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Holgate Christmas Beer

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Website

www.holgatebrewhouse.com

Added

2009-06-28

Brewer

Holgate Brewhouse

Alcohol/ volume

9 per cent

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Holgate Brewhouse

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by Oliver and Geoff

June 27, 2009

3/5

Honesty in marketing

Aged in French oak. Smells like raspberries and currents, plums and ginger. It has a sensational long-lasting head.

“Christmas pudding in a bottle,” claims the label. Finally, a beer that lives up to its label's claims!

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