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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2024

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  • @howtodrink
    @howtodrink  17 часов назад +9

    Give yourself the *best* present this holiday and get the HTD App!
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    • @NapLegends
      @NapLegends 14 часов назад

      I tried making beer out of Amaranth, very nutty but bitter, reminded me of stale nuts left forgotten in a cupboard.

    • @wg1062
      @wg1062 12 часов назад

      Beer guy back again. Always love your stuff. Still getting replies back on my riff on your butterbeer I did. Glad to see you are enjoying some beer. Now you have to try gluhwein. would love see you do some stuff with that.

  • @triton199
    @triton199 16 часов назад +191

    How long do we have to wait for the Gregnog episode lol

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  15 часов назад +141

      A week

    • @triton199
      @triton199 15 часов назад +25

      @@howtodrink excellent! looking forward to it.

    • @barrybobert9294
      @barrybobert9294 12 часов назад +4

      ​@@howtodrink O:

    • @somepretentiousguy3492
      @somepretentiousguy3492 8 часов назад +1

      @@howtodrink Oooh yeah, looking forward to that!

    • @JUNIsLuke
      @JUNIsLuke 3 часа назад

      Yoooooo I love that that’s genius

  • @jea7362
    @jea7362 15 часов назад +57

    For people wondering:
    Marshmallows were historically made with mallow roots. However, they were not used as a flavouring agent, just something to acheive the the texture. Today, they're replaced by gelatin.
    Mallows don't taste much and I doubt it would show up in beer

    • @brewdaly1873
      @brewdaly1873 10 часов назад +3

      Yeah, any beer with "marshmallow" is just using something like Amoretti marshmallow syrup.

  • @JJAlexanderDPW
    @JJAlexanderDPW 14 часов назад +51

    When you repeatedly said "Trappist" (Holidotz) what you meant to be saying was Lambic. Lambics are fruited during top fermentation, Trappist is a term reserved for beers only brewed by Monks

  • @brewdaly1873
    @brewdaly1873 9 часов назад +17

    33:05 short answer: what you're picking up is a phenolic flavor.
    Long answer: Phenols can cause flavors that are medicinal or band-aid like. Some bacteria, like brettanomyces, naturally cause it which is probably what happened to your tepache.
    Some yeast, like what they use in hefeweizens, is naturally more phenolic than other. Specifically 4-vinyl guaiacol, which is actually what vanillin is. Ideally this will present in a beer as a more spicy clove character, but if too much develops in fermentation you get those medicinal flavors.

  • @AnimatorsatWork
    @AnimatorsatWork 15 часов назад +19

    Not a Christmas beer but it is released around this time, but Stone Brewing’s Xocoveza Mexican chocolate stout is really good. Last Christmas they even had a chocolate and peppermint stout that was pretty good too.

  • @AkromaStrategy
    @AkromaStrategy 9 часов назад +8

    I need an advent Calendar of H2D videos maybe shorts reviewing 1 drink of some kind each day of December.

  • @durakbane
    @durakbane 10 часов назад +6

    Just FYI Flying Fish is out of Cherry Hill, NJ. Dogfish Head (the more famous of the two) is the one that is in Delaware (Milton, DE). Love the channel and these kind of episodes! Their Mad Elf beers are of particular note for this episode. (I think Greg reviewed in one of the Christmas beer episodes last year.)

    • @groovydooley
      @groovydooley 7 часов назад

      And Flying Fish is permanently closed 😢

  • @blodyholy_
    @blodyholy_ 16 часов назад +11

    Always look forward to your Christmas/Winter beer reviews!
    Edit: Happy to see Toppling Goliath can be found out east.

  • @SebMoellerM
    @SebMoellerM 14 часов назад +8

    I’m literally only 1 minute in, and that Santa costume is already giving me Trading Places vibes. This better end with Greg eating a salmon with his hands 😂

  • @dflores8646
    @dflores8646 15 часов назад +4

    Hey Greg! LOVING THE APP it is so awesome to be able to glance through multiple preparations of drinks and choose the one that works. Thanks love the show and of course midnight local!

