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It’s the final day of the Beer Advent Calendar, and I hope you enjoyed following along this year as we counted down the days to this Christmas Eve! On this final day I’ve chosen the holiday seasonal from the McMenamins chain of brewpubs that span Oregon and Washington: Kris Kringle. … Continue reading
This is the next-to-last day of the Beer Advent Calendar, and it also happens to be my birthday! As part of my annual tradition, today’s beer pick isn’t a Christmas beer per se, but it is definitely a specialty, celebratory beer that’s “for me.” It’s always fun to pick out … Continue reading
My latest print article out in my local paper this week is on Silver Moon Brewing‘s latest limited release: Boysen the Wood, the dual-pack barrel-aged boysenberry Baltic porter. It comes in two barrel flavors: Oregon Spirit Distillers Straight American Whiskey, and Crater Lake Spirits Rye Whiskey. The original intent was … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer selection comes from the heart of Altbier country, Düsseldorf in Germany, and the Füchschen Brewery—their Christmas Alt, Füchschen Weihnachtsbier. I love the idea of a quaffable, sessionable holiday Alt, at only 5.2% alcohol by volume (compare to their standard Alt at 4.8%). Just in time for St. Martin’s Day … Continue reading
Happy Solstice! Today marks the official start of winter, the shortest day of the year (and conversely, longest night of the year), and to accompany this day I thought an American classic was appropriate: Harpoon Brewery’s Winter Warmer, a spiced ale first brewed nearly 30 years ago. Cinnamon and nutmeg … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick comes from Belgium’s Brouwerij Haacht, a brewery with over a century of history behind it: their Tongerlo Christmas. The Tongerlo beer line is brewed for Tongerlo Abbey, and their Christmas ale is only available during the winter. For centuries the Norbertines of Tongerlo devoted themselves to the … Continue reading
Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews has released their 2018 beer schedule, offering up a wide variety of beers between their regular lineup and the various specialties they have planned. Of their four year-round offerings, it’s an interesting spread in styles: IPA, Pilsner, Gose, and Porter. Is it already time to start thinking … Continue reading
Happy Scrooge Day, or Christmas Carol Day, or Christmas Ghosts Day—however you’d like to call it, on this day (December 19) in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published. The last few years for the Advent calendar I’ve been selecting appropriately-themed beers, and this year is no exception: today’s … Continue reading
Southern California’s Stone Brewing released their 2018 beer schedule, and unsurprisingly it’s IPAs almost all the way down, with a few imperial stouts thrown in for good measure. (You probably think I’m being facetious—but I’m not. Aside from Stone Ripper San Diego Pale Ale, and three imperial stouts, literally every … Continue reading
Today we travel south of the equator to discover the Bambeg Bier Brewery in Brazil, an award-winning German-inspired brewery established on this day in 2005. Their Christmas beer, Bamberg Weihnachts, is a loosely styled rye holiday beer, about which the brewery says: Created to celebrate Christmas, this beer does not follow … Continue reading