St. Bernardus Christmas Ale from Belgium.
That’s a good one. Interesting aftertaste. With 10% alc. quite strong. Tastes ‚Christmassy‘.
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Riedenburger Festbier, Germany.
Pleasantly light for a Christmas beer. Full-bodied and easy to drink, one is almost not enough. 
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Then you should certainly have another!
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Friday night’s selection at the Bandstand. Our bar man, Ali, is about to present me with what turned out to be an excellent pint of Windswept APA.
Cheers,
Ian
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Liefmans Glühkriek, Belgium
Hot beer, well. Tastes surprisingly good, fits well into the Christmas season. Good alternative to Glühwein and Punsch.
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Eisbergbock, Brauhaus Gusshaus - Salzburg, Austria
Although damn strong (10.5% vol.), it drinks pleasantly light. Malty and slightly sweet. Will definitely reorder.
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Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier, Brauerei Heller - Bamberg, Germany
Tastes like roofing felt. But like a good one.
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Samuel Smith‘s - Winter Welcome Ale, Yorkshire
Beautiful colour, tastes pleasantly malty and hoppy, not too much and not too little, just right (as Cary Grant would say).
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St. Peter‘s Winter Ale, Suffolk
The label describes the taste better than I could. A great beer, one of my favourites in the wintertime.
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God you guys are drinking some heavy (dark) beers, must be a winter thing.
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Indeed, many of these dark beers are called ‘winter ales’ like those mentioned above, and traditionally they are only brewed in winter. In summer I guess you would want something lighter and more refreshing.
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Please don’t tell me it’s not Fosters. 
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Yeah, in winter we just mix it with crude oil to improve the taste.
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And then tip out the Fosters.
But I was referring to your summer ales. 
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A good example of the seasonal tastes.
The other night this seemed a bit pissy - yet last chugged down on a barmy summer evening proved essential.
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Love a good pilsner.
And in our climate it’s particularly an all year beer.
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