  • @evanescentwave181
    @evanescentwave181 15 часов назад +27

    Framboise beer is typically made with a special lambic yeast. Sam Adams used to make a holiday cranberry lambic beer.

  • @GenericUser833
    @GenericUser833 14 часов назад +7

    "Exoectations" 🤣

  • @theHeftyFine
    @theHeftyFine 13 часов назад +4

    I guess straffe hendrik in the context of the beer would just mean Strong Hendrik. Also the brewery name translates to Half/Crescent? moon. Also go to Brugge, it's a beautiful historic city, and they pump their beer straight from the brewery to the bars.

  • @Pyraxxis
    @Pyraxxis 13 часов назад +4

    I LOVE the Prairie brand Christmas Bomb stout during this time of year. So many Christmas spices it almost tastes like a Christmas pudding combined with warm hugs….and all at around 13% ABV

  • @Ljplaysplanes
    @Ljplaysplanes 16 часов назад +10

    SHOUTOUT TO THE HOLIDAY THEMED GREEN ROOM GOBLINS!!!

  • @kevinclick9026
    @kevinclick9026 5 часов назад +1

    For me, this is my favorite episode ever. Thanks

  • @KevinC2793
    @KevinC2793 10 часов назад +1

    Fistmas is the sort of holiday beer I really like that's been gaining popularity in the past couple years. really malty, full bodied red ales with a fuck ton of hops to balance them out. Citra Noel from Columbus Brewing Company and Dad from Rheingheist are two fantastic examples of the style. they're a more traditional sort of holiday beer that celebrates the season by being stronger and more flavorful than standard beers rather than by adding seasonally flavored adjuncts.

  • @aenamabag
    @aenamabag 14 часов назад +3

    Usually with an NEIPA you do not need to like IPAs to enjoy them. They have IPA in the name but the NEIPA is completely different. It does have ton of hops, but they're added after the boil, with the temperature reduced, so it doesn't extract the bittering agents from the hops, only the very fruity and floral notes. That's why they usually taste like juice. They're almost the anti-IPA with how juicy and approachable they are for non-beer drinkers.

    • @anthonyrowland9072
      @anthonyrowland9072 14 часов назад

      So they actually might taste good?

    • @aenamabag
      @aenamabag 13 часов назад

      @@anthonyrowland9072 Well, I'm someone who likes any style of beer as long as its a good recipe brewed well. So yeah, like any other beer, there's great NEIPAs and some really bad ones.

    • @anthonyrowland9072
      @anthonyrowland9072 13 часов назад

      @@aenamabag I'll keep it real, not a huge beer fan.
      I tried a Guinness because I heard of all the flavors it supposedly had. I just got a bottle of super bitter water than made me gag. I tried dumping sugar in it, still gagged. lol
      Everything either tastes like bud light with a hint of whatever it's supposed to be or a dry heave liquid. I can't imagine what an IPA tastes like. Drinks aren't supposed to give you the "this isn't food" response from your body.

    • @davetarpley3740
      @davetarpley3740 8 часов назад

      Juicy IPAs and even hazy IPA are usually quite different from West Coast or even traditional IPAs. I tend to prefer bitter ones but the other styles capture intense, non-bitter hop flavors that are delicious.
      Black IPAs (and brown) mix bitter hops with intense malt sweetness. As a change of pace they're interesting but probably not for you.
      ​@@anthonyrowland9072

  • @DaveDuncanMusic
    @DaveDuncanMusic 14 часов назад +3

    Seasick Crocodile is one of the best Christmas beers! Any Flanders/Flemish ale is great too.

  • @guillaumelessard4047
    @guillaumelessard4047 14 часов назад +7

    A lot of pâle, ipa, lager beers. To me personally, i prefer my Christmas beers to be browns or stouts. Thick, creamy, spicy dessert beers.
    My personal taste ;)

  • @cracgor
    @cracgor 11 часов назад +2

    The flavor you don't like that you described as baby diapers or whatever in the hefeweissen was probably phenol. More traditional/real wheat beer tends to have that flavor stand out. It often gets described as plastic, bandaids, or baby diapers but it is also what gives bananas their particular flavor.

