It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Beer: Church Street Rudolph's Red

Beer #2 is from suburban Itasca's Church Street, and it was brewed in collaboration with the proprietor of this lovely advent calendar, Beer on the Wall.  I assume that means it was made especially for the advent calendar, particularly because I was only the 8th person on Untappd to ever check it in.  Anywho, this one's a red ale called Rudolph's Red, and it's pretty damn good -- malty, caramelly, and not too heavy at 5.3%.  Not enough breweries make red ales anymore, which is too bad because it's really a great style of beer.  Hopefully Church Street keeps making it.

Name:  Rudolph's Red

Brewery:  Church Street Brewing Company

Location:  Itasca, IL

ABV:  5.3%

IBU:  37

Good for drinking if:  You need a nice malty beer after once again shuttling children to and from sports practices.

Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  4.25