The 14th selection in my beer advent calendar was an interesting one. Even if it wasn't my favorite beer, it's the kind of beer that I love to see breweries putting out at the holidays. Cruz Blanca, in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, started as a brew pub/Mexican restaurant, in part by Rick Bayless. I don't believe he is associated with Cruz Blanca anymore, but they still have great food and pretty good beer. 3 Kings is branded as a Christmas Punch Ale, and it has guava, hibiscus, tamarind, currant, orange, and cinnamon in it. It's not the kind of beer that I would typically drink, but if you're drinking it and in the mindset that it's supposed to emulate a Christmas punch, it works.
Name: 3 Kings
Brewery: Cruz Blanca Brewery
Location: Chicago, IL
ABV: 8.0%
IBU: N/A
Good for drinking if: You want the taste of a holiday punch without the, uh, punch.
Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments): 3.75
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