Today’s beer pick is an Oregon beer—you know I had to include at least one—from one of Oregon’s “Old Guard” breweries: Rogue’s Santa’s Private Reserve. This is a Northwest Red ale, 6% alcohol, that Rogue describes thusly: Rogue’s annual holiday offering, Santa’s Private Reserve, is a variation of the classic Saint Rogue Red, but with double the hops–including Chinook, and Centennial, and a mystery hop called Rudolph by head brewer John “more hops” Maier! Tasting … Continue reading →
Our pick for today comes from beer writer Lisa Morrison, The Beer Goddess, who has her own radio show and writes for a number of national and regional publications, not to mention her Hop Press blog. Lisa brings us an American classic. The holiday season’s arrival is marked by different things for different people. For some, it’s Black Friday shopping. Others herald in the season each year with a special football game, or a traditional … Continue reading →
The next Session has been announced, and it’s being hosted by The Beer Chicks, Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune (authors of The Naked Pint). The theme is New Beer’s Resolutions. The New Year, of course, is the ultimate time for reflection of the previous year’s mistakes as well as a time of making resolutions to make our lives better in the future. Its also the time of year where all the lists happen. You can’t … Continue reading →
Today’s pick comes from western Massachusetts’ Berkshire Brewing Company: their rye barleywine, Holidale. This beer is released annually around Thanksgiving and lasts until it’s gone. A rye barleywine, you wonder? Yes indeed; this is from the full label (not pictured): This reddish copper colored Barely Wine Style Ale is brewed with Pale, Crystal, Dark Wheat and Rye malts. Medium bodied and smooth, caramel and spicy rye flavors emerge quickly. Citrus and peppery hop flavors arrive, … Continue reading →
Today’s holiday pick comes from beer writer Stan Hieronymus, author of Brew Like a Monk and the upcoming Brewing with Wheat, as well as editor of RealBeer.com and creator of The Session and one of the most knowledgeable beer folks I’ve ever met. Stan’s pick makes me want to hop a plane to New Mexico. Although Bock Holiday from Rio Grande was a great beer name New Mexico does not exactly have a Christmas (oops, … Continue reading →
