Small Gods X Moon Dog
He knows when you’re awake. Until you settle in for your long nap, draw down the sash and close the shutters he waits patiently. You never see him sneak into your living room to drink the brandy and eat the cookies left by the fireplace, nevertheless, in the morning they’re gone. Kris Kringle has dashed away like the down of a thistle, leaving behind the remnants his of conspicuous consumption. The sweet pile of presents lifts your spirits enough to balance out the bitter job of cleaning his footprints out of the carpet.
Brewed in collaboration with our good friends at Moon Dog this is a Christmas Pudding Barley Wine. Be transported to late nights at a dark English Christmas table where the fire from a brandy-soaked pudding illuminates the feast, waiting to be piled high with lashings of brandy butter. Kris Kringle is brewed with Raisins, Currants, Candied Peel, Brandy, Nutmeg and Star Anise. A richly spiced and fruity beer with a deceptively light tough to the malt base. The flavour is a layered melange of spicy and herbal notes backed up by an assertive bitterness and long, lingering alcohol warmth.