Dry January?!? No Chance, I’m polishing off all the Christmas Beer – Part 3

This is the third part of my ‘Wet January’ posts where I resolutely refuse to make any New Year resolutions such as abstaining from alcohol. While I admire people with the willpower to do this, I know that I would fail and so prefer to go the other direction, and drink and post about beer more than normal!!

At the moment I am working my way through this selection of beers that my wife bought me for Christmas

I started with two lagers – a Moosehead from Canada and a Beerlao from Laos

Second up was two IPAs – a Coopers from Australia and a Brewdog from the UK

Third up today is two more IPAs – one from Kitchen Brew in Switzerland, and one from Crew Republic in Germany

Kitchen Brew Session IPA

This is a beer that likely nobody will ever have heard of, as it comes from a small brewery in Switzerland. I live in Switzerland, which is presumably how this beer made its way into the selection box

The website is mostly in German, but worth a look. They produce a range of different ales which you can buy directly from the brewery, or even go there and drink them on site

For some reason I didn’t take a picture of this one – here’s one from the website

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I have the Session IPA, which seems like it is designed for exactly as it is named – a drinking session. At 4.5% it’s the lightest in their range, and it certainly is quite light in terms of both look and taste. But it tastes great - light, fruity and refreshing, it really reminded me of some of the American IPAs that are springing up everywhere

I am really pleased that this beer was included in the selection. Switzerland is an expensive country and buying foreign imported IPA is an expensive hobby. Now that I have discovered this really good Swiss IPA I will be looking out for it everywhere

Crew Republic Drunken Sailor IPA

Crew Republic was founded by two friends in Munich in 2011 with a goal:

“to make creative and exciting beers that would revolutionize the world of German beer!”

From their website it seems that they brew primarily IPA and they had a bit of a tough time getting started – perhaps not surprising in a city famous for its Helles, but in April 2012 they launched their first beer - the CREW Republic “Drunken Sailor – IPA”

Since then it seems like things have gone from strength to strength, they have had their own brewery since 2015, and their website now boasts five ales as well as a summer beer, a stout and a barley wine

I have the original Drunken Sailor IPA which, like all the rest, comes with some very lively and distinctive branding – if I saw a bottle of this in a pub or bar I would instinctively go for it, it just looks cool. And it tastes great too. Light, fruity, packed full of flavour, this is a really nice beer

If all their range is as good as this then I am not surprised that they are doing well!

Recap

Yet two more good beers from two fairly new breweries – this Christmas present is turning out to be awesome!!

The Kitchen Brew – from a new Swiss brewery – light, easy to drink but with plenty of flavour

The Crew Republic – actually very similar – light and fruity and also full of flavour

I would be happy drinking my way through a ton of either of these beers, even in the middle of a hot summer

Right now I am feeling pretty jealous of the guys that set up both these two breweries – they must be living the dream!

I can’t choose between these two – I will be seeking them both out again!!

Next up is two Belgian white beers

Thanks for reading!

Holbein81

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