Tag Archives: Christmas beer
The Belgian brewers have a strong tradition of brewing up special Christmas beers (bières de Noël), often special stronger ales than the brewery’s usual lineup, and many are spiced to evoke the tastes and aromas of the holidays. (Of course, American brewers have long adopted this same tradition with their own beers!) Belgium is even home to an annual Christmas Beer Festival that is taking place this weekend, in its 18th year I believe, and … Continue reading →
I don’t believe the Beer Advent Calendar has featured a beer from Utah in the past seven years since I started this, so I figured it was high time to rectify that. With Utah’s infamous “3.2″ laws it may seem counter-intuitive to find the typically higher-strength winter beers there—but they do exist. In fact, the 3.2% alcohol by weight/4% by volume limitation only applies to beer sold at grocery and convenience stores (or “beer only” establishments), but … Continue reading →
Today is a special date: 12/12/12, the last such “triple date” notation that can be claimed for this century, so it’s only fitting to pick a special beer brewed just for this day: Stone Brewing’s 12.12.12 Vertical Epic Ale. And I didn’t select this beer just because of the Vertical Epic story; it is fittingly brewed to a Christmas theme as well. Crafted in the style of a traditional Belgian Noël beer, it’s dark, big … Continue reading →
One of the goals of this Beer Advent Calendar is to offer up a variety of holiday beers from around the globe, and Japan is one of the countries that has been fairly under-represented in this regard, partially because Christmas in Japan is fairly different than here in the Western world, and also because Japan up until recently hasn’t had as strong a craft beer tradition. Happily, that is changing. So today’s pick comes from … Continue reading →
We touched on Santa Claus very briefly in a roundabout way back on the 6th (St. Nicholas Day, with St. Nicholas being a northern European precursor/version of Santa), but the Beer Advent Calendar hasn’t yet featured a Santa-themed beer. Three Floyds Brewing from Munster, Indiana to the rescue with their Alpha Klaus, a hugely popular “Santa” beer that is a comfortable 6% abv and reflects the brewery’s unique spin on the season. Alpha Klaus is … Continue reading →