  • @julius879
    @julius879 15 часов назад +2

    In Denmark we have a "pseudo-holiday" for when the yearly "Tuborg Julebryg" is released in November. I am not really sure it changes at all from year to year, but the day of it's release is one of the busiest on the bars. The name of the day is "J-dag" (J-day). Suffice to say, "julebryg" (christmas brew) is quite big in Denmark.

  • @RiverHupp-i7k
    @RiverHupp-i7k 7 часов назад +2

    as a beer person, you should be. pouring these cans. so much settling can occur!! NGL I was upset that you only poured some of them. every beer deserves a glass. you gave some of these PBR treatment!

  • @stevecarey3837
    @stevecarey3837 11 часов назад +4

    Your cosplay as Dan Akroyd from Trading Places is on point. Just pull a salmon out of your coat!

    • @ZiddersRooFurry
      @ZiddersRooFurry 7 часов назад

      I was wondering who he reminded me of.

  • @frostfang7926
    @frostfang7926 26 минут назад

    I was psyched to immediately nostalgically recognize Toppling Goliath and felt ridiculously validated by how much you loved it and the WAY you loved it. You defined their beer precisely how I think of them, weirdly on the nose.

  • @echardcore
    @echardcore 8 часов назад +1

    Tucher is a summer style. Hefeweizen. Tapache has similar notes of banana and clove. Too much clove is polyphenol, rubber, band aid.

  • @aeolist
    @aeolist 14 часов назад +6

    you'd probably like st bernardus christmas ale

    • @joshuagies4900
      @joshuagies4900 11 часов назад

      I'll second that! I was fortunate enough to live near a bar/pub that had the Abbott 12 in tap. Amazing.

    • @atcstretch
      @atcstretch 10 часов назад +2

      Pretty sure that one made the top 3 last year

  • @jasonmolleson1276
    @jasonmolleson1276 15 часов назад +34

    Missing Sierra Nevada Celebration... I would consider it a Christmas beer for sure!

    • @BobbyFlayCooking
      @BobbyFlayCooking 13 часов назад +3

      that was the beer that inspired christmas

    • @bon1326
      @bon1326 13 часов назад +2

      Think it was a previous review

  • @zachmena1700
    @zachmena1700 8 часов назад

    With dry hopping the hops do not give off any bitterness. hops that are added at the beginning of the boil are what make beer bitter. Dry hopping is the addition of hops after the boil. Dry hopping add the flavors from the hops with out adding bitterness.

  • @helpme5590
    @helpme5590 13 часов назад

    I just started the video, but i've watched your 2023 christmas beer reviews over twenty times at this point, and I am so excited that you're doing another one!

  • @trinityzaku
    @trinityzaku 15 часов назад +1

    Not related to this video but was back watching other videos and rewatched the syrups video for the super ginger syrup and made a new ginger syrup because of it. Kind of a halfway between the 2:1 and the 4:3. In my 2 cups of water 1/2 a cup is just straight juice I added in in the last 15 ish min of reducing the regular batch with ginger sitting in it. Also spiced my syrup with cinnamon and added a splash of orange water at the very end. It's awesome

  • @ZunkleFunkle
    @ZunkleFunkle 12 часов назад +2

    17:10 I can't necessarily say if you're mistaken or not, but you might be confusing Flying Fish which is a New Jersey based brewery with Dogfish Head, which is based out of Delaware.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  12 часов назад +3

      I am absolutely confusing them! Damn fish brands!

    • @ZunkleFunkle
      @ZunkleFunkle 10 часов назад +2

      @@howtodrink I used to work at a liquor store and I always had to try not to mix up Flying Fish, Flying Dog, and Dogfish Head!

  • @cptreech
    @cptreech 4 часа назад

    I used to brew a braggot (honey beer) with mallow and hore hound as the herbal agent instead of hops. The bitter horehound to counter the sweetness of the honey and the mallow mellowed the bitter finish. I wonder if, with the "wandering into the snow" the mallow rounds the harsh end off the hop bill in a double ipa.

