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Today’s Advent beer pick comes from Belgium’s Brouwerij Haacht, a brewery with over a century of history behind it: their Tongerlo Christmas. The Tongerlo beer line is brewed for Tongerlo Abbey, and their Christmas ale is only available during the winter. For centuries the Norbertines of Tongerlo devoted themselves to the … Continue reading
Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews has released their 2018 beer schedule, offering up a wide variety of beers between their regular lineup and the various specialties they have planned. Of their four year-round offerings, it’s an interesting spread in styles: IPA, Pilsner, Gose, and Porter. Is it already time to start thinking … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Tuesday, December 19, 2017. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Happy Scrooge Day, or Christmas Carol Day, or Christmas Ghosts Day—however you’d like to call it, on this day (December 19) in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published. The last few years for the Advent calendar I’ve been selecting appropriately-themed beers, and this year is no exception: today’s … Continue reading
Southern California’s Stone Brewing released their 2018 beer schedule, and unsurprisingly it’s IPAs almost all the way down, with a few imperial stouts thrown in for good measure. (You probably think I’m being facetious—but I’m not. Aside from Stone Ripper San Diego Pale Ale, and three imperial stouts, literally every … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Monday, December 18, 2017. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Today we travel south of the equator to discover the Bambeg Bier Brewery in Brazil, an award-winning German-inspired brewery established on this day in 2005. Their Christmas beer, Bamberg Weihnachts, is a loosely styled rye holiday beer, about which the brewery says: Created to celebrate Christmas, this beer does not follow … Continue reading
On Friday I received two bottles of 10 Barrel Brewing‘s latest pub exclusive beer, Beernog, which is also available in bottles (at the pubs). A creation of Shawn Kelso, head brewer at their Boise pub, this is a monster of a strong winter ale at 11.9% abv, and has holiday … Continue reading
The city of St. Louis, Missouri has a long and venerable brewing history behind it, but today’s Advent beer pick is not from that brewery. Rather, it’s Christmas Ale from Schlafly Beer, itself a St. Louis icon. Christmas ale is a spiced strong ale that is 8% alcohol by volume. … Continue reading
The Advent beer pick for today comes from Colorado’s Upslope Brewing and their line of colorful and handsome canned beers—including one that evokes both candy canes and Christmas gift wrap: Christmas Ale. This holiday offering is 8.2% alcohol by volume and is brewed with “holiday spices,” though just which ones … Continue reading