My advent calendar is better than yours? 2022

[LeeH]

Brewdog this year.

 

[Brewshed]

Dec 4th
Blue Monkey Guerrilla. 4.9% Stout.
Very decent. Best so far.

 

[Leon103]

I was wondering the logistics of brewing 24 unique beers in a year. Assuming you have to send them out before december that would mean 10 months approx say around 44 weeks available. That's a batch every fortnight unless you are brewing more than one at a time in addition to your exisiting output, even so some could be hanging around for 8 months. Id brew the dark strong ones at the start of the year and the pales right at the end. Brewdogs calendar had existing beers in their range in their calendar I had last year so less of a challenge.

These guys are most likely brewing twice a day. Some beers could be existing range in disguise.

 

[Agentgonzo]

These guys are most likely brewing twice a day. Some beers could be existing range in disguise.

Almost certainly contains some relabeled existing beers m I would expect there are a few test batches in there as well.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Day 4 of TR....

So 7/10 for a total 27/40 so far.

Good cherry taste nice and punchy but a bit on the thin side although to be fair it's. 5.8% and I usually drink 8% krieks.

 

[matt76]

Beer52 Day 4: "Soigné" Nelson Sauvin hopped Pilsner

Not too bad, I see what they mean about NS being like sav blanc...

I got a lot of red/black berry in the aroma and a bit in the taste - but it made think I should be tasting a fruited sour, which I wasn't. So it didn't quite hit home.

 

[LeeH]

 

[RichardM]

Day 5
Makes a nice change to various IPAs

 

[Brewshed]

5th Dec: Magpie Best. 4.2% Best Bitter.
Rather thin and malty. Not really to my taste but still drinkable.

 

[YeastFace]

Sometimes I can get onion from Simcoe but never from Galaxy.

 

[LeeH]

Planet Pale today. It’s a nice beer but I hope it gets a little more exciting soon.

The kitten is not staged by the way, he’s just into everything. He follows me around the house.

 

[matt76]

Beer52 Day 5: "Session IPA" from The Garden Brewery (I think!)

It was alright, I got the promised pineapple & citrus but it didn't rock my world.

 

[matt76]

Beer52 Day 6: "Kramah" IPA from Bevog Brauhaus, Austria

This is lovely, easily the best one so far and it's going down far too quickly!

Big pine and resin without going too far and ending up catty. Interesting to note my faves so far (this one, and Day 1) have both been piney-resiney IPAs. This one is 6.5% ABV and has a nice full mouthfeel - I noticed it says on the can somewhere "vollbier"!

 

[RichardM]

Day 6. A Barley Wine from Dog's Window Brewery. Not the best I've had, but good.

 

[dave_77]

This was today's beer, it didn't say what hops were used with this IPL but I think it's a subtle use of Mosiac. Good beer

 

[dad_of_jon]

Day 6. A Barley Wine from Dog's Window Brewery. Not the best I've had, but good.View attachment 78815

That is my least favorite dogs window beer. it's thin for a barley wine. My Wernher von Braun's Barley Wine is much better (untapped confirms this ) All the other dog's window beers i've had are superb. The kviek is a must try, the sage and orange beer is sublime, my favorite was the mixed fermentation 11% beer. Like a Duvel on steroids. In fact thanks for the memory jogger I need to get some more dogs windows brews in.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Day 5. I couldn't bring myself to drink a 2.2% beer so swapped with my son for a 'cold beer' from his brewdog advent calendar. I think so far the brewdog calendar is better.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Day 6: this is a good beer light and refreshing 7.5/10 so 34.5 out of 50 with one pass. I'd buy these if they are available in the future

 

[RichardM]

Day 7
I'm not a fan of sours, but this isn't bad

 

[Leon103]

Day - I lost track