Wild Bills IPA (Harpers)

Name: Wild Bills IPA
Label: "American IPA - Biscuit and spice balance with big hop citrus fruit aromas."
Brewery: Harper's
ABV: 5.0%

Tasting notes: "Pale ale biscuity malt flavours reinforced by spicy crystal rye malt and a sweet full bodied mouthfeel. Well balanced with big American hop aromas for a peppery lemon zest and tropical citrus fruit hit."

Game: Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection includes all the DLC. So it was with some surprise when I was completely unable to locate the Da Vinci Disappearance missions in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood having played through the main story missions. Being thick does have it downsides it would seem. For others in the same thicky boat, the Da Vinci Disappearance can be found by going to the "Restored Memory" icon on the map which be looking like this:

Pale Ale (Ticketybrew)

Name: Pale Ale
Label: "Citrus and floral aromas"
Brewery: The Ticketybrew Company
ABV: 5.5%

Tasting notes: "Handsomely hopped with classic West Coast American flavours, this pale ale has citrus and floral aromas and a perfect balance of bitter and sweet."

Game: Achievement hunting in Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection has the potential to not be fun. "Sweep 5 guards with a long weapon", "Steal 1000 florins", "Steal 5 horses from horseback without touching the ground", "Kill a guard with a broom", "Air assassinate 2 guards during a leap of faith using only seagull beaks whilst hiring Courtesans under ground". Still, we'll give it a good go.

Achievement rating: 9 potential annoyances out of 10

IPA (Vedett)

Name: IPA
Label: "IPA, but not really from India and not really a pale ale" - fair enough
Brewery: Vedett
ABV: 5.5%

Tasting notes: "A hoppy aroma & fruity notes - scrubbing your palate with malty undertones"

Game: It's a revelation. Assassin's Creed Revelations in remastered 4K on Xbox One S!  Graphically it looks spot on, gameplay is smooth as yum and Ezio sports a sweet beard. Didn't remember much of this game from the 360 days but it's great. Finished. Now the Ezio Collection becomes a very big collect-em-up. Stabby collecting time.

Revelations rating: 9 beards of 10

Single-Wide IPA (Boulevard)

 Name: Single-Wide IPA
Label: "India Pale Ale"
Brewery: Boulevard Brewing Co
ABV: 5.7%

Tasting notes: Loving these American IPA's. This one is made in Kansas. No idea what Single-Wide means? Possibly related to the caravan that is pictured on the label. Strange, it doesn't taste like caravan, which is probably a good thing. Anyway, day 3 of December and beer 3 of the beer advent calendar. Yes, an advent calendar full of beer. Thanks Flavourly Craft Beer Club!

Game: Finished Assassin's Creed 2 (Xbox One Ezio Collection version). The Polygon site has mentioned that the NPC's are looking really weird and that the remaster is really bad. Just to clarify, it's not a really bad remaster. NPCs are random, the colour contrast and resolution has been boosted, some NPCs faces look a little odd as a result. No biggie. Looks like criticism for criticisms sake. Sorry, for click-baits sake. The weirdest thing about this situation is the fact that Polygon's level of journalism seems is even more amateurish than GamingAles. Amazing! :)

AC2 remaster rating: 8 polygons out of 10.

Coffee Anise Porter (Ticketybrew)

Name: Coffee Anise Porter
Label: "An alluring coffee anise porter with a sweet and spicy flavour"
Brewery: The Ticketybrew Company
ABV: 5.1%

Tasting notes: "Known for its fruit and floral notes, we've used Ethiopian coffee in this porter to create rich flavour and chocolate aromas. Combined with a background of gentle aniseed, this is luxurious, yet comforting."

Game: So after the Xbox 360 Tomb Raider remaster for Xbox One, GamingAles decided to never buy a remaster that we've already played on the older console. Not because they're bad, but because we've already played them and unless you play them side-by-side *whispers* you can't really tell the difference. But screw that rule because Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection is out! We get to play Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood and Revelations all the way through again on Xbox One! Amazing games, remastered at about a tenner a pop. Bring it.

Rating: 10 neck stabs out of 10