Anchor Brewing Company’s Christmas beer

Anchor Brewing Company’s Christmas beer

The wear is winding and as such, the multitude of brewers around the world start to deliver there holiday brews on all the little good little beer drinking boys and girls and to start thing off I have for you the 37th holiday brew from Anchor Brewery. For starters, the beer looks fantastic in the glass. Like gingerbread in the glass and acts like a “snake” firework. You know the one that when you light the puck looking firework it grows like a snake. This is what the head of the beer looks like in the glass. This is a really fantastic looking beer in the glass, however when you start to drink it it is less than fantastic. This is not one of those beers that you enjoy with food, and is just barely a good standalone beer. However, it is not without it’s merits. After the initial headiness of the beers goes away it takes on a sort of flat mellow quality that is smooth yet slightly bitter. The beer starts out excessively bitter and chills out as it has time to breath out some of the C02 and unwind. This unwound beer has a slight chocolate hops taste but it is muted by the smooth cream taste. This beer is not one that I would serve to my guest and in addition to that the beers cost is not in line with what I wanted to pay either. Ten dollars plus is not worth it in my book knowing what I know now about the taste of the beer but that is only my opinion. So enjoy this last run of the year and al of the beers that it has to offer. Just remember, not always is your favorite brewers seasonal of holiday beer selection of the highest quality. They only brew it once a year.