We head back to Colorado for a beer with some scratch to it. Sandy Claws from Avery Brewing. And at 14.5% this is a big one, “Imperial Stout infused with fresh peppermint and cacao nibs. Aged in fresh Bourbon barrels.”
2018 Holiday Beer # 24 – Shadow Cave from Crux
Eastern Oregon is where the next holiday ale hails from…
This Wintertime Ale from Crux Fermentation Project has “an alluring spice character from Belgian yeast and suggestions of seasonal dark fruit, Snow Cave is a nuanced sipper you can cozy up with around the fire pit.”
2018 Holiday Beer # 16 – Holiday Gose from Reuben’s Brews
We add a sour to the holiday countdown from Washington State…
Reuben’s Brews, a Seattle based brewery adds a festive ingredient list to their beer with orange spices and cranberry to the traditional German Gose style.
2018 Holiday Beer # 15 – Christmas Ale from Sly Fox
Next up is a Christmas Ale, named Christmas Ale from Sly Fox in Pennsylvania…
filled with, “Expressive mulling spices swirl and mingle in this full-bodied red ale” and covered with gingerbread men on the can.
2018 Holiday Beer # 10 – Adoration from Ommegang
Next up for the holiday is Adoration from Ommegang …
Take their Dark ale and then barrel age it and then open on Christmas to relax.
2018 Holiday Beer # 5 – PermaFrost from Burnside Brewing
Back to Oregon for the next holiday ale entrant. PermaFrost from Burnside Brewing. The Portland brewery describes the beer like this: “NW Winter ale brewed with 7 different malts and copious amounts of Meridian and Amarillo hops pillowed in the middle to give this warming brew a chewy complex malt body and a unique fruity juicy hoppiness throughout.”
2018 Holiday Beer # 2 – Jubelale from Deschutes
Another yearly stalwart is Jubelale from Deschutes and its ever changing label art. This year the art comes from in-house.
2018 Holiday Beer # 1 – 11 Pipers Piping from The Bruery
We start off this survey of holiday beers with the penultimate entrant into The Bruery 12 Days of Christmas series, 11 Pipers Piping….a Scotch-style ale brewed with candi sugar and coriander.
Happy Turkey Day!
The only post today is this one. To wish you the best Thanksgiving whether your turkey is brined, baked, flash fried or in sandwich form.
Make sure to give thanks for another excellent year in beer…
AND
Tomorrow starts with my annual holiday beer a day blog version of an Advent Calendar.
In the Tap Lines for December 2017
Christmas time in the sun, the perfect time to crack open a big barleywine or barrel-aged bomb. Maybe in January. In the meantime, here is what is coming this month.
~ e-visits to three breweries from anywhere on the planet, no Mars because that is apparently a Bud planet.
~ special featured reviews of Christmas beers, of course
~ Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark
~ A Book & A Beer reads Strange Weather from Joe Hill.
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.
Here are two events to get your December started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) December 3rd – 1st Anniversary for Gunwhale Ales in Costa Mesa.
2) December 6th – TRVE Brewing + Burial Tap Takeover at Eagle Rock Brewery