I have embarked on a tasting spree of ales brewed especially for the festive season – and to judge from the comments generated by my first little missive, I am not alone!. I would again make the point that this current series is looking specifically at Christmas beers (these are brewed in limited quantities or over limited time scales). They may be packaged in presentation cartons and one or two even contain glassware. However these are not regular beers which have been put together in “celebration packs” which are also littering the supermarket shelves – often at highly inflated prices in ...
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