It's never too late to
drink Christmas beer. Even with it now coming up to the end of
January. The bitter chill outside justifies sitting in a warm pub/bar
or whatever, preferably by a log fire, drinking a rich, dark and
mildly spiced beer.
If anybody tells you
that it's wrong to still be drinking seasonal Christmas beers, they
are kind of right to but...
… but if the beers
were released as a 'spiced ale' or something along those lines then
there would be no problem. One could even consume such a beverage all
year round if you had such a liking for them.
The particular beer of
concern is the Anchor Breweries 'Christmas Ale'. It is what we would
consider in England to be a fairly traditional 'Winter Warmer' style
beer. It is rich, dark, incredibly complex, spicy and enough alcohol
to subdue a Shetland pony. I feel guilty about not having had any of
this for or before Christmas. It is really really good.
The other day, during a
conversation about beer, craft beers from the United States in
particular, I was informed of some brief and interesting information
about the Anchor Brewery out of San Fransico, USA. It is one of
America's oldest breweries and was apparently one of the only ones to
survive the stupid thing that was the Prohibition. They helped pave
the way for the 1980's 'Craft Beer' boom along with other breweries
like Sierra Nevada. They're still going strong to this day and have
many beers like the Porter and this Christmas Ale.
The 40th
anniversary seasonal ale was and is delicious, bring on next years
batch.
Check em out, they're bloody good.
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