Category: Beer

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Twenty-Four

Published on 24 December 2005

Hertog Jan Doppio Double is the only one of my twenty-four Advent beers to come in a stone cork-stoppered bottle that weighs more than the … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Twenty-Three

Published on 24 December 2005

The penultimate beer on my 2005 advent calendar was Ruby Red from the St. Peter’s Brewery in Suffolk. I’d been looking forward to this 4.3% … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Twenty-Two

Published on 22 December 2005

Fraoch is a 5% ABV Scottish beer that brings back many happy memories of late nights spent in the bar at the Clachaig Inn. “Fraoch” … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Twenty-One

Published on 21 December 2005

“Jingle Knockers” isn’t exactly a phrase that inspires confidence, but this 5.5% ABV from Skinner’s Brewery in Cornwall is really good, definitely on a par … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Twenty

Published on 20 December 2005

Now, don’t get me wrong, there are many great things that have originated from America – not least of all my good lady wife – … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Nineteen

Published on 19 December 2005

Smuggler’s Ale is another bottled beer which found its way into my calendar via an Asda beer competition. It’s 5% ABV, with hints of treacle, … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Eighteen

Published on 18 December 2005

There’s something a wee bit disappointing about picking up a bottle labelled “MOROCCO ALE” and finding that it is, in fact, from nowhere more distant … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Days Sixteen And Seventeen

Beer Advent Calendar – Days Sixteen And Seventeen

Published on 17 December 2005

Friday night saw me out celebrating in Halifax at our departmental Christmas meal (FWIW, I drank a few pints of Santa’s Little Helper from the … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Days Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen!

Published on 15 December 2005

Gadzooks! Who would have thought that it would be so difficult to find a few minutes each day to transcribe a few words about a … Read more

Beer Advent Calendar – Day Twelve

Published on 12 December 2005

Halfway through my great beer advent calendar 2005, and tonight I’ve enjoyed the popular Leffe Blonde, a potent and delicious 6.6% ABV beer from Belgium. … Read more