  • @4fron4
    @4fron4 10 часов назад

    Definitely going to check out a few of these. Thanks for the rundown

  • @timabbott5698
    @timabbott5698 13 часов назад +2

    Lindeman's is the one that I usually think of for framboise

  • @charredolive
    @charredolive 11 часов назад +1

    The watercolors sounds great, if only not as sweet. I love my sours to make me pucker up like sour candy

  • @alcibiadesz
    @alcibiadesz 12 часов назад +1

    Who is Santa Fistmassing with? Rudolph, Hermey, Mrs. Claus, Jack Frost, the Heat Miser?

  • @vdevov
    @vdevov 13 часов назад

    In the same vein of Oakspire, I highly recommend Bottle Logic Dark Star November (not Red Eye November). They have an annual release in November, which I continue to believe is quite literally the best bourbon barrel aged beer, period. Has rye in it, no weird flavors (like their others), just plainly beautiful.

  • @chairthrower
    @chairthrower 15 часов назад +1

    Flying Fish makes a Belgian-style dubbel that's really good.

  • @SgtBuck01
    @SgtBuck01 5 часов назад

    if there's a beer I wish I could send you from the PNW, it'd be Black Raven Brewing's "Festivus" ale.
    It's a 7.3% pale ale layered with cranberry, orange, and holiday spices that lands as a sour but that's only because of the cranberry notes.
    Festivus for the rest of us!

  • @negljbreakergaming
    @negljbreakergaming 9 часов назад

    one of my favourites is Granville Island's winter ale, but I'm not sure you can get that stateside as they're out of Vancouver, Canada

  • @Dinuial
    @Dinuial 8 часов назад +1

    the kitten I'm getting socialized likes you. She usually won't cuddle for more than 5 minutes but she stuck around for the whole video.

  • @mikececconi2677
    @mikececconi2677 5 часов назад

    Your Drunk Santa character bebopping started turning into Tom Waits and that's peak Christmas.

  • @windwalker5765
    @windwalker5765 6 часов назад

    Greg: _reads the description of Watercolors_
    Me: that's too many

  • @markgresch9944
    @markgresch9944 8 часов назад +1

    You can't drink all the Christmas Beers Greg, though I applaud the effort. Beer Advocate lists over 1800 in the Winter Warmer style alone, say nothing about the slew of Xmas Stouts, Cranberry Ales etc.

  • @pixel4712
    @pixel4712 13 часов назад +1

    Anyone who makes fun of you for using an opener on a twist off, they do not have whimsy in their heart

  • @CarrieandShawn
    @CarrieandShawn 14 часов назад +1

    There is a non-Christmas beer Christmas beer you have missed. Sami Claus is brewed one day a year on Dec.6.

  • @aarondawson5318
    @aarondawson5318 11 часов назад +1

    The dark Belgians, stouts, strong ales, etc are the way to go for xmas. I enjoy IPAs, but they just don't speak winter.

  • @dicerson9976
    @dicerson9976 3 часа назад

    Putting this video out on thanksgiving is CRIMINAL

  • @FrostyFrostySnow
    @FrostyFrostySnow 2 часа назад

    Always enjoy a Christmas beer episode

  • @rogercameron6912
    @rogercameron6912 13 часов назад

    If you get given white ale or silver or whatever, boil some Boar's Head natural casing hot dogs in it, pour some chili on there, and that's good eating.

  • @martinlarsen7354
    @martinlarsen7354 12 часов назад

    If you can find it try KB Hvidtøl, it's in the style beer used to be brewed, little beer I think it's called.
    Flavored with liquorice :) and 1.7% ABV making it great for baking.

  • @HYACINTH_Fitness
    @HYACINTH_Fitness 11 часов назад

    I would unwaveringly encourage giving tepache another try, sometimes the ferments go bad because you're at the mercy of whatever microbes are on the pineapple, but when it comes out good it's VERY good, I've made kombucha, water kefir, home brewed ginger beer, and of all the drinks tepache when it comes out right has been my favorite, def worth another go! Out of curiosity how did you prep it? I've had more W's than L's with Tepache so maybe I can drop a tip to help it be successful

  • @Loftinart
    @Loftinart 10 часов назад +1

    Ninkasi winter ale or sleighr
    Pelican brewing bad Santa
    Elysian bifrost
    Rogue Santa’s private reserve
    Deschutes Jubilale
    Widmer Brrr
    Honestly there’s so many micro brews out here. This is just the stuff off the top of my head.

