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Sunriver Brewing announced the 2019 lineup for its limited-release draft offerings, available outside of the pub-only specials. Included in the press release is the schedule for two categories, the IPA Factory and Double IPA Factory, which makes me think there will other categories that will be added to the schedule … Continue reading
For this 13th of December we’re traveling north for our Advent beer pick, and land in Anchorage, Alaska, home of Midnight Sun Brewing Company. Midnight Sun brews CoHoHo Imperial IPA, the label of which features a coho salmon wearing a Santa hat, with brown sugar, honey, and juniper berries. Designed … Continue reading
We are at the halfway point for the Advent beer calendar! For this twelfth day we’re visiting Charlotte, North Carolina and NoDa Brewing. NoDa offers up a holiday IPA named, appropriately enough, Hoppy Holidays. In addition to the hops, NoDa spruces up this IPA with, er, spruce tips to accentuate … Continue reading
For today’s Advent been pick I’ve selected an Oregon brewery that hasn’t been featured on the calendar before: Heater Allen Brewing, located in McMinnville. Established in 2007, Heater Allen initially focuses exclusively on German and Czech style lagers, the only Oregon brewery at the time to do so. These days … Continue reading
Today is the last day of Hanukkah, so to commemorate the holiday I’ve selected a Hanukkah beer from an Israeli brewery, Dancing Camel Brewing Company: Cherry Vanilla Stout. Dancing Camel is a brewery I hadn’t encountered before, but it’s been open for 13 years: The Dancing Camel Brewery is Israel’s … Continue reading
It’s the last edition of The Session. Since March of 2007, The Session has been a group blogging project based on the premise that one person would “host” each month, suggesting a topic and then compiling everyone’s posts into a roundup so we could read about beer from a variety … Continue reading
December 9 is not only Christmas Card Day, but on this day in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired on television. A Charlie Brown Christmas is one of my all-time favorite Christmas specials and combined with Christmas Card Day, brings to mind the translation of today’s Advent beer name … Continue reading
For today’s Advent beer pick we pop back over to Minnesota to visit Indeed Brewing in Minneapolis. Indeed offers a diverse variety of beers in its lineup, but when it comes to this time of the year, the brewery stays traditional with a spiced winter ale: Old Friend Winter Warmer. … Continue reading
For today’s Advent beer pick, I’ve selected a seasonal favorite that seem appropriate to the cold snap we’ve been having, an English-style old ale from Denver, Colorado: Great Divide Hibernation Ale. Great Divide has been brewing terrific beer since 1994, and Hibernation has been a winter staple since ’95. And … Continue reading
Here is the beer and cider list for this weekend’s Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival, which takes place Saturday, December 8 at GoodLife Brewing in Bend: Avid Cider – Vanilla Bean Pear Bend Brewing – Sno’d In Winter Ale Boneyard Beer – Skunkape IRA Bridge 99 Brewery – Bog Trotter … Continue reading