The Brew Site
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year! To celebrate I’ve picked an appropriate beer from the North Cotswold Brewery in English, its seasonal Winter Solstice. As befitting an English ale, Winter Solstice is 4.5% alcohol by volume, and the brewery describes it as, … Continue reading
Happy National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Yep, it’s a thing and to celebrate the woolen festivities, I’ve selected Redneck Christmas Stout from Georgia’s Jekyll Brewing Company for the Advent beer of the day. Not that there’s anything particularly sweater-themed about this peppermint imperial stout, but because the label reminds me … Continue reading
On this day in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published, telling the Christmas ghost story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s visit by the spirits of Christmas. Riffing on the “carol” portion of the title, today’s Advent pick reminds me of Christmas carols: Fa La La La La Winter Ale from … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer calendar selection takes us around the world to Australia, to the 4 Pines Brewing Company located in Brookvale, New South Wales (not far from Sydney). Christmas down under takes place during the summer so a lighter, warm weather-friendly style is appropriate, and thus 4 Pines offers up … Continue reading
December 17 is the beginning of the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, which likely influenced early European Christmas traditions. Though there’s no particular pagan theme in mind, today’s Advent beer pick is Boulevard Brewing’s classic Nutcracker Ale, a hearty Midwestern winter warmer. Boulevard was founded in 1989 and celebrated its … Continue reading
Located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, Fremont Brewing Company was established in 2009 and has experienced explosive growth over the past decade. Fremont currently has three locations (two breweries and a taproom) and brews some of the Pacific Northwest’s most coveted beers. Each winter the brewery releases its … Continue reading
For today’s Advent beer pick we travel to Golden, Colorado, to visit the aptly-named Holidaily Brewing, a dedicated gluten-free brewery. All of Holidaily’s beers are certified gluten free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization and I’m happy to include the brewery’s Santa’s Nightcap to this year’s calendar. Santa’s Nightcap is a … Continue reading
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jackfrost nippin’ at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Today is Roast Chestnuts Day, a fun idea to celebrate for the season, so for the Advent beer pick I wanted to go with a chestnut-themed … Continue reading
December 13 is National Cocoa Day, as in hot chocolate, a terrific winter holiday celebration. (Ignoring that it’s Friday the 13th—that’s a different holiday!) As befitting the day, I wanted to pick a hot chocolate-themed beer and I think Texas Xmas from 3 Nations Brewing fits that bill nicely. Texas … Continue reading
It’s now less than two weeks until Christmas and we’re at the halfway point in the Advent beer calendar! Now is the time during all the holiday prep and shopping and running around that it can be a bit of a daze. So it’s time to slow down for a … Continue reading