Judging by the contents of my beer fridge, it’s definitely holiday ale season. Among those beers are samples I’ve received of various Oregon breweries’ winter ale efforts, and interestingly, hoppy red ales make a not-insignificant showing. Here are my reviews of three winter red ales I received of late. Widmer … Continue reading
I always look to include Belgian Christmas beers in the Advent calendar each year, as many of the country’s bières de Noël rank among some of the best in the world. Today’s beer comes from a Belgian brewery I’ve never featured before on this calendar: Val-Dieu Bière de Noël from … Continue reading
Last year at this time, I wrote, “What a year 2020 has been!” Well, it seems like 2021 said, “Hold my beer” and here we are. At least it’s December 1st already, and the start of another Beer Advent Calendar! This is the 17th year(!) I’ve been running this feature, … Continue reading