All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. All Mixed Up Together Deschutes Jubelale Winter beers follow a general trend. They focus on dark flavors: coffee, chocolate, dried fruit, spices like cinnamon and cloves. They are usually warming and filling with higher alcohol and residual sugars, and less refreshing and crisp. Th ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. Unwinding Winter Beer Brooklyn Winter Lager This weekend was my company holiday party—one of the few times a year when I drink wine because the beer selection that comes with the hotel open bar alcohol package is less than stellar. (But hey, not going to complain when the company p ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. A Bright Spot in the Darkness New Belgium Accumulation White IPA I appreciate the zags in life. When everyone flows one way, those that move against the grain to try something new or unexpected. It’s welcome, often enough, as a parade of sameness can fatigue anyone’s spirits or mo ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. Deck Your Tree and Drink it Too Ballast Point Spruce Tip Sculpin Adjuncts and additives in beer don’t always have the same impact as you’d expect. At times, that is a reflection of the additive itself. Some just don’t pack a punch. Other times, the additives don’t show through enoug ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. A Visit from die Weihnachtsmann KC Bier Co. Winter Bock ’Twas the night before Thursday, when all through the house the kids were just crazy, irking me and my spouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with glee, And we’d just gotten home from buying our tree. It took us a whil ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. OK. Christmas Can Start. Sierra Nevada Celebration I do love Christmas. Though I also fight my children sometimes when they want to listen to their Spotify xmas list in November. I feel the month-long buildup is so overblown that I’m tired of the songs, the lights, the shopping ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. Stay Warm Inside Great Divide Hibernation To be completely upfront and honest, this particular brew wasn’t even on the list when jimmywags created the Beer Advent Calendar – but I thought it deserved a spot on our calendar … also, I really wanted another reason to drink this and re ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. It Must be a Texas Thing Shiner Holiday Cheer Shiner tries. I give them that. I genuinely like Shiner Bock. It’s not a bock. But it’s good. It reminds me of a simpler – and younger and poorer – time in my life. It used to be all the folks in Shiner, Texas brewed up. But they are try ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. Snow and Snow and Snow and Tell Boulevard Snow and Tell I won’t lie to you – I immediately grabbed this beer to write about second (obviously had to grab Nutcracker first and this was before I saw that my tried and true Old Raspy was on the list). The weird thing is – I had to che ..read more

All through the month of December, up to Christmas Eve, we will be doing a quick review of a seasonal beer for our own enjoyment. You might like them, too. Or maybe we can provide a quick guide to the winter or holiday beers that you haven’t tried yet. You can see all of the Decembeer 2018 list here. A Bloom in the Snow Free State Brewing Frost Flower There’s a mini-trend happening within the seasonal beer world. Seasonal beers are breaking from the ‘traditional’ styles that were chained to the weather. Light, fluffy wheat and lagers we associate with summer or spring are popping up like flowe ..read more