  • @bobstevenson8982
    @bobstevenson8982 4 часа назад

    Hey, Greg! A really funny idea that I had for a while is you try authentic Australian alcohol! Great Northern beer, Bundaberg rum, the likes. I think it would be a really entertaining video to see you try to make drinks out of them as well.

  • @summussum7540
    @summussum7540 13 часов назад

    Happy to find this while I’m brewing my blood orange/rye beer for Christmas!

  • @blankadams3120
    @blankadams3120 9 часов назад +1

    Greg's Ho! Ho! Ho! sounds like it should be preceded by "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"
    Edit: Oh... I typed that too early.

  • @link1ater
    @link1ater 7 часов назад

    My local bargain store has a 12 variety Christmas beer advent calendar that I’ve been eyeing

  • @krisandersen8695
    @krisandersen8695 10 часов назад

    Salsbury steak TV Dinner. Not just a weekend at Grandma's. I'm 60 and I still love them!

    • @thebrysmith3
      @thebrysmith3 8 часов назад +1

      The brownie in the middle!

  • @darricshhh
    @darricshhh 15 часов назад +1

    This might be more regional to me, not sure where it is distributed but Deschutes Jubelale is pretty decent

    • @rhfb
      @rhfb 14 часов назад

      Yep, it's great

  • @gregmooney94
    @gregmooney94 12 часов назад

    I'd say the good majority of these aren't available here in Ireland, but, damn, I love N'ice Chouffe and St. Bernardus Christmas ale. Gotta get some every year. Delirium Noel, however, is damn near impossible to pick up here in single 330ml bottles. It's annoying because it's the one Christmas beer I've always wanted to try. I had a look for the 2024 Straffe Hendrik Christmas blend but, again, no luck.

  • @gnothisauton2116
    @gnothisauton2116 4 часа назад

    “Chartreusianesque” is my next Scrabble goal.

  • @Zvly521
    @Zvly521 15 часов назад +1

    You missed the best Christmas beer... shiner bock holiday cheer!

    • @TheAlmightyTuj
      @TheAlmightyTuj 14 часов назад +1

      He did that last year and didn’t enjoy it very much.

  • @LH_Vagrant
    @LH_Vagrant Час назад

    I'll go for a Delirium Noël any day. I love me some tasty pastry stouts, but a good old Delirium gets the juices flowing.

  • @Tinil0
    @Tinil0 8 часов назад

    I can't believe you preferred Salisbury Steak TV dinners to the Fried Chicken TV Dinners! You monster! Next thing you will tell me is you also loved the Enchilada TV dinner...

  • @xSintex
    @xSintex 6 часов назад

    Greg since you have a totalwine near you, would you ever consider doing a store-exclusives comparison to see how they stack up? I know they have a ton of booze that you can only buy there. Also, I've had Komes and loved it. IF you like dark chocolate bars with raspberry , you'll enjoy it. Clearly Greg isn't a fan of that flavor though, lol.

  • @cheeki5280
    @cheeki5280 9 часов назад

    I highly recommend Mad Elf ale. Strong af with a profile of honey and cherry.

  • @dinospumoni8860
    @dinospumoni8860 9 часов назад

    Would love to get some info on where to get that straffe hendrik 2021. Googling for it not seeing the same bottle shown here.

  • @jjy3k10
    @jjy3k10 15 часов назад +3

    I like a lagavulin by the fire

  • @jpakaferrari
    @jpakaferrari 14 часов назад

    Southern Tier makes a s'mores nitro in cans actually.

  • @thebrysmith3
    @thebrysmith3 8 часов назад

    Thank you for waiting until after we all recovered from turkey coma to post this.

  • @brentlockman7195
    @brentlockman7195 12 часов назад +1

    Between the Santa suit and the alcohol I'm getting Dan akryoyd in trading places vibes.

