Revolution Fistmas Holiday Ale / Illinois
“Red ale brewed for the holiday season with specialty malts to achieve a beautiful deep red hue and the aromas of fresh baked bread, caramel, and stone fruits. Steeped with ginger root and orange peel.”
Holiday Beer # 4 – Festeroo from Hop Valley
Hop Valley Festeroo / Oregon
“Baby, when it’s cold outside, wrap yourself up in this seasonal English-style Old Ale brewed with a slightly spicy combination of malts and leafy hops.”
Holiday Beer # 3 – Winter Cheers from Victory
Victory Brewing Winter Cheers / Pennsylvania
“Winter weather may drive us indoors but cannot dampen our spirits when hearth, home and hops meet in jubilation. Hoisted high in its golden glory, Winter Cheers lives up to its name, fueling festive times and chasing winter’s chill. Glowing and glimmering, frothy and shimmering, our celebratory wheat ale features luscious fruity and spicy notes, making it a perfect brew to brighten spirits even on the deepest of nights.”
Holiday Beer # 2 – Deschutes Jubelale
Deschutes Jubeale / Oregon
“A dark, malty celebration ale with layered flavors and beautifully balanced hopping. Jubelale pours deep garnet in color, medium bodied, with notes of chicory, earth, spice and fruit.”
Holiday Beer # 1 – Global Warmer from SixPoint
Sixpoint Global Warmer / New York
“A Winter Warmer to warm your Globe, or a Global Warmer to warm your Winter?
There’s no denying the Beer Climate is changing.”
A Holiday Congregation
In the holiday spirit, if you are looking for holiday ales. Check out…
…the Congregation Ale House Chapters in Long Beach, Azusa or Pasadena for some holiday cheer. (I am posting this because they do it in DECEMBER ONLY)
Starting tomorrow….
… is the Beer Search Party annual salute to holiday ales. From around the world and around the nation. Now usually I begin the festivities the day after Thanksgiving, but with Turkey Day arriving late this year and with a plethora of Winter Warmers to get through, I had to light the lights early as it were.
But to get into the true Holiday spirit, here is an opportunity for those LA people to help out the School on Wheels while drinking great beer…
Merry Christmas!
Xmas 2012 – Hangar 24 / Warmer
Our final holiday entrant comes from Hangar 24. It is part of the Local Fields series and goes by the name of Warmer. Which L.A. certainly is.
“Warmer, is strong, rich ale that combines holiday flavors including cinnamon, maple syrup, caramel malts and fresh spruce from the San Bernardino Mountains. The combination is a nice compliment to the cool season. Warmer’s ABV is 7.8 percent.
The Local Fields Series was launched in early 2012 and is comprised of six beers, all brewed once per year with a different local ingredient. Other ingredients in Hangar 24’s Local Fields beers include red wine grapes, dates, blood oranges, apricots and pumpkins all of which were grown close to the brewery in Redlands, CA.”
Xmas 2012 – Kissmeyer / Two Front Teeth
An excellent name for a Christmas ale. Even though the song is one of the more annoying of the season. Here is Two Front Teeth from Kissmeyer…
Photo taken at Belmont Station in Portland by yours truly. No beer description available.