag gum this puppy has flavour and 6.5%ABV, and a thick brown head. It tastes like a carbonated black russian.

 

[Downhillfromhere]

I just wrote up a recipe for the same thing. BIG Coffee Stout, about 7% and probably a similar grain bill to yours, except no Munich, with honey malt

 

[klug]

I made some root beer beer. We shall see how it turns out lol.

 

[lumpher]

have a chocolate stout and some sparkling wine kegged for christmas, and a hefe fermenting right now for it.

 

[sensibull]

http://www.brew-monkey.com/recipes/html/SantasSpecialAle.htm.

Drinking one as I watch the Eagles beat Dallas. Never been good at waiting ;-)

[Edit: Hope I didn't drink/speak too soon...]

 

[Sanspareil]

Did a Imperial Oatmeal Stout and a Chimay Gran Cru Clone. The Chimay clone is fantastic! The Stout needs more aging.

 

[HexKrak]

I made a vanilla porter and a first attempt at an arrogant bastard clone (needs much work, but tastes ok anyway) for new years. I might have a bottle of 2 month apfelwien for Christmas, or just stick to rum with a little eggnog

 

[JasonToews]

I made a mint chocolate stout, and a pumpkin wit (an experiment)

 

[FireBrew63]

I made a honey porter and Edwort's Apfelwein for Christmas. I'll keg on the 18th and tap on the 23rd. For new years I have a Fat Tire clone and Killer Bee Hefe. Need more kegs Santa!

 

[bovineblitz]

I made a BMC ale based on labatt blue light (for SWMBO's father for xmas)... I'm pretty proud of the lack of flaws!

I also made a gingerbread brown ale but it won't be ready til mid-January, unfortunately.

 

[passedpawn]

I did a spiced beer back in the summer. Bottled, boxed, and I don't have the energy to dig it out of the closet. It's under a mountain of other boxes (of beer).

I honestly forgot about it until I saw this thread.

 

[steven_b]

Brewed a 5 gallon batch of a New Belgian 1554 clone. Found out (wife told me) that we are having a Christmas party, so I added some clove a couple of days ago. Today I kegged it and plan to drink it next weekend.

Steven b~

 

[D_Struct]

I brewed a red ale for Christmas and my Special Holiday Ale should be done by NYE!

 

[glenn514]

On 23 October, I brewed up a Northern Brewer partial mash kit called "Midnight Beatdown Wheaten Porter." I racked it to secondary on 7 November, and bottled it on 28 November. I plan on chilling a bunch and opening them on Christmas Day as we celebrate the holiday. I brewed an Oatmeal Stout late in summer, and I've enjoyed that...I'm getting excited about the porter!

 

[rico567]

Have the Founders Breakfast Stout clone (see Recipes / Stout) in the bottles for about a week and a half, have hopes it'll be ready to drink by Christmas.....but this is going to be about 8%, I think, and that may be pushing it. A batch of Bigfoot Barleywine has been in the bottle about 2 months, but it'll probably be awesome Christmas 2011.....

 

[smokinghole]

I brewed up a RIS back in Feb for this Christmas. Which reminds me since my family is coming to my house I need to have someone retrieve the two cases. I was planning on being up there for Christmas, but instead they're coming here. I had hidden it in my parents basement so I would stay out of the beer until now. Hopefully I can describe where it is well enough for someone to find the beer.

 

[CrookedTail]

I brewed a gingerbread ale, as described in Randy Mosher's Radical Brewing book. I'm kegging it this week.

 

[Whut]

I brewed a Spiced Ale a few months back that I recently kegged/carbed. The 'required sampling' was quite nice indeed.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I've got a Christmas Spice Ale and a Black Pepper wit on tap right now.

 

[richc]

I've got a lightly spiced old ale lined up for christmas, tasted amazing when was bottling it, one more week before it's ready to drink.....

 

[Hannable1975]

I did not brew a specific beer for Christmas, but I did hold back 8 bottles from 6 different batches to give as gifts to some special friends. I then made some racks as presentation boxes. These are the clear ones I keep for myself to monitor bottle condition, but they look something like this: Left to right -


AHS StormCastle Brown
Brewer's Best Imperial Pale Ale
American Brewmaster ( LHBS )Irish Red
DeathBrewer's SMaSH APA
Hazy Daze ( My first recipe! )
AHS Session Blonde

 

[Crinkle]

Made a robust porter, and aged it on some wood from Templeton Rye Whiskey. Kegged a little over a week ago, and kept a nice piece of the wood in the keg for a little extra flavor. mmmmmmm whiskey beer.