My wife gifted me the Craft Beer Advent calendar again this year.  24 different beers from North America.  As I did last year, I plan to blog about these beers again.  Every day.  That means 24 posts, hopefully.  Here is how the post will be organized:

• Beer name, location, and style of beer.
• Description of the style, origins and information about the brewery.
• Rating of the beer based on the following:
  • Appearance (Body, Colour, Head, Retention) (%5)
  • Smell (20%)
  • Taste (45%)
  • Mouth feel (Light, Medium, Heavy, Smooth, Coarse)(10%)
  • Overall (20%)
  • Do I like it (Yes or No) and why.

I want to make a note on the ratings.  I’m not a beer judge, and even if I was, I don’t always take stock in what people rate beers at.  Perhaps someone doesn’t like a particular style, or they don’t think the beer is good.  It doesn’t mean I, or someone else, won’t like it.  So, while I do plan on rating these beers, it is more for my own personal reasons to keep track of which ones I liked the best throughout the process.  You can take my ratings as you like, either listen or don’t.  Ultimately, I want people to try new beers and take chances.

There is one hitch.  I will be travelling from the 22^nd of December until the 7^th of January.  I will be doing my darndest to try these last two beers before I go, cheating slightly, but giving myself the opportunity to write the posts and have them get posted on the 23^rd and 24^th.

The first post will be coming later today.  In the meantime, here is my round up of last year’s Craft Beer Advent Calendar.