one of my co-workers commissioned us to brew him a holiday beer that he could have for his family xmas party...but he said i could pick whatever kind i wanted to make. and i don't have the kind of restraint baker does to make a delicious beer with a reasonable abv content. so, soon we'll be brewing up the highest gravity (had to get a bigger fermenter for this one), reddest (25% of the grain bill is a mixture of cara-hell and cara-red, which also resulted in the 2nd abominale's bloody color), biggest grain bill for a 5gal batch (almost 22lbs.), and with any luck will end up being a serious 12%abv monster beer. we're calling it the reindeer hunter.

-kris