And so advent begins and with it the season of joy, gaiety
and mindless frivolity based on a religious experience very few of us still
believe in…
This will be my longest post in these 24 days so I can
provide a small introduction. After considering various ways to make my Beer
Advent Calendar a random experience, I settled on the following system. First I
randomly placed my beers into a helpfully designed delivery package I received
from Beer Ritz that is a 6 x 4 grid. I then drew out an empty 6 x 4 grid onto a
blank piece of paper and hung it on the notice board at work. Each day a
nominated colleague will place the number (date) of advent into a random square
of their choice and I will then go home and drink that corresponding beer. Got
it? Me neither.
I explained here about how my Advent Calendar would actually
feature only festive beers because of my love of Christmas. I should also
mention that I have very particular tastes on what makes a Christmas beer
because of my particular fondness for this holiday. Therefore I’ll be
critiquing these beers, not only on their standalone taste, but on their
function as a seasonal beer.
By annoying chance, the first beer picked out my colleagues
was Bush Noel, the strongest beer of the 24 at 12%. It would be easy for me to spend
this blog giving you a background of the brewery but then they can do it so
much better themselves. As beer is a personal encounter sharing hobby, I would
rather describe my own experiences with the beer or brewery.
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You’ll also notice, ironically, that I purchased a Christmas
themed glass for this Advent that just happens to be the Bush Noel glass, so it
is placed where it rightfully belongs.
This pours a sweet amaranth shade with a bushy foamy head.
It smells very much of European beer. This may sound ambiguous, but if you
presented this beer to me blindfolded and told me it was a Belgian blonde or a
German dunkel I would be inclined to believe you on all accounts. There are
hints of little else on the aroma.
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Enjoy with: Love Actually and question it’s cross gendering
merits.
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