I know we just finished Thanksgiving but still im the kind of guy that likes to plan ahead. My moms making Beef Tenderloin with a horseradish sauce, Maryland Spiced Shrimp, and prolly her award winning Mashed Potatoes with various other stuff mixed throughout the day Heres my plan for the drinking: Morning-Alesmith Speedway Stout Afternoon-Alesmith Wee Heavy Dinner-Undecided maybe see what The Bruery has as a seasonal Dessert-BCBS Coffee Stout
I have a 2010 3L Mad Elf I am popping open at my friends Christmas party this year. That is the only guarantee I have so far.
Not sure what im having Christmas Eve (that is when my family does our thing) but i know on Christmas Day ill be having an imperial biscotti break.
Christmas = Double Bastard in the morning, Merry Mischief in the afternoon, and a Pumpkinator for desert!
Christmas Eve - Samiclaus (red label) Christmas Day - BCBS, St. Bernardus Xmas Ale New Year's Eve - Don De Dieu (closest thing to champagne in a beer that I've ever had, figured it is appropriate)
Will probably go through most of my yearly six-pack of Anchor OSA while cooking. Two bottles of which will be the braising liquid for a pot roast. It's a great beer to cook with. A Cantillon classic with dinner. After dinner will be Brooklyn BCS.
I have been drinking more winter warmers than I can count these last couple weeks. i see no sign of slowing down either. On Christmas morning, my Dad, Brother, and I always shoot oysters and drink a big imperial stout. I am thinking Narwhal this year as it is good, new, and available.
irrelevant thread... the world is gonna end on 12/21. and if it doesn't, i'll be at the in-laws for christmas which means no alcohol. on new years eve i'll probably crack open my abt 12 and several SN celebrations
We're making Carbonnade, I've always used Belgian strong dark ales, but I'm going to try making it with Rodenbach this time. Between myself, roommates and friends coming there will be a lot of beer drank. I've got a magnum of Anchor Christmas, plenty of Trois Pistoles to go with stew, although I might get some Rodenbach or another sour. Dessert has not been planned yet, but it will undoubtedly be acompanied by barrel aged stout.
I will have to go to the Total Wine the week before Christmas and see what there is to see. Whatever I buy will be good and is my present to myself. The St.Bernardus Christmas Ale sure sounds good!
Surly Syx, Darkness, Abrasive and a few bottles of Old Fezziwig. Maybe a bottle or two of Avalde Farm's Ode To A Russian Shipwright and The Auroch's Horn aged on Rhubarb as well.
Probably hit up a local shop a few days before Xmas and pick up some IPAs (whatever is fresh) to drink before dinner and then after dinner I'm planning on BCBS and KBS.
Start with a Kern River Citra, then a 2010 Abyss, followed by Santa's Little Helper Bourbon, and perhaps a Fruet!! If no one joins me in enjoying these brews I will just settle for an Older Viscosity!!
road trip planned to upstate VT/NH for a bit of ice climbing just before the holidays, so everything is very much up in the air right now - although i'm hoping a bottle of twilight of the idols or birth of trajedy will be on the table
Definately Evil Twin Soft Xmas. The Imperial Biscotti Break mentioned above has me thinkin that sounds like a tasty option too. I've never had St Bernardus Christmas Ale and this Christmas might be a great time to give that a shot. New years will be all about the imperial stouts.
My newly married bro has taken quite a liking to craft beers lately. He and the better half will be home for Christmas, so I'm lining up some goodies to try: Founders Curmudgeon's Better Half (naturally) Lawson's Maple Tripple Bramble CBS Cantillon Iris '07 Black Tuesday '11 White Chocolate NG Raspberry Tart and Belgian Red Parabola Vetical HF Juicy HF Twilight HF random growlers HF random bottles Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year and my brother is only in town 1-2 times a year. Go big, or go home. I've been lucky enough to try almost all of the above list, can't wait to enjoy some awesome beers with the family and friends over a few days.
Gotta have some 3 Philosophers, Double Bastard, Captain Lawrence DIPA, likely a Smuttynose Zinneke if I can get my hands on some, and I've already put away a Stone Collaboration Mint Chocolate Stout to go with a decadent chocolate dessert to end Xmass dinner...ahhh...its gonna be a good day.......
SN Celebration before the meal/along with cheese and crackers in the afternoon and then at dinner Mad Elf with my wife's Italian pot roast.
I have been know to leave out an l here and there. But yes thank you for showing me how the name of one of my favorite brews is SPELLED!
Christmas is the one holiday that I don't drink a lot of beer. While we have a big Christmas Eve dinner (during which I'll likely drink my last Autumn Maple) with beef bourguignon, we go to mass at 10 pm and I don't want to fall asleep. I will almost always drink an impy stout --- will probably drink The Abyss --- with my wife when we put presents out after midnight. And since Christmas Day is all family, I don't drink any beer during the day. Instead of a big Christmas dinner, we join a neighborhood potluck. I will more than likely drink SN Celebration and Surly Abrasive.
My brother is picking up some fresh Head Hunter and Sculpin sooo that will be Christmas Eve. I'll probably bring a Backwoods Bastard for something different for the family to try. Maybe a sour too, but we'll see. Christmas Day will depend partly on what the GF wants to do. We'll either open a special bottle of wine or split something like Abyss. Trying to pick what that option would be is making my head spin right now honestly.
Going through the complete Founders roster and throwing in a T25, 2Pliny, Zombie Dust, Mo Pale Ale, a 2006 Dark Lord and a Lawson's Maple Imperial for good measure - tasting dinner NYE
I'll be drinking some homebrew for X-Mass... After racking my "Dead Ringer" (Two-Hearted clone) from primary to secondary, I poured whatever was left on top of the trub (tons of yeast and hop sediment chunks - Yum! ) into 2 bottles (1x12oz and 1x22oz) I didn't have any extra priming sugar, so I took a tablespoon of honey, dissolved it into hot water and bottled for a week already. Was planning on having the 12oz for X-Mass and the 22oz for New Years, but I already drank the 12oz. Delicious! The Centennial hops are really startin' to shine and the head was very thick and the body... well-carbonated. The color was considerably darker than I anticipated, but when it comes to beer, I'm practically color-blind. If it tastes good, I could care less if it were blue/green/etc... I threw in some more Centennial for dry-hopping at the beginning of last week. On Sunday, I started my cold-crash and will hopefully bottle tomorrow or this weekend, whenever I have time to get to it. I will bottle until New Year's Eve where I will compare a bottle or two with the bottle created from the primary. I will probably wait until Feb for the beer to reach it's peak prior to opening most bottles. Long story short, I will be drinking my homebrew for Christmas. ...and maybe some Imperial Stout Trooper on the side.
Christmas morning with the family while exchanging gifts, I'm cracking a Founders Breakfast Stout and having a few of these,
I've got 2010 Stille Nacht, 2011 Pannepot, Ayinger Winterbock, Celebrator & Weizenbock, home brewed Yuletide ale, and Tripels from Chimay and Westmalle to drink. Yuletide ale with Christmas dinner (Turkey and all the trimmings), and the others probably with dessert/nibbles. Should have by New Years Kabert, Kernel French Oak Aged Brown Stout, and Westy Blonde.
I might go with a Sierra Nevada celebration with the ham lunch at my parents' place and then I may do a Backwoods Bastard or 2011 GI Matilda with beef wellington at my girlfriends parents' place. I'll spend the rest of the night enjoying a bottle of Firestone Walker Sucaba. Man, I can't wait for Christmas.
Only sessionables for me. Brooklyn Lagers and Long Trail Pale Ale's. Got to save the calories for the food!
