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Christmas Ale (Santa's Little Helper) from Rocky River Brewing Co.
(Marc Bona, Northeast Ohio Media Group)
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- Rick Armon of the Akron Beacon Journal and I recently sampled 18 Christmas Ales from Northeast Ohio brewers. They come in a variety of spices and flavors. Today: Christmas Ale (Santa's Little Helper) from Rocky River Brewing Co.
We'll feature them one by one Monday though Friday through Dec. 24. Consider this the holiday beer tour of December:
CLEVELAND CHRISTMAS ALES
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Beer: Christmas Ale (Santa's Little Helper).
Brewery: Rocky River Brewing Co.
ABV: 7.6 percent.
Spices: Ginger, cinnamon, coriander, curacao (bitter orange peel), nutmeg.
Marc says: Chocolate dominates, along with a burnt roasty finish. I'm not a huge sweets person, but this was pleasing. Why buy chocolate candies to have around the holidays when you can keep a few growlers of this in your fridge?
Rick says: It's a nicely spiced brew with a roasty flavor. Homer definitely would send Santa's Little Helper to the fridge for one of these.