ode to christmas ale

if you know anything about beer and cleveland's own great lakes brewing company (GLBC) you have heard of the famous christmas ale.

it's famous in my area for a few reasons:

1. it's only brewed seasonally (making it a hot commodity)
2. it tastes really good (and i don't even care for beer)
3. who doesn't love christmas?!?
4. it gets you ridiculously drunk (not that i would know anything about that)

now to the people out there reading this that have yet to experience a christmas ale you are probably thinking, it's just a beer how potent can it really be?

VERY.

it's magical.

i have seen a mere four of this beer make a grown man crumble. many people lose all inhibitions after just a few causing one to give themselves a christmas ale cut-off, drinking only two before having to switch to a "normal" light beer.

my friends from home lovingly call christmas ale "barfmas ale", swearing to never drink it.

when you do drink christmas ale though you automatically have an excuse for your black grayout - i.e. "i said what about your mom? oh sorry i was drinking christmas ale." or "i asked you to do what with a pool stick? no way i was on christmas ale".

it was only a matter of time till someone wrote an ode to christmas ale.



you better hurry up and get yours before it's all gone...