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Hanukkah sameach! This evening is the first night of Hanukkah, and to commemorate the holiday, today’s calendar beer pick comes from Collision Bend Brewing of Cleveland, Ohio. Collision Bend brews an annual Hanukkah winter ale, 8 Crazy Nights, lightly spiced with a touch of apple cider. It’s 8.5% alcohol by … Continue reading
December 17 is the start of the ancient Roman midwinter festival Saturnalia, a celebration that may have influenced traditions associated with Christmas, so what better day to celebrate an original American Christmas beer that largely influenced craft beer holiday traditions: Anchor Christmas Ale. Christmas Ale is a standard here on … Continue reading
It’s National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day today! Every third Friday of December, celebrate the day by wearing your ugliest Christmas sweater and, er, drinking beer. What to drink is of course up to you, but you may want to consider today’s Advent calendar pick, a collaboration brew from England’s New … Continue reading
One of the older craft breweries in the country is dated to 1986, and is located in Juneau, Alaska, known for a series of classic beers that have become a staple—Alaskan Brewing. Its flagship Alaskan Amber was based on a Klondike Gold Rush-era recipe and Smoked Porter is an annual … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick takes us on a visit to The Lost Abbey of San Marcos, California, a subsidiary of Port Brewing specializing in Belgian-style and premium beers (as you may have guessed from the name). The Lost Abbey offers a number of seasonal specialties and for today we’re focusing … Continue reading
West Sixth Brewing, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, was established in 2012 (celebrating ten years this year!) and offers up a wide variety of beers in its lineup—including Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter, which would be a fitting Advent beer pick today, considering that it’s National Cocoa Day. However I went … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick takes us to Seattle, Washington, to a brewery that opened in 2015 that offers up a diverse variety of beers—Lucky Envelope Brewing. The winter seasonal is, like several others featured so far this month, inspired by holiday baked goods: Gingerbread Cream Stout. This stout is 6% … Continue reading
When it comes to Christmas treats, stollen is a German traditional cake-like fruit bread containing dried or candied fruits, nuts, and spices, and is coated in powdered sugar; something akin to the ever-popular (or ever-infamous) fruitcake. Because it’s a holiday dessert treat I thought it would be fun to feature … Continue reading
December 10 is National Lager Day in the U.S., so naturally today’s Advent beer selection is a lager suitable for the season! August Schell Brewing of New Ulm, Minnesota, AKA Schell’s Beer, releases its annual Snowstorm to celebrate the start of winter, and this year’s Snowstorm is brewed as a … Continue reading
I’ve never featured a brewery from Alabama on this calendar in all the years I’ve been doing this, so this year is the year. Today’s Advent beer pick comes from TrimTab Brewing in Birmingham, Alabama, and features a sour ale spiced with mulling spices: Holiday Now Cranberry Spice Berliner Weisse. … Continue reading