Colour– Black Tea   Aroma– Rich, Roast Malts, Fruit and Vanilla   Taste– Bitter, Sour, Sweet, Vanilla and Roasted   Cost– £3.50   ABV– 4.5%   As you all know I lovedWeird Beard Brew Co Black Perle Stout, so I was really looking forward to cracking open Black Christmas.   With sour cranberry notes, it…

Colour– Black Coffee Aroma– Roasted Malts, Citrus, Hops, Dark Fruits Taste– Bitter, Dark Fruits, Roasted, Sweet Cost– £3.50 ABV– 6.5% Plum Pudding, a traditional British pudding at Christmas, who’d have thought they’d try it in a beer? The guys at Wiper and True have certainly given it a good go, and they’ve succeeded in ensuring…

Preparation and Cooking Time- 24 hours including the brine. Serves however many you are having round for Christmas dinner! Dry boring turkey. Year after year we put up with the same old over cooked, dry and quite frankly pretty naff turkey, knowing that it’s going to be on the menu every day for the next…

Preparation and Cooking Time- 15 minutes   Serves 8   Sprouts, the devil of Christmas dinner. Everyone hates them but they’re festive so you pile them on the plate hoping that they’re not going to be as bad as last year. However fear not, if you follow this recipe you’ll be looking forward to sprouts…

Preparation and Cooking Time- 10 minutes   Serves 6   Quick and simple, perfect for Christmas day, these creamed leaks are completely hassle free and absolutely delicious. They can be made from scratch in just 10 mins, or made before the big day and reheated in a pan or even in the microwave! Stress free…

Colour– Dark Caramel Aroma– Sweet Caramel, Spice, Christmas Fruits Taste– Bitter, Sweet, Christmas Spice, Fruit Cost– £3 ABV– 6% Having won numerous Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) awards, I had high hopes for this festive brew. With a sweet, spicy aroma, it was very pleasant to the nose and when tasted gave something of a…

Colour– Coffee Aroma– Coffee, Sweet, Christmas Spice Taste– Coffee, Sweet, Christmas Spice, Chocolate Cost– £1.75 ABV– 5.5% Another one from the Hatherwood Craft Beer Company. After the disappointment of the Purple Panther Porter, I really didn’t have high hopes for The Winter Warmer. It was pleasant enough, although quite unusual, and I’m not sure that…

Serves 4 Preparation time – 45 mins Mulled wine, the ultimate Christmas drink. Hot, warming, spiced and deep in flavour, my festive mulled wine is far better than the stuff you buy in the supermarket. It can pretty much be made from what you may have in your spice cupboard and is always a real…

Preparation and Cooking Time- 2.5 hours Serves 8 These are the most indulgent, absolutely ludicrously amazing roast potatoes in the world. They are the perfect roast potatoes for Christmas day and in all honesty they are not difficult to make, just a little patience and attention to detail and you could also be in heaven…

Colour– Pale Gold Aroma– Hop, Spice, Citrus, Tropical Taste– Hop, Dry, Spice, Citrus, Tropical Cost– £3.25 ABV– 4.6% Tis the season to get jolly, and what better to way to start than with seasonal beers? I do love a good seasonal beer, they always put a smile on my face. Animal Brewing Co. Penguin is…