Winter 52 Week Beer Club

Its hard to believe that 2010 is nearly over, and its almost time to start thinking about Christmas.... its also time for another release of our 52 week beer club.

For this winter case we’ve put together a selection of beers which are traditionally enjoyed at this time of year. As the days become shorter and the weather turns colder our minds turn to fuller bodied, maltier, rich and warming beers, such as stouts, porters and black lagers.

There are award winning beers from Hawkshead and Fyne Ales not to mention Dark Star’s delicious ‘Espresso Stout’ which last year was named Worlds Best Speciality Beer at the World Beer Awards. We’ve included contemporary black lager style beers from two mavericks of the British brewing scene, Freedom and BrewDog and also a traditional Scottish 80 shilling beer from the excellent Williams Bros. There are also winter seasonal beers from Three Castles and York breweries, and three tasty full bodied stouts from Wensleydale, Wooden Hand and Acorn (their awesome 6% ‘Gorlovka’).

Also included in this case is a beer with a massive following in the South West which has only just been bottled for the first time; Butcombe ‘Bitter’, and if you need a break from the dark beers at some point there’s a classic pale ale ‘J.H.B’ from the very popular award winning Oakham brewery in Peterborough,.

Don’t forget this case makes a cracking beery present and will be available as an individual mixed case on the website here for just £24.99. We also have fantastic US mixed cases, mBt T shirts and some very special corked and capped Marble bottles on the way some of which will no doubt make it into my stocking on Christmas morning!

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The full case tasting notes are below.