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Bend Brewing Company’s Sno’d In winter seasonal has gone through a couple of incarnations. It started out as an English-style old ale, malt-forward with additions of cocoa, molasses, and holiday spices. Then three years ago, in 2019, the brewery changed it up and reformulated it as a winter IPA; I … Continue reading
Even though Reuben’s Brews of Seattle calls its Stay Frosty IPA a fall seasonal, I can’t help but look at the name and the style—cold IPA—and think that this should really be a winter beer. So it’s getting the holiday beer review treatment! Perfectly suitable for drinking this December! Reuben’s … Continue reading
The winter seasonals from Double Mountain Brewery are out—released (and sent to me) early last month—and this year’s editions of Fa La La La La Winter Ale and Chocolate Stout are drinking awfully fine. Since it’s now officially December, let’s kick off a season of holiday beer reviews with these … Continue reading
Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery released its final two beers of the year, Winter Ritual Cold IPA and Bog Monster Cranberry Orange Gose, slotting them into the winter seasonal schedule in time for the holidays. Press release details: Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), the first B Corp brewery in the Pacific Northwest, … Continue reading
Mogul Madness is a winter ale brewed by Rogue Ales that originated in the early 90s that’s come in and out of the brewery’s rotation. For the 2022 winter season, Rogue announced the return of Mogul Madness with new can art and four varieties of hops. From the press release: … Continue reading
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing is mixing it up this winter with a new seasonal winter IPA: Ice Giant Cold IPA, which replaces the company’s Filament Winter IPA. This new beer began shipping just this month, available in 12-ounce cans and draft. Details from the press release: Ecliptic Brewing is launching a … Continue reading
Yep, I’m posting a bunch of Christmas and winter themed beer reviews in the middle of summer—why not? We’re already seeing fall-themed beers becoming available and it’s only early August, so let’s start dreaming about Christmas beers while we’re at it! I’ve got notes and pictures from several of these … Continue reading
It seems we’ve transitioned entirely to winter beer season, at least from the marketing and release standpoint, and last week I received samples of Widmer Brothers Brrr Hoppy Red, the company’s annual winter seasonal. Billed as a Northwest Red Ale, Brrr is 7.2% ABV with 50 IBUs and the description … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company announced the release of its two returning winter seasonals this past week, Sno’d In Winter IPA and Waist Deep Winter Ale, both available on draft and in cans. I wrote about Sno’d In for the Bulletin two years ago, when it had been retooled into its present … Continue reading
Winter beers are rolling out, with many favorites returning to help us through this second year of pandemic winter. This week Cascade Lakes Brewing announced the return of its Slippery Slope Winter Ale, first released in 2011 I believe, replacing Santa’s Little Helper. Slippery Slope is a northwest-inflected winter warmer, … Continue reading