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In many Old World European countries, particularly the Germanic ones, December 6 is Saint Nicholas Day, celebrating the Christian feast day and overnight arrival of St. Nicholas who leaves toys and treats for children. This is of course the root of the Santa Claus tradition here in America, but even … Continue reading
Today, December 5, is Repeal Day, commemorating the date in 1933 when Utah became the final state needed for a majority to ratify the 21st Amendment — thus ending Prohibition in the U.S. To observe the holiday I thought it fitting to select a beer from one of the oldest breweries … Continue reading
Did you know that December 4 is National Cookie Day? It’s pretty easy to celebrate—eat some cookies! And it’s perfectly appropriate this time of year when Christmas baking is taking place. So what better inspiration for today’s Advent beer pick than a cookie-themed beer! I’ve chosen a popular spiced imperial … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick comes from the Mönchshof Brewery in Germany, part of the Kulmbacher Brewery family, a specialty winter lager brewed for the Christmas season: Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier. “Weihnacht” is German for Christmas, fittingly a time for festive lagers, and this one is brewed to be a bit darker, somewhat in the … Continue reading
For this second day of December, we visit Seattle, Washington, the home of Reuben’s Brews, which is not only launching it’s 2019 seasonal gose lineup early with today’s featured beer, Holiday Gose, but which also happens to be hosting its own Advent Beer Calendar with a series of daily promotions! … Continue reading
It’s a new year for the Beer Advent Calendar — in fact, 2018 is the 14th edition of this feature! — where each day of December through Christmas Eve I’ll reveal a new featured holiday or seasonal beer, in the style of an (online) Advent calendar. Unfortunately there are no … Continue reading
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing has released the first beer schedule for the new year (that I’ve received, anyway), and it’s lining up to be a very interesting 2019 for the five year-old brewery. Among some of the interesting revelations in the Special Release Series includes a milkshake IPA — Cosmos Hazy … Continue reading
Each year Portland’s Lompoc Brewing goes all-out for the holiday season and releases an impressive eight holiday-themed beers—and today (Monday, November 26) is the day the brewery’s Sidebar location hosts its Holiday Beer Extravaganza, releasing all eight on draft. The release party kicks off at 4pm at Sidebar, and on … Continue reading
Michigan’s New Holland Brewing is re-branding its flagship beer, the barrel-aged imperial stout Dragon’s Milk, and as part of the rollout (which includes a new website) the brewery launched the “Share a Legend” story contest which encourages people to submit a personal story about the beer for a chance to … Continue reading
The “whale” in the title isn’t really but for this Tuesday Tastings there is an interesting lineup of reviews. And depending on your take on hazy “milkshake” IPAs and blended fruit sours, maybe there’s something “whalez” like for you after all… Claim 52 Purple Panda Milkshake IPA Over the summer … Continue reading