Beer #147 - BrewDog Santa Paws

A few weeks ago I spotted an ad for a ‘festive beer tasting’ at Whole Foods Market in Kensington, the flagship UK branch of the US healthy supermarket chain. It seemed a snip, promising 6 beers for about 10 quid and I promptly booked some tickets. The first beer on the list was BrewDog Santa Paws. The UK beer scene seems to have a love/hate relationship with BrewDog. They’ve built a reputation for brewing some stupendous beers, yet at the same time some of their business practises and their perceived pretentiousness (amongst other things) have been criticised in some quarters. Bizarrely this was the first time I’d ever tried a BrewDog beer. I’ve never actively turned down a BrewDog beer but at the same time their negative reputation has, perhaps subconsciously, stopped me from drinking any before. Santa Paws was previously a hefty 8.5% ABV but the revised version that we drank checked in at 4.5%. This is a lovely beer, it pours a dark brown and is heavy on the malt giving it some lovely chocolatey roasted flavours with a nice full body.  

Brewery: BrewDog

Country: United Kingdom

ABV: 4.5%