I’m finally catching up with my
posts, just as I come towards the end of this trying calendar.
Window 18 is Wagtail Brewery’sJumping Jericho 5.2%. Okay, so the name is a little silly, yet I really enjoy
the presentation and design of this beer. It’s probably the first Christmas
beer I’ve had that actually includes a religious connotation, in name or label.
I can’t say I remember much about Wagtail brewery, though I’ve heard of them ,
none of their beers have stuck in the memory.
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With a clear amber colour and plane
head , there’s a decent nuttiness to the nose and a honeysuckle thought.
Unfortunately, Jumping Jericho falls flat on flavour. It’s got a sweet
caramelisation and spruce like beginning. But the residue is metallic, like
licking the rusting bottom of an old hop kettle. When the corroded metal
subsides, it’s quite a malty mess of ale that does nothing to promote the true
story of Christmas. Indeed, if one of the wise men had brought this beer as a
gift to Jesus, Mr Christ would probably have grown up to lead a life of crime
and been taken down in his youth in a spear-out by Nazareth’s eastside. Perhaps
the title came from a strange exclamation inside the brewery: “Jumping Jericho
this is average.”
Enjoy with: The Great Escape,
apparently a British institution at this time of year, but not for me.
Window 19 proudly holds two ales
that I brought together as they are both priory brewed beers from Belgium. BrouwerijHaacht Tongerlo I have never had anything by, but my records show I did have
Corsendonk Pater years ago, though I have no memory of this. Today we have the
Tongerlo Christmas Amber 7% and Corsendonk Christmas 8.5%.
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Enjoy with: Cliff Richard’s Saviours Day. Look, just because everyone else hates it, doesn’t mean you
should. It was number 1 for a reason you know…
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