As you probably know from last post of the 2009, I celebrated New Year’s Eve by throwing a “Bring One, Swap One” craft beer party. The idea was simple: bring to the party a bottle of beer (4-pack, 6-pack, whatever) to share and another wrapped, yet unmarked beer (bottle, 4-pack, 6-pack, keg, whatever) to swap in a “White Elephant” style manner.
I was surprised by how many people showed up as well as by what kind of beers they brought. Keep in mind that the majority of the guests invited were craft beer newbies. There were your Belgian mainstays such as Chimay Grand Reserve and Duvel, as well as Dogma and Punk IPA from Brewdog. Gouden Carolus’ Grand Cru of the Emperor was highly regarded by all who tasted it while I was pleasantly surprised by a Grand Cru Imperial Witbier from Blue Moon. While not the best witbier I’ve had, I found it much better than their flagship beer.
Anyway, we didn’t keep a running tab on beer notes. We just cracked them open one at a time and enjoyed the beers and each other’s company. So unless you were following me on Twitter that night, I don’t exactly remember what beers we had. We lined them up at one point but being NYE, we sort of forgot about them as the night wore on. Anyway, here are a few pics of the night with links to the full galleries at the end.
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