So GLBC had a contest - submit your favorite Christmas Ale memory or photo and if yours is chosen, you get the FIRST POUR on Tuesday. Here's what I submitted:
Forget pumpkin pie, Christmas cookies, and turkey. Christmas Ale is THE holiday food (yes, it's beyond beer, I count it as a food!) of the season. Every year, I go on the hunt to purchase as many six-packs as possible to stockpile. On a chilly evening last November, after picking up my then 3-year-old son, I swung into a drive-through down the street from his pre-school to see if I might score. As I pulled forward, I gleefully spotted the beautiful packaging - jackpot! I opened my window to give the clerk my order and my son excitedly screamed, "Mommy, they have Christmas Ale!!!" Mind you, I had not said a word - the kid recognized it on his own and at the tender age of three, knew his mama for the Christmas Crack addict she is. The clerk pierced me with the hairy eyeball but I just shrugged it off. "Eh, I won't let him drink any until he's at least six." From that point on, I knew I could count on my son to be my Christmas Ale look-out whenever we were in a store. Today, he can also spot Holy Moses and Eliot Ness from 20 paces. What can I say? The kid has good taste.Sadly, I missed the submission deadline (loser). But I cannot emphasize enough how excited I am to go to GLBC next Tuesday with Jackie! What the hell is it about Christmas Ale? I get this goofy every year. Well, on Tuesday I will raise my glass to an item checked off this list.
Pick me, pick me, pick me! Going to the intial tapping of Christmas Ale at GLBC is one of the big to-dos on my "40 before 40" list and I will get to make that dream come true on Tuesday!!
The big questions is: can I come up with 29 more items before my 39th birthday?
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