Christmas Ale
I am not normally into tacky seasonal beers and this beer is really no exception, but I was a sucker and bought M&S Christmas Ale (6.2% abv) none the less. Brewed by the Cropton Brewery in Yorkshire for Marks & Spencer, this is like Christmas in a glass. It's a strong, warming ale that is supposedly Christmasy as it has added Christmas spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves and a citrus tang. Surely if these flavours where supposed to be in beer we would have them all year round and not just in novelty Christmas beers.The beer was extremely flat and uninspiring and basically, not my cup of tea.... I ended up giving half of the bottle to my young brother in-law!
posted by Tim at
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
2 Comments:
G'Day Tim,
I was a bit like that way in thinking about Christmas beers until I had a Redoak Christmas ale (which is based on Granny's Christmas cake recipe) a couple of Chrissies back. Very warming and fruity but still very beery - even in a hot Aussie summer. I have some Red Hill Christmas ale for this years Christmas eve. Will let you know how that goes.
Cheers,
PP
M&S bring a few of their beers over to Ireland which is a handy source of English ale for us beer fiends over here. On the whole it isn't too exciting but every so often a tasty one turns up. Have yet to see this one, but I'll keep my eyes open for it.
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