3 Beers to Christmas

Imperial Extra Double Stout.  One might think by my haphazard posting schedule I was unable to get my shoes off to count past ten.  Although I have had some trouble counting down, the real culprit is Time Warner Cable.  Internet goes up...and Internet goes down.  Somewhere across the road there is a squirrel nibbling on our line.  I'm convinced.  Service guy #2 is due tomorrow.

Anyway, we are up now so I'm going to post last night's beer, Imperial Extra Double Stout, which after a few of these 9% ABVs, you will be unable to say correctly in rapid succession.  Oh, since Anne is in town for Christmas, I did the brotherly thing and turned her into a prop.

This was really a different beer and by different, I mean not one of my favorites.  It was a corked bottle and poured with almost no head.  It's color was black as night.  This was a 2003 vintage and seeing this is a beer, it really had a lot of "wine" qualities.  Not overly malty, no hops and very, very dry.  Certainly a sipping beer.  I checked Beer Advocate to make sure I wasn't imaging anything and it looks like I wasn't.  Reviews were mixed.  I'm glad I tried it.  I won't have it again...unless someone gives me one.  Remember, I had a Natural Light last weekend.