Whoa, December just flew past on the wings of multiple unrelated crises on several fronts. I promise to be a more diligent blogger this year (and to complete the woefully inadequate christmas beer-campaign and julepakkekalender-content pages).
Despite a twenty four bottle exposure, the best beer of the month was not a Mikkeller one, but Metro Man by the Brazilian wing of Evil Twin. I picked the beer on recommendation in downtown’s Ølhus Köbenhavn, and wasn’t disappointed. Metro man approaches the traditionally robust imperial stout with a couple of extra arrows in its quiver (certainly didn’t expect the minerals/salt to be so prominent).
On the domestic side of things the top finisher is not a christmas beer, but an unexpected discovery in the depths of the cabinet. I though we’d finished Malmgård‘s Barley Wine already, but there was one more bottle. The intervening half a year had been kind to the beer, the flavours of dried fruits had become far more pronounced, but hadn’t overwhelmed the bitter-ish frame. Unfortunately the barley wine is no longer available, should definitely have picked up at least half a case from last year’s Käsityöläisolut-round in the spring.
FI: Musta oli valttia joulukuussakin.
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