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Beer Advent Calendar!!

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Yes indeedy - after 40-odd years on this planet I have finally discovered the meaning of christmas and, to exaggerate only slightly, possibly even the meaning of life.

I am now the pround owner of a beer advent calendar. 24 different bottles of beer behind their own doors numbered 1 to 24. What could be better? There is even a free glass. All for just £30.

No, this isn't a cynical way for Morrisons to get rid of a load of unwanted beer, this is something true, deep, meaningful and far better than frankincense or even myrrh*. This is what ickle baby jesus was born for.

So get down Morrisons while stocks last and join me in the December tasting notes.




* = I'll hold judgement re the gold til I've tasted them.

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Good shout I’ll go down tomorrow

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Just purchased this morning. Will look forward to sharing tasting notes from 1st December.Enjoy

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Sounds good to me. :D

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You are looking for this one:

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Not this inferior, low variation version:

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Got one - suddenly looking forward to December!

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Wonder if we will all get the same beer on the same day?

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murf wrote:Wonder if we will all get the same beer on the same day?
Hopefully so.unless we all check the 1st bottle !

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alternatively - for those in some areas of North America...

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I'm in, got mine (the beer one, not the cannabis) this afternoon. Looked around on-line and was very tempted by a German bier calendar, but sold out :( . Still this should be good and the early Black Friday price is well below anything else I could find. Hopefully it will still be the same price tomorrow (if there are any left). Most places these sort of calendars are over £60.

Cheers for the heads up Murf. :)

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Got mine today.

It was a bit heavy on the conveyor at check out. :)

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Spinynorman wrote:Got mine today.

It was a bit heavy on the conveyor at check out. :)
She told me to leave it in the trolley but her scanner didn't work so I had to read the barcode numbers out!

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Just over 7 hours to go !!

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I go away for the weekend tomorrow so do I just open one door and then do the rest on Monday or do I open a few tomorrow? :?

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Friday is usually an alcohol free day for me. Do I make an exception or just have 2 on saturday??

According to the instructions I have to open the calendar in the morning and put it in the fridge to cool down anyway.....

(So if staying up til midnight you'll have a warm one tonight!)

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Are you supposed to keep opening and closing the big flap on the front or take it off and expose the doors?

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I think I want to see the doors personally, like presents under a tree.

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So anyone else opened the first door yet?
Not a one I would ever choose but I'll give it a go later. Already stone cold. Not sure what temp this should be drunk at. A bloke from Maxim brewery told me the temp their beer was best at and it was way higher than I ever like, so perhaps cold is not always optimum.

LATER- edit - Guessing stone cold as originally stored in underground caves when brewed in Pilsner.

Probs drink mine tonight - expect we all get the same one each day.

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Will drink mine later tonight.hopefully we can all post tasting notes and marks out of 10 each day !

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No picture of a robin, snowflake or Sydney Opera House at the back!

To confirm we all have the same, mine is a Belhaven 'Craft' Pilsner. Now fridged.

At my school craft meant metalwork, woodwork or needlework etc not brewing. I went to the wrong school clearly!

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DAY 1 - Belhaven 'Craft' Pilsner

Hmmm.... not the way to excite me on day 1. A lager. I like a lager occasionally like a refreshing Bud in the summer but it is not really one for a cold wnter's evening. To an extent lager is just lager to me but this was indeed a bit more flavoursome than a can of Heineken but not enough to write home about. Happy enough to drink if there is nothing else in the house. Meh. 5/10 (harsh scoring partly to give room to differentiate the next 23, hopefully more inspiring, beers).


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Agree not the best to start with but things can only get beerier (better).ok for a pilsner so will give a 5.2 out of 10.Not checked tomorrow's fayre.

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Well the one I least fancied was thirst er first. When you are trying to watch your weekly alcohol intake this was a waste of 1.6 units. Better than nothing, better than a bland mass produced tv advertised tinny lager, better than the worst home brews I've ever had and I think that's about it so a begrudged 3/10.

Lets raise a glass to the next one whatever that is! Anyone admit to peeking?

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Day 2.

No coments on the Gold Fuddler?

A nice enough, inoffensive blonde beer. The most interesting thing they could say about it in on the bottle was that it was named after a fishing lure and I can't add much. A solid 7/10 though.

Cons: 275ml - That's not even half a pint. It all fitted in the freebie glass! By the time I'd had my first mouthful and thought "I'd best savour the next one for tasting note purpose" there was none left!

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I didn't get round to trying this before MotD.
Very disappointing. Not much better than the lager the day before.
Reading the label before drinking I noticed that they claimed to take care I the brewing process which was good to know but they should have taken more care with the label itself. There was a misprint in the wording! (Repeating as much)

Anyway I thought the same about their description - named after a fishing fly - wow!

4/10

Day 3 is a well known beer which I sometimes buy in bottles.

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OK - I haven't drank day 3 yet Just didn't get chance - pub match pub!

Day 4 Youngs Light Ale - very nice could drink it all day but no bite - and do I relly want nice - 6/10.

Day 5 is another Ive bought several times.

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Day 3 - Bombadier - marketed as a proper English beer and it is. Good unclean dirty taste with notes of ploughed field and mouldy turnip. Another 7/10

Day 4 not drunk yet but annoyed at another Dennis Wise sized bottle :evil:

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Playing catch up after a busy weekend Fuddler blonde 5.6/10
Bombardier a nice drink rich and malty (love muffs description -"notes of ploughed field and mouldy turnip"). 7.4/10
Youngs light ale - nice light refreshing ale with it being so palatable needs to be in a 750 ml bottle ! 7.1/10
Checked tomorrow's drink - looking forward to sampling.

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The Youngs was nicer than expected, not at all 'light' in flavour or appeal . Probably the best yet. Will let it sneak my first 8/10 as I am resisting the temptation to dock marks for bottle size.

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Bombardier - (Day 3) - yes as expected not let down - good solid bottled beer at 5.2% decent drink - best enjoyed with a rousing chorus of Jerusalem. 7.5/10.
Incidentally Days 3/4/5 all from same brewery Wells & Young (Bedford).

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