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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
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
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
Fans of the movie “Elf” take note—Evil Genius Beer has once again released its Elf-inspired Christmas beer, Santa! I Know Him!, a festive saison styled ale brewed with rose hips, chamomile, black currants, and dark candi syrup. The brewery has released the beer to the ten states it distributes to, … 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