Mince Pie - Vault City - 5.7% ABV. B++ and a touch, maybe not exactly a Mince Pie but wonderfully Festive. Branded ##ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. A Christmas Festive Sour, spiced to make it a Santa Special. Now pouring at The Project, Caerphilly.
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Scoop Blueberry Cheesecake - Azvex Brewing - 6.0% ABV. A, Shake, rest for 5 minutes and try and pour. It breaks the can. Best Ever #ale #beer #bier
4/5. The Hereford Beer House says you can’t get it all out of the can. So good it breaks the can. My Beer of the Year.
Skynet - Macho Mango - 5.0% ABV. B++, very hoppy and sharp. Follow on on spice with a late lingering bitterness #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. More Welsh Murk and it’s very good and a “Have Again”. The finish is rather wonderful. Good Festive Times.
Urban - Dark Element Brew Co - 4.8% ABV. B++, some wonderful Caerphilly Hoppy Goodness. Hints of sweet fruit and spice #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. When you need a quality brew and it’s brewed just a short bus ride away. Got Walnut from Poundland.
Rogue - Tiny Rebel - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, seems a bit unbalanced but pleasantly different at the same time. Fruity, sharp, sweet and slighty sour. Worth a try #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Sainsburys beer deal. Saturday morning listening to The Daily Tech News Show Hangout. Quality DTNS Us Pint glass. Frosty out.
Clootie Dumpling - The Orkney Brewery - 4.3% ABV. B++, fresh on. Really Spiced Up. A true Christmas Ale in Top Condition #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Hats Off to our Scottish 🏴 Friends for showing us what a True Christmas Ale should be #Jingle.
Santastic - Maxim Brewery - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Hugely hoppy in the form of Grapefruity. Love it #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Not a Santa Ale but powerful and refreshing at any time of the year. Pleasing Grapefruit Bitter finish that lingers 🎅
Rocking Rudolph - Hardy and Hansons - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit. Traditional Festive Ale with a malt forward body with hints of spice. Gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Actually Greene King. Getting better as it warms up with a deeper range of flavours. Very sessionable and seasonable.
Risalamande - Vault City - 6.0% ABV. B++, complex and completely flavoursome. The Danes know #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Waiting for the light to fade, listening to Windows Weekly. Drinking a Fine Sour and nearing 2026.
Chocolate Ottoman - Weird Dad - 5.5% ABV. B++, you need a completely Fine Ale at Christmas and Dave has completely done it #Jingle #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Malty, strong, fruity and completely different. A Weird Dad / Dave Colab. And the sun has come out!
The Oaty Way - Bluestone Brewing - 5.1% ABV. B++, roasty, malty, chocolate and coffee. Gentle Oats mouthfeel. Tastes like Christmas #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Not badged as a Christmas Ale but shouts out Christmas to me. The Football is now on at the Pen and Wig #newport
Lady of the Lake - Glastonbury Brewing - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit, pleasingly malty and gently hoppy. Really rather good #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. I haven’t been to the Pen and Wig since July. That’s far too long. Quality Cask Ales, New Cask Ales.
Twelve Days - Hook Norton - 5.5% ABV. B++, rich and fruity and strong. A fine example of what a Christmas Ales should be #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The Festive Game is back on as the Beer matches the weather. Traditional, Seasonal and Non Sessionable.
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 06 December 2025
From a packed John Wallace Linton, where there as many Full English as Pints. Talking price rises, Christmas shopping and what exactly is a Christmas Ale? All very Festive.
Evil Elf - Rudgate - 4.0% ABV. B+, still a bit cool, maybe why it’s a bit thin. Hoppy, tropical and fruity #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Could Summer Golden Ales be the new Christmas Ales? Real Ales up 10p in The JWL but still cracking value.
Santa Baby - Holbeck Brewhouse - 5.2% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Hoppy, fruity and juicy. Festive New Zealand Hops #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Really tasty and refreshing. Cask can do it. Still Foggy in Ponty. PMQs on in the background.
That’s Right Boys, Mondo Cool - Sureshot - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, Gluten free. Sharp, bitter, hoppy and piney. Lingering on the bitterness #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5 and probably just a bit more. Wales losing even more so now. I’m wondering where my bus is leaving from?
Iced Caramel Brown Sugar Apple - Vault City - 5.5% ABV. B++, Cinnamon in the aroma. Fruity, gently sour and pleasingly sweet. Juicy with a touch of Apple #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Two out of Five on the Vault City sour scale. Fruity and very filling. Fine Ales always taste better in Branded Glasses.
Dolcita Sabrosa - Polly’s Brew Co - 6.0% ABV. B++, thick and hazy. Mouthfeel and complex, pineapple notes coming through in the finish. Lovely #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Smooth and creamy with a dreamy complex body. Looking like Currywurst and chips soon.
Like Witches at Black Masses - Cold Shelter - 5.2% ABV. B++, powerful and rich. Roasted malt, Coffee, Coconut and burnt notes. Did I say powerful #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. When you manage to get Black Sabbath lyrics into the name. And the the ale is dark, moody and powerful.
