I’m not quite sure how this all converged, but three different packages of beers arrived yesterday (Black Friday) from various sources.

The first were three barrel-aged and cellar reserved beers from North Coast Brewing: Old Stock Ale Cellar Reserve 2018, and two bottles of Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin XXII, one aged in rye whiskey barrels and one in bourbon barrels. The press release about these can be found here.

Next up, a can of Harpoon Brewery‘s Giving Gose, its seasonal cranberry gose that is raising money for food banks. I featured this in my Thanksgiving beer roundup, and I’m looking forward to opening it up.

Finally, Sufferfest Beer Company has a new beer out, Head Start Stout, a coffee stout. When contacted about samples I thought I would be receiving just one or two of the Head Start but in fact I received two mixed six-packs:

In addition to Head Start, there are also FKT Pale and Repeat Kolsch.

So, I’ve got some drinking and writing to do!