The Brew Site
Today is National Cookie Day, and in the month of December that really means National Christmas Cookie Day! So to celebrate all things (Christmas) cookie, we’re heading to Sycamore Brewing in North Carolina, which brews an annual specialty winter ale perfect for today: Christmas Cookie Ale. The brewery doesn’t skimp … Continue reading
High Point Brewing of New Jersey is known for its Ramstein line of German-inspired beer styles, covering a range of beers from hefeweizen to schwarzbier, and includes a seasonal lineup of Oktoberfest and bocks. For the winter months, High Point offers up our Advent beer pick of the day—Ramstein Winter … Continue reading
For today’s Advent selection I’m considering cider, and for a festive option we’re travelling to England to visit Lilley’s Cider, which offers a variety of holiday-themed ciders that you can browse in its online Christmas Shop. In particular, I’ve picked the company’s Santa Cider to feature today, of which Lilley’s … Continue reading
It’s December 1, and that means it’s the first day of the annual tradition for the blog that first ran in 2005—the Beer Advent Calendar! As a virtual Advent calendar, every day through December 24 I’ll feature a different holiday beer from a wide variety of breweries. To start things … Continue reading
Merry Christmas! Today is the final day of the Beer Advent Calendar, rounding out the 24 days of Christmas beer with a favorite from Oregon: pFriem Family Brewers Belgian Christmas Ale. Located in Hood River, pFriem is (in my opinion) one of the best breweries in the state, and brews … Continue reading
It’s the penultimate day of the Beer Advent Calendar and we’re in the final stretch! It also happens to be my birthday today (yes, I am a Christmas baby) and for my birthday I pick a special beer for the day’s selection, one that I want to drink. As it … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick takes us to France, where outside of Paris the Brasserie de la Vallée de Chevreuse brews its line of Volcelest beers. The brewery offers two seasonals in addition to its core lineup of nine beers, one for spring and one for Christmas, of course—Volcelest Bière De … Continue reading
Happy Solstice! Today is the shortest day and longest night of the year, the official first day of winter, and to celebrate, today’s Advent beer is a straight classic: Scaldis Bush de Noël from Brasserie Dubuisson of Belgium. It’s also sometimes labeled as simply Scaldis Noël. This strong Belgian dark … Continue reading
On this day in 1946, the seminal Christmas film It’s a Wonderful Life debuted, telling the story of George Bailey being saved by guardian angel Clarence on Christmas Eve. As a nod to the movie, today’s Advent beer pick is It’s A Wonderful Ale, from New Jersey’s Glasstown Brewing. It’s … Continue reading
I wanted to support Ukraine and include a Ukrainian Christmas beer on the Beer Advent Calendar this year, and after searching online I settled on one from the Lviv Brewery—Lviv Christmas, or Lvivske Rizdvyane in Ukrainian. Lviv Christmas is a 4.4% ABV dark lager brewed with Christmas spices; the (translated) … Continue reading