Church Brew XMAS in July

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XMAS IN JULY Everyone loves a good holiday beer. Many beer drinkers live for the winter season when these high alcohol oft-spiced ales and lagers hit the taps and bottles. As your Assistant Brewer in Charge of Impatience, I feel it is my duty to serve a Sparkle Season swigger in the sunshine of summer. Holiday beers come in a variety of flavors and colors. Mine is a loose translation of an old homebrew recipe (created by yours truly and former employee John Mattie). It has been “summerized,” however, and exists now in a lighter, lower alcohol version. Tasting Notes: Brewed with ginger, cloves and bitter orange peel, this Belgian-style brown ale is a little sweet up front. You should notice some toffee, a touch of caramel, a hint of raisin and a slight little touch of chocolate wrapped throughout that initial sweetness. The infused ginger should be apparent, but not overwhelming, from the beginning as well, and that will fade into the slightly more pronounced flavor of cloves. The hops were kept low to allow the bitter orange peel and cloves handle the very light bitter finish. The same yeast used in our Trippel is featured in this ale to add its own light clovy essence to the party. The Vitals: Original Gravity: 15.5º Plato 1.062 Bitterness: 15 IBUs Grain Bill: Pilsner, Melanoidin, CaraFoam, Carafa II Adjuncts: Candi Sugar, Molasses, Ginger, Cloves, Bitter Orange Peel Hops Used: Ahtanum for bittering, Hallertauer Hersbruecker for flavor Alcohol: 6.3% ABV Cheers and high-fives, Brewer M Note: The notion of saving back holiday beers for the summertime is increasing in popularity among better beer bars in the city. The ability to brew a fresh holiday beer in the summer is quite a privilege. I hope everyone enjoys it. Happy Holidays!!!

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