Red Nose Winter Ale, Natty Greene's Brewing Co., Greensboro, NC

A smokey seasonal.  In fact, one of the smokiest beers I can recall.  A brewing company to watch.  

Goes well with Mary Shelley's 1816 novel Frankenstein which I am re-reading for class tomorrow.  Next to the fireplace, while a wintry mix falls outside, I could be sitting with Shelley and Byron as they try to outdo each other with ghost stories.