It’s actually been two whole days since I had this beer by now; December is a busy month.. There’s generally several social engagements per week, there’s getting everything ready for Christmas (I spent a good chunk of last weekend gift-shopping, wrapping and writing cards, today we’re going to get a tree, and I still need…
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Beery Christmas – day 5: Bockbier by Oppigårds and Gänstaller
Technically this one was had last night after I came home from dancing 5 rhythms and still had to prepare a dish for Christmas lunch at work today. But I crashed pretty hard after dancing around the kitchen drinking beer and making roasted chickpea and feta salad, so I was too tired to blog. It…
Beery Christmas day 4 and the Haarlem Winter beer festival
Today I visited the Haarlem winter beer festival here in the Netherlands, and while they definitely had some good beers it was pretty much an HSP nightmare. I had kind of envisioned a Christmas market type of atmosphere with different stalls out in the open air, between which you could wander and sample various beers….
Beery Christmas – day 3: Bourbon cask dark ale by Innis & Gunn
I finally had time and conscience (well, I can’t be drinking beer every day now, can I?!) to try the next beer in the calendar, a dark ale which seemed very promising and that I’ve been looking forward to. It did not disappoint – my favourite so far. Rating: 4.25/5 stars Colour: dark brown, actually…
Beery Christmas – day 2: HOLS by Camden Town Brewery
It’s December 3rd and I’m already a day behind on my beers! And I expect to be even further behind soon. The good thing about that is that I’ll have plenty of interesting beers waiting for me to taste. Today’s – technically yesterday’s – beer is HOLS by Camden Town Brewery. Styling itself as s…
Too much time, and too little. 