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The 12 Beers of Christmas – 1 – Wychwood Brewery Bah Humbug Christmas Ale

by steveeh

(From Oxfordshire England’s Wychwood Brewery comes the “Bah Humbug Christmas Ale” added by Mike)

The first beer of Christmas on my list is a surprisingly hoppy Christmas ale.

Pleasant red-brown colour reminiscent of gingerbread with a white head that reminds me of icing.

There is a great gingerbread nose with emphasis on nutmeg with nice piney hop backing it. Faint notes of plum are on the tail end of the nose. Very Christmas-y smelling.

As I mentioned before this is a surprisingly hoppy Christmas ale, though not in a bad way. The pine and bitterness balance very nicely with the molasses notes and nice round mouthfeel. There are hints of spice that are refreshingly understated in a Christmas ale.

While it is not particularly complex Bah Humbug is a pleasant beer and something I will happily drink again.

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Scarecrow Organic Golden Pale Ale – Wychwood Brewery

by Mike

From Oxfordshire England’s Wychwood Brewery comes the “Scarecrow Organic Golden Pale Ale″.  The pale ale pours a golden yellow with an off white head.  The aroma of the beer is of apples and other fruits with a sweet overtone.  The flavour consists of apples and other sweet fruits with a mild bitter hops.  This is not berry sweet and tastes quite nice.  The alcohol content of this beer is 4.7%.

Commercial Description:  Scarecrow is a wonderfully refreshing Golden Ale evoking lazy, hazy days of summer in golden meadows & ripe barleyfields. A winning combination of tart citric fruit flavours perfectly balanced by a rich biscuity maltiness and rounded off with a spicy bittersweet finish.

Food pairing as per brewery:  Summery foods such as salads, quiches, vegetarian pies, char-grilled vegetables.

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