On December 21st, 2019, the beer of the night and shot were some good ones.  A ‘reserve’ oatmeal cookie stout, a Russian imperial stout and moonshine.

Out of the stout advent box is Dragon’s Milk Reserve Oatmeal Cookie, which is a bourbon barrel-aged stout with cinnamon, raisins, brown sugar, oats and vanilla extract.  When I went to the craft beer cellar to pick up the advent  boxes, this is actually the beer they had on tap that I ended up having as I shopped around.  Was very happy to see this one included in the box.  At 11% ABV, this is definitely a sipper.  For anyone who is a Dragon’s Milk fan (like us), this is definitely one worth grabbing if you ever see it.  This is brewed in Holland, Michigan.

Out of the standard advent box is Black Bear, which is a Russian Imperial Stout by Mikkeller.  At 10.1%, this is also a sipper and was in the stout advent box as well recently.  This is brewed by De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium.  Am glad it was in mine as well!

We did not take any moonshine shots…

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