ABV: 5.4% One of Sweden’s biggest craft breweries, St Eriks beer this year, the Organic Jul Ale has a light but not quite white head on it and a deep rich red colour in the beer. The aroma is of malt and bread with some sulfur notes. The taste is sweet and slightly fruity with… Read more »
Aaaaand we’re back for the 2015 advent season. ABV: 6% This year we’re going to start off with a Swedish brew, Mysingen Midvinternbrygg by Nynashamns Bryggeri. This beer is dark in colour with a reddish hue throughout it and a light tan head that lasted a while. The beer is filled with nutmeg, cumin, vanilla,… Read more »
ABV: 10% For the final advent day I’m drinking a fairly appropriately named beer by Evil Twin (though I’m not in a hotel room or in New York city). Extremely dark body and a deep coffee coloured head with even a few bubbles that go down when you pour, this beer has excellent head retention…. Read more »
ABV: 5% The final homebrew on my list this year is a Christmas ale that we bottled two weeks ago and opened for the first time on Saturday. The beer has a deep reddish brown colour to it and a cream coloured head with very poor head retention. The aroma is strongly of chocolate and… Read more »
ABV: 8% Sigtuna is the last Swedish craft brewery in my advent calendar this year and one of the ones I’ve been looking forward to the most. The Midvinter Blot is an Imperial Porter and reminds me a bit of a scotch ale.The colour is extremely dark and the very little head is coffee in… Read more »
ABV: 8% Til Fra Via by Mikkeller is a thick smoky porter with a black body and a dark chocolate coloured head with mediocre head retention. This beer has a strong sweet-smoky aroma and has a dry smoky body with mild malt bitterness to it. The mouthfeel is very thick and carbonation is medium. Rating:… Read more »
ABV: 11% Mohawk Snowmelter is I believe the strongest beer this advent season. With minimal light brown head that disappeared quickly this beer is quite dark. The aroma is of cigarette smoke and the body is much the same. If there are other tastes or smells they were heavily overpowered by the smokiness. The body… Read more »
ABV: 6% This Irish Red Ale was a recipe I found online with the addition of pumpkin and pumpkin spices for a nice fall beer. A deep rich red in colour (though the picture shows it poorly) this beer has almost no head. The aroma is rich with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice and the flavour… Read more »
ABV: 7.4% Flying Dog’s K-9 Winter Ale is one of the only ones I also had last year for my calendar, but the beer is different every year. A rich amber colour with a small off-white head that has decent retention the nose is oaky and full of winter spices. The flavour is also of… Read more »
ABV: 8.6% This homebrew is the first all grain brew we made and was mostly a massive learning experience. We since re-did it a week and a half ago and already we can see dramatically different results, but that is for another blog post. This beer is very dark with an off-white head and has… Read more »
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