Rogue completely $&£€*% up the one beer I waited for and bought every single year. It had become as much a part of our family gatherings as the Christmas tree and my homemade egg nog.
Santa’s Private Reserve ale. I brought it to family Christmas, to holiday parties, had it at home... and I had to pour out this year’s first bottle and I don’t know what I’ll do with the others
Note the “Belgian style dark ale with tangerines and boysenberries” I never even looked at the label, when you go to buy Coke, you wouldn’t expect something like that and I never did here
I try to keep one of last year’s bottles to compare with the next version because they’re always SUBTLY different, and we went to do that again tonight. Utterly gutted at how bad this is. Kate couldn’t drink it either and we actually POURED IT OUT. Sickening.
Left is this year’s malted fruity bull$hit and the right is the traditional ale they’ve had for years. It was an Amber with hints of juniper or spruce that was my absolute favorite winter beer
I’m so bummed. It’s like losing a tradition.