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Originally Posted by looooob
yeah I'm going red racer (central city) this year. probably about the 3rd or 4th time I've gone this route (although in the past they have been in collab with Parallel 49)
as with northcrunk I'm a bit of an IPA guy (well almost exclusively the other 11 months of the year) and if someone sold an IPA calendar I would be letting them take my money but I do kind of enjoy that December allows me to go in a different direction.
have certainly made my own in the past too which is fun
I certainly take it pretty seriously. had to fly for a one day trip for work the other day- had to check my suitcase so the the Dec 4 Barrel aged IPA would make the trip  |
This is only the 3rd year I did a Beer calender. I never really thought about it and my wife buys one for me each year. My first year was the Red Racer/Parallel 49 version.
That was quite fun. Lots of really off the wall craft beers that year. At least for me. I dumped a couple, like Sour Cherry (or whatever it was that was really sour) and pine needle but for the most part it was really interesting. I think the first one was Chocolate Orange and I was wondering what I was getting into but it was pretty good.
Last year as well as this year my wife has picked up the package from Craft Beer Imports. I really enjoy them. I get to try beer that I normally wouldn't buy.
I usually just stick to basics, like Big Rock (Grasshopper was a part of last year's calendar) or maybe I'll splurge and get some Innis & Gunn so December is a treat.
A few years ago I didn't like much craft beer but it has really grown on me.