Thanksgiving is obviously a big food holiday. For me, it is also a beer holiday. As you may or may not know, beer is a far superior drink with which to pair food than any other alcoholic beverage. Over the course of the day, I am likely to try a few.
In addition to various SheppyBrew beers I have on tap, I also have bottled beers that I'm likely to drink today.
SheppyBrew's 2014 X-Mas Ale. I have lots of this. It is my annual holiday ale, and it only makes sense to drink some on Thanksgiving. It is pretty high in alcohol with a caramel malt flavor. Not much hop flavor, but it is fairly balanced for a winter warmer.
Breckenridge Brewery's Christmas Ale. I got this beer to use to compare with the 2014 X-Mas Ale. I don't remember for sure, but I think when I started all-grain batches of the X-Mas Ale, I used Breckenridge's recipe as a base. I am interested to see how close my beer is to this one.
Sierra Nevada's 2012 Bigfoot Barleywine. I got this a couple years ago as part of my Zymurgy list. At the time, I decided to put a couple aside to see how well they age. Now seems like a good time to taste one again. I might also compare it to my barley wine, Schnockered.
New Belgium's 2014 La Folie. Saving this for a special occasion, and what is more special than Thanksgiving? This sour brown ale is a Colorado classic. Complex and tasty, a wonderful beer to pair with a Thanksgiving meal.
Russian River's Consecration. This is another sour beer I've been waiting to try. It is also on this year's Zymurgy list. Today seems like a good day to finally give this one a try. Obviously, you should come back when I blog about it.
And that is my Thanksgiving beer lineup. I probably won't have every one of these today. I don't want to get myself so Schnockered that I don't enjoy them. If you keep an eye on the SheppyBrew Facebook Page, you'll be able to follow along.
Go Bears! (Please don't embarrass me today)
The Bears suck and I'm sick of it.
ReplyDeleteBut the Thanksgiving beers were awesome.