Category Archives: Beer Advent Calendar
Today’s beer pick is a beer which I featured way back during the first year of the Beer Advent Calendar, the Doppelbock Christmas Bier from North Carolina’s oldest craft brewery, Weeping Radish. Strongly influenced by German brewing traditions, Weeping Radish brews all of their beers under the guidelines of the Reinheitsgebot, using only malt, hops, water, and yeast, and the Doppelbock is no exception. It’s an 8.1% abv dark lager, brewed with over 50% Munich … Continue reading →
In all the years I’ve been doing this Beer Advent Calendar, I’ve always wanted to work in a beer from Mexico—but never have, largely due to the dearth of breweries in Mexico producing holiday beers. And in fact, the one I always had in mind to include is today’s pick, Noche Buena, which until fairly recently was one of those elusive, hard-to-find beers that weren’t often seen outside of Mexico. Yes, there’s an elephant in … Continue reading →
If I were to ask what your concept of a “classical” or “traditional” Christmas were to be, what would come to mind? For myself, it’s probably the idea of Christmas in New England, with snow falling outside, candles in the windows of the Colonial style homes, roaring fires in huge hearths, trees decorated with popcorn on thread, and so on. Something akin to the imagery usually depicted with “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” and I … Continue reading →
When you think of “beer” and “St. Louis, Missouri” the first thing that comes to mind probably doesn’t have much to do with Christmas or (necessarily) craft beer. But St. Louis has been becoming more and more known in recent years as a craft beer destination, thanks to a number of independent breweries and brewpubs that have been springing up—the first among these being Schlafly Beer, which was the ”first new brewpub to open in Missouri … Continue reading →
From Winter Warmers to spiced specialties to IPAs to strong Belgian ales, Christmas beers are offered up in a variety of styles to celebrate the holidays, and sometimes nothing is more comforting that a big, old-school, malty, warming barleywine: the perfect Christmas Eve tipple by the fire, after the meal is over and presents are out and you’re waiting for Santa Claus. In that vein today’s pick is Doggie Claws, an 11.5% abv Christmas barleywine … Continue reading →
