Mug Warrior

Ho Hos and the Yule Log you say? About three years ago, I was browsing through the world famous “Foodery” at 10^th and Pine in Philly. Just in case you did not click on the link yet, here it is again, www.fooderybeer.com. I will talk more about the “Foodery” later because I do not want to egregiously digress. As I am browsing through the many deli style refrigerators healthily stocked with the finest barley water in the world, I happen to come across a tempting selection: Cosendonk Christmas Ale in a 25 ounce bottle. I happen to be quite pleased with Cosendonk’s other beers so I figured to give it a try. I will spare you the aficionado’s review and analysis, but I will just say that it is excellent. Not necessarily in the “have one everyday, Yuengling Lager” sense, but definitely in the “stare at the open fridge and wonder what I am in the mood for” sense. The Christmas Ale bottle becomes somewhat of a tradition in my household. My wife and I usually buy a bottle around November and cork it (the bottle I mean) on New Year’s Eve. So three years later, I am drifting around the Exton area, actually I was commencing and completing Christmas shopping for my wife, and I walk into a beer distributor and find a case of this stuff. So I buy it, and now it is September and I still have some left. So I bring two up, pour them into the appropriate glassware, hand one off to Tim, and we drink.

Next blog will be about the Foodery.