Christmas 2 months late

Over the weekend I picked up Joe Sixpack's "Christmas Beer" book. It was a late Christmas present to myself to cap off my 2008 Christmas beers experiment. With inspiration from a series of articles about Christmas beers by Joe Sixpack I set out to celebrate the holidays with my fiancee and friends. Many thanks to the Foodery (Center City), the Best House (West Philadelphia) and Beers of the World (Rochester, NY) for offering a wide selection of holiday beers to start a new holiday tradition.

To kick off my new Christmas tradition I invited a few friends to my apartment for a sampling of my first round of Christmas beers.

Anchor Our Special Ale.
Sierra Nevada Celebration.
Flying Fish Grand Cru Winter Reserve.
Corsendonk Christmas Ale.
Bells's Brewery Winter White Ale.
Allagash Grand Cru.

My fiancee and I celebrated the 12 days of Christmas by enjoying a Christmas beer each day before we left for Thailand.

Samichlaus.
Scaldis Noel.
Affligem Noel.
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome.
Troegs Mad Elf.
Stoudt's Winter Ale.
Sly Fox Christmas Ale.
Weyerbacher Winter Ale.
Delirium Noel.
Gouden Carolus Noel
Lancaster Winter Warmer.
Stegmaier Holiday Warmer.
Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza.
Heavy Seas Winter Storm.

After all our beer drinking merriment we decided that the top beer this season was Troeg's Mad Elf followed by Anchor, Corsendonk, and Goulden Carolus. To honor the top Christmas beer we drank a round of Mad Elf. What else would you expect?




Next year I'll have a new reason to get excited for a visit from Ol' Saint Nick.