Dec. 17 - Eichbaum Premium

Next up in Eichbaum Presents Advent, Premium!  Not Premium lager, pilsner, ale or anything specific, just Premium Bier.  Okay, then.  It's a fairly festive can, with that nice shiny red and the horse drawn sleigh.  I wonder if premium is better than luxurious?

Well, it looks pretty much the same as yesterday's, maybe a fluffier head.  But, same color, same transparency.  Just a little more aroma.  Sort of sweet, a little malty.  Also honey right up front with this one, reminds me more of mead than of beer.  I think it's more cloying than yesterday, a little stickier.  It sours a bit as it gets warmed up, but it's still a really sweet beer.  And not like a chocolate stout or porter, or any of those fruity ales, it's pretty much sugar water.  Okay, fermented sugar water, since it does give you a little of that alcohol heat in the cold of the evening.  Still, I would rather have had a stout.