Advent Beer Calendar 2018: Day 3: Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier

Advent Beer Calendar 2018: Day 3: Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier

Today’s Advent beer pick comes from the Mönchshof Brewery in Germany, part of the Kulmbacher Brewery family, a specialty winter lager brewed for the Christmas season: Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier. “Weihnacht” is German for Christmas, fittingly a time for festive lagers, and this one is brewed to be a bit darker, somewhat in the … Continue reading

Advent Beer Calendar 2012: Day 6: Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier

Advent Beer Calendar 2012: Day 6: Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier

For as important and influential as Germany is when it comes to beer, there doesn’t seem to be a strong tradition of Weihnachten (“Christmas”) beers—most of the ones I’ve seen are Oktoberfest-styled beers brewed special for the holidays, but there don’t seem to be many. Yet what Advent calendar would be … Continue reading