Today’s beer is another Christmas ale from France: Page 24 Bière de Noël from Brasserie Saint-Germain in the northern region of the country. Like Jenlain’s beer, this one is brewed “in the great tradition of the North”—which led me to dig around a bit and discover that the French tradition of Christmas/holiday beer originated in Northern France. (I had thought the Jenlain entry was claiming that Christmas beers in general originated there.) This Bière de Noël is … Continue reading →
Here’s the beer news from around Oregon for Tuesday, the 13th of December. As usual I’m curating the news from around the web and will be updating this post throughout the day; if you have news you’d like to share, please contact me and I’ll get it updated. Coalition Brewing (Portland) still has free malt (and free schwag) to give away in conjunction with their new CDA, Apollo Creed: “Free Shwag! Free Malt! Join us … Continue reading →
Today’s selection is the annual Yuletide ale from the McMenamins breweries of Oregon and Washington: Kris Kringle. This Winter Warmer makes its appearance every year from roughly Thanksgiving through Christmas, and this year for only the second time ever McMenamins has made it available in bottles—last year it was an extremely limited run of only 200 magnums, and this year it was bottled in 22-ounce bombers. The 2011 version of Kris Kringle is a hearty … Continue reading →
The announcement for the next Session, #59 in January, has hit the net, and it’s being hosted by Mario Rubio of Brewed For Thought. The topic is perhaps a bit counterintuitive: What do you drink when you’re not drinking beer? I almost always drink beer, but when I don’t… So as we are all incredibly interesting people, and almost always drink beer, let’s talk about what we drink when not drinking beer. Maybe your passion … Continue reading →
Here’s the Oregon beer news for Monday, December 12th. We’re now less that two weeks until Christmas! (I hope you’re getting your beer shopping done!) I’ll be updating this news page throughout the day, so feel free to contact me if you have something to share. Burnside Brewing (Portland): Tonight is their “Bones, Brews and Brown Spirits Dinner” (their very first in-house beer dinner) which blends food, beer, and “brown” spirits like Scotch and Grand Marnier … Continue reading →
