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Celebration Libation Tasting Notes: Our holiday ale is a good one for sipping, as there's a lot going on for your palate to savor. The warmth of the higher alcohol and the wintery spices combine with the malt for a greater than average mouthfeel. About the name: For our wedding (in June of 1995, just before we opened for sales) we, of course, served beer that Randy had made. I came up with the clever moniker* "Celebration Libation" for the brew that day. Randy's mother claims she has me on video saying that we would never use that name for a commercial beer because it was too special, but I apparently threw sentiment aside and used it for our Christmas beer a year and a half later. How insensitive of me! But don't you think it's too good a name to retire prematurely? * If I have any talent in this department whatsoever, it is clearly inherited from my mom. When I was young, she and two friends started a knitting shop called... Knit Cetera! Isn't that great? I just think she's so clever. Postscript: While writing this, I remembered that the name I came up with for our first holiday ale (in 1995) proved not to be such a doozie. It was called Christmas Strolsch, in honor of Nantucket's famous Christmas Stroll holiday shopping extravaganza. The name also called to mind the style of beer known as Kolsch (not to mention another beer called Grolsch ). The fact that our beer was nothing like either kolsch or Grolsch somehow did not deter me at the time. I still maintain that the name is sort of funny, but limitations on selling something of that name a .) after Stroll; b .) after Christmas; and c .) to the millions of people that don't get into that holiday, later became apparent. For every name that sticks there are a few that fall thankfully by the wayside... |
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