  • @nate2064
    @nate2064 9 часов назад

    Finally, after watching this video, I can narrow it down to 24 beers that I want to drink this year

  • @Miller053
    @Miller053 13 часов назад

    you know Greg's deep in the paint when Sgt Hatred comes out

  • @TheRandist
    @TheRandist 8 часов назад

    Yeah, the N'ice Chouffe is great but it had the bad luck of being drunk after the Straffe Hendrik 😂

  • @mackal
    @mackal 10 часов назад +1

    Goose Island Bourbon County comes out on Black Friday, do those count as Christmas Beers?

  • @biggzmcgee2.017
    @biggzmcgee2.017 2 часа назад

    Can we get an F In the chat for Anchor Christmas Ale? RIP was a family tradition for decades

  • @triw5662
    @triw5662 14 часов назад

    lets fucking go!!! i loved the other christmas beer episodes

  • @rayjames7702
    @rayjames7702 6 часов назад

    Out of all the beers that you sampled, which one tasted more like Guiness?

  • @demonicbunny3po
    @demonicbunny3po 6 часов назад

    26:43 What is a Chetnus? Is that like a chestnut without the tannins of t?

  • @jarik9
    @jarik9 8 часов назад

    The only one of these I've had is the komes raspberry porter, and I had the same reaction to it as Greg.

  • @613jambo
    @613jambo 16 часов назад +1

    You need to have Great lakes Christmas Ale

  • @elizabethnewton5817
    @elizabethnewton5817 9 часов назад

    Toppling Goliath!?! Hooray, Northeast Iowa Represent! Ow, no, Greg, it's De-CORE-rah, Iowa. But you really ought to come visit us over here.

  • @Cyborg-su6rd
    @Cyborg-su6rd 15 часов назад +4

    Greg why is it suddenly in German?

    • @kutterkoeter
      @kutterkoeter 14 часов назад

      there seems to be an AI generated german audio channel. you can change it somewhere in the options

  • @socraticgambler
    @socraticgambler 7 часов назад

    Thanks, G

  • @salidin54
    @salidin54 14 часов назад +1

    I really want the htd and babish crossover drink rating

  • @Diecastclassicist
    @Diecastclassicist 15 часов назад +1

    These days I’m all about Weihenstephaner.

  • @xander1052
    @xander1052 13 часов назад

    Honestly the best Christmas beer is St Bernardus Christmas Ale. it's Abt 12 but with christmas spices and it's perfect.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  12 часов назад

      Covered that last year, it’s quite good!

  • @OrificeHorus
    @OrificeHorus 13 часов назад

    Might have been done before, but has Greg done a Sour Beer episode? I'd like to see how his tastes stack up against this localish brewery of mine that specializes in Sour style beers.

  • @benjaminotalora363
    @benjaminotalora363 2 часа назад

    straffe hendrik is FRICKIN delicious. 'Twas a tragedy when my local liquor store stopped stocking it

  • @LelandLee-d3t
    @LelandLee-d3t 7 часов назад

    When you drank a beer and sang all the lines to grandma got run over by a riendeer

  • @sisyphusson66
    @sisyphusson66 10 часов назад +1

    gotta love Abomination

  • @gray007nl
    @gray007nl 12 часов назад

    Straffe Hendrik means "Strong Henry"

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  12 часов назад

      Well he’s a good lad then

  • @angrycorn6651
    @angrycorn6651 9 минут назад

    I like how he gets progressively louder throughout the video.

  • @CmdrPyecroft
    @CmdrPyecroft 13 часов назад

    Dang it Greg, you really sold me on the Holidotz, but I can’t get it anywhere near me 😂😭😂

  • @AhNee
    @AhNee 15 часов назад +1

    WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?????

  • @Tiger351
    @Tiger351 4 часа назад

    I don't know about hard to find, but god damn the Straffe Hendrik is expensive! $134 AUD for 12 330ml bottles in Australia, sounds super interesting but yeah not at that price.

  • @kevinclick9026
    @kevinclick9026 6 часов назад +1

    Hibiscus a.k.a. The Marsh Mallow🌸

  • @edwardwood6532
    @edwardwood6532 13 часов назад

    We all love to watch you get hammered while being completely unaware at the moment..