4.2% The second Swedish brewery in this advent calendar, Electric Nurse’s winter porter fits the usual description of dark body and light head. The aroma is lightly smoky, which leads into a smoky flavour that doesn’t overwhelm. Balanced by a mildly bitter malt base this beer is made to sip slowly in front of a… Read more »
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Advent Day 5: Whiteout
ABV: 9.7% A black body and a coffee coloured head (the head is darker than it appears in the picture) this imperial stout by Mohawk (a Swedish nomad brewer) is not what you expect from a drink in this category. The first thing I noticed when pouring this beer was a very powerful grapefruit aroma… Read more »
Advent Day 4: Santa’s Little Helper
ABV: 9.1% Mikkeller is the first of the nomad brewers and I was recommended to always pick up and try any new Mikkeller product I find by an expert beer taster. As such when I saw two Mikkeller’s on the winter seasonal shelf I had to add them to the advent calendar. Today’s Mikkeller is… Read more »
Advent Day 3: Winter Solstice Seasonal Ale
ABV: 6.7% Winter Solstice Seasonal Ale by Anderson Valley is a delightful beer that I foolishly opted to drink now instead of on the actual Winter Solstice. The beer has a clear reddish amber colour and an off-white head that lasted longer than I expected. The aroma is of chocolate and spice and the flavour… Read more »
Advent Day 2: Winter Eko
ABV: 4.5% Winter Eko comes from the Slottskallans Bryggeri (Swedish for Brewery) and is an organic black lager, which is an interesting take on a winter beer. The aroma has strong orange notes to it and a solid roasted coffee smell to back that up. The head was a light brown but disappeared quickly and… Read more »
Advent Day 1: Santa Paws
Welcome to my 2014 beer advent calendar. I started this last year when I posted directly to Facebook and tried to add a bit of background behind the beer or my beer experiences. This year I’ll be reviewing the beer itself and doing so on here where everyone can see. ABV: 4.5% Day one is… Read more »
Stout Day
What better day to start blogging about beer than on Stout Day? To celebrate the first day of the blog and Stout Day I’m enjoying a bottle of Thornbridge Winter Imperial Stout, which is an Imperial Russian Stout. ABV: 7.4% Starting with a hint of chocolate in the aroma the Winter Imperial Stout is a… Read more »
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