Category: Holiday Beer

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Christmas Beer of the Day – Ode to a Russian Shipwright

The Brewery – Olvalde Farm and Brewing Company

The Beer – Ode to a Russian Shipwright

The Details:
from The Four Firkins newsletter, “…a stout porter brewed with spruce tips, rye and unmalted barley for texture (estate grown), is just as impressive as his first.

The spruce tips were all harvested on the farm or in the surrounding area of Rollingstone. Instead of lending a gin flavor to the beer, the spruce tips add a berry-like tone… sort of like a blueberry/raspberry hybrid. When it melds with the light chocolate flavors of the stout porter, it is absolutely brilliant.”

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Christmas Beer of the Day – Winter Warmer

The Brewery – Harpoon

The Beer – Winter Warmer

The Details:
“Winter Warmer was Harpoon’s first seasonal beer. It was designed to be enjoyed during the holiday season.

When you bring a glass of this dark copper ale to your lips to take your first sip you will notice the aroma of cinnamon. There is no aromatic hop added that might overpower the distinct spice scent. The medium body of this beer is formed from caramel and pale malts. These create enough body to support the spices without making the beer excessively rich. Bittering hops are added to counter the sweetness of the malt and spice. The finish of the beer is a blend of cinnamon and nutmeg. The combination of these two spices results in a balanced, pumpkin-pie flavor.”

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The Beer Chicks save Christmas

Count me as a big fan of the Beer Chicks and now with the holiday’s fast approaching they have multiple ways to help out the holiday craft beer shopper.

1 – “By popular demand and for a limited time (and a limited price), you can now buy a private 2 hour customized Beer Tasting for up to 8 people with one of The Beer Chicks as your guide! Its the ultimate foodie gift experience.”

2 – “Already bought your pain in the a, hard to shop for brother all the gift cards you could find at Costco? Well, now you can stop worrying and click right here for our new online gift certificates for the 8th Street Bottle Shop. You can buy them online to print out or email immediately, or request that we send out a pretty and enveloped copy to your very lucky so and so.”

Or you can just get your special beer someone this…..

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Christmas Beer of the Day – Biere de Noel

Brewery – Snake River

Beer – Biere de Noel

The Details:
“A spiced Belgian style Ale for cozying up with, BDN has grains of paradise, Anise and dried figs added for festive revelry. Only available at the pub, we also have an extremely limited amount of bottle conditioned Biere De Noel which makes for a great present. Stop in and grab one before they’re all gone!”

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Christmas Beer of the Day – Bad Santa

The Brewery – Pelican Brewery

The Beer – Bad Santa

The Details:
“You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, the brewers at Pelican are telling you why: Bad Santa will arrive November 3rd. This mysterious dark elixir is filled with complex malt flavors and aromas with toasted malt and roast character, blending seamlessly to the alluring herbal hop aroma that comes from copious amounts of Fuggle hops. Bad Santa doesn’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice, he wants this beer on your list.”

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Christmas Beer of the Day – Lagunitas Sucks

The Brewery – Lagunitas

The Beer – Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Ale

The Details
“This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feard BrownShugga’ Ale. So this substitute beer is a ‘Cereal Medley’ of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats…. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 7.6% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.”

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Christmas Beer of the Day – Bifrost

The Brewery – Elysian

The Beer – Bifrost

The Details
“Pours golden with orange highlights. Smells alluringly sweet like caramel apples with a little spice and orange zest. Taste is bold and balanced with a good amount of citrus and earthy hop bitters to offset the malt character. Finishes dry with a bit of fruit.”