Not so much craft as the usual winter warmer seasonal bitters we get here, been through several Christmas ones either on cask or bottle as shown.
- nondescript but fairly warming
- from a small local (Rugby - hence the rugby theme) brewery, standard but would be great for session
- Adnams' festive beer, low ABV red ale, thin but malty
- Wychwood's December seasonal, medium dark ale, typically fruity and spicy like most Christmas ales
I actually have many one-off bottles in stock but I'll save multiple reviews for a beer site.
One other ale I liked was this:
American IPA eponymous with the brewery itself, currently on tap at Wetherspoons as a UK-only version. They are brewing it at Marstons for 'English tastes', but it tastes a lot like a normal American IPA to me. Very citric, floral and bitter. Trying after an English bitter or ruby/dark ale made it taste like drinking a gin and bitter lemon, but it grew on me.