{"id":565,"date":"2016-12-05T07:40:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T07:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:00:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T09:00:58","slug":"boozebud-advent-calendar-2016-days-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"Review: BoozeBud Advent Calendar 2016 Days 1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought Eli a BoozeBud Advent Calendar<\/a> for Christmas, which is apparently the best gift I have ever given her! Coming in a $4 a beer, it’s good value if you want to test out a bunch of beers on your loved one. Plus you know, they have to think about each of the flavours, not just drink them all at the Brewery…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Days 1-5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Day 1:<\/strong> Two Birds – Sunset Ale. Fruity, hopsy taste. It was a nice refreshing beer, could only have one or two though. The beer colour was darker than I expected.<\/p>\n

Day 2:<\/strong> Fixation Brewing Company – India Pale Ale. Went down well, quickly gone. Quite hopsy but nice.<\/p>\n

Day 3: Colonial Brewing Co. – Small Ale. Had a weird can with a whole lift off lid! Thumbs up! Not too hopsy, cool and refreshing. Could drink a slab on a hot summer\u2019s day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 4:<\/strong> Mornington Peninsula Brewery – Mornington Pale. Not bad. This is a standard 20 minute beer for me – golden flavour and a nice taste. I’ve had this one before.<\/p>\n

Day 5: <\/strong>Hargreaves Hill Brewing Company – Hefeweizen. A very small head, quite wiffy when opened. Not sure about this one… Really not to my taste. Something weird about the combination of flavours, I wouldn’t recommend it. Couldn’t finish drinking it.<\/p>\n

It was a toss up between Days 3 and 4, but Day 3 won out – Colonial Brewing Co. Small Ale. The flavour was smooth and the can was cute.<\/p>\n

Colonial Brewing Co. – Small Ale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colonial’s Small Ale is big on taste and refreshment, and particularly well flavoured for a mid-strength hoppy ale. Like a punch up the nose with a tangerine, Small Ale is full of citrus aromatics owing to its extended contact with New World hops. Soft in bitterness, and carrying cheeky hints of sweet caramel malts, this brew has a copper ruby tint in the sunlight, is only 3.5% and responsibly delicious.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired to buy it? Use our referral link<\/a> to get us some free booze! You’ll get 15% off your first order, and we’ll get $10 of credit. Leave us a comment here to let us know you ordered, and keep BoozeBud honest about their referral scheme (I couldn’t work out if the referral link actually worked).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I bought Eli a BoozeBud Advent Calendar for Christmas, which is apparently the best gift I have ever given her! Coming in a $4 a…<\/p>\n

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