December 8, 2024

245/4472) Home:  Beer Geek Breakfast by Mikkeller of Denmark:  ****; 7.1%; coffee stout with barley malt, oats and coffee; “the beer that started it all for Mikkeller”; seven varieties of malt; Centennial and Cascade hops; dark as black coffee, thin tan head; nose is coffee, roated malts; rich, roasty coffee flavours; hint of smoke, touch of sweetness;

Here again, while Mikkeller is a Danish company this was brewed in Ontario.

246/4473) Home:  Krampus Christmas Ale by Sleeping Giant Brewing Company of Ontario:  **1/2; 7.6%, 54 ibu barley wine; herbal nose; bitter, nearly harsh herbal flavours, bitter after taste; perhaps it is intended as a penance to contrast the delights of Samichlaus that has been in my fridge since February;

Krampus Day is December 5, the day before the feast of St. Nicholas, when I drink Samichlaus, but in my defense I did not purchase this one until yesterday.