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It’s National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day today! Every third Friday of December, celebrate the day by wearing your ugliest Christmas sweater and, er, drinking beer. What to drink is of course up to you, but you may want to consider today’s Advent calendar pick, a collaboration brew from England’s New … Continue reading
One of the older craft breweries in the country is dated to 1986, and is located in Juneau, Alaska, known for a series of classic beers that have become a staple—Alaskan Brewing. Its flagship Alaskan Amber was based on a Klondike Gold Rush-era recipe and Smoked Porter is an annual … Continue reading
This week, bottles of the latest Farm to Market series collaboration beer from Zupan’s Markets and Ferment Brewing arrived at the doorstep: No. 22 Stout. It’s a barrel-aged imperial stout with over 14% ABV. The No. 22 Stout is a classic Imperial Stout that has been elevated to a decadent … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick takes us on a visit to The Lost Abbey of San Marcos, California, a subsidiary of Port Brewing specializing in Belgian-style and premium beers (as you may have guessed from the name). The Lost Abbey offers a number of seasonal specialties and for today we’re focusing … Continue reading
Urban South Brewery announced a new collaboration between its Houston brewpub and custom drinkware maker BrüMate on a new candied sour ale and custom can cooler. The companies teamed up on Watermelon Sour Patch Fruited Sour, brewed with Watermelon Sour Patch Kids candy, and it’s available now; the can cooler, … Continue reading
Fans of the movie “Elf” take note—Evil Genius Beer has once again released its Elf-inspired Christmas beer, Santa! I Know Him!, a festive saison styled ale brewed with rose hips, chamomile, black currants, and dark candi syrup. The brewery has released the beer to the ten states it distributes to, … Continue reading
West Sixth Brewing, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, was established in 2012 (celebrating ten years this year!) and offers up a wide variety of beers in its lineup—including Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter, which would be a fitting Advent beer pick today, considering that it’s National Cocoa Day. However I went … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick takes us to Seattle, Washington, to a brewery that opened in 2015 that offers up a diverse variety of beers—Lucky Envelope Brewing. The winter seasonal is, like several others featured so far this month, inspired by holiday baked goods: Gingerbread Cream Stout. This stout is 6% … Continue reading
When it comes to Christmas treats, stollen is a German traditional cake-like fruit bread containing dried or candied fruits, nuts, and spices, and is coated in powdered sugar; something akin to the ever-popular (or ever-infamous) fruitcake. Because it’s a holiday dessert treat I thought it would be fun to feature … Continue reading
I’m over a week behind on posting this (too many other things and blog posts going on as we head into the holiday season), but my latest print article for The Bulletin considers Sugar High, the latest in the tinyHaus series from 10 Barrel Brewing. It’s an imperial pastry stout … Continue reading