Is it to be a white Christmas
this year? We’ve had two frosts in November so there’s a very good chance that
we could all be building snowmen in the pub’s beer garden (if you do, please
send us a pic!). Now that the cold is settling in, it’s more tempting than ever
to stay at home in the warm with a bottle or two. But this is the season that
our pubs need the most support. It’s also the time of year that brewers do
their best to create beers that warm our cockles with a rich, dark taste. Beers
such as Backyard’s Bad Santa and Wye Valley’s Three Wyse Men have sweet
flavours to match the festive season, not to mention Bathams’s XXX. It’s
Christmas pudding in a glass.
But while our pubs do very well
over the festive celebrations, it’s the New Year aftermath that hits them
hardest, as it’s the time that people find their kitchens stocked up with
bottled beer that they got for Christmas. Others are somewhat more resilient
with their new year resolutions. The ‘Dryanuary’ effect can be devastating to
some pubs, so please make the effort to support your local this winter and
perhaps encourage your licensee to stock a guest ale to turn this season into
‘Tryanuary’. Or why not take the Tryanuary challenge and discover a different
beer or visit a different pub each day?
Either way, we hope you enjoy
yourselves. From all at Pint Taken, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and
a Hoppy New Beer!
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