The Brew Site
Today’s Beer Advent Calendar picks takes us to Germany to Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe, a Bavarian brewery with a long history, originally founded by monks in 1050 according to Shelton Brothers (who import their beer into the United States). It was given over to the private Winkler family in 1803 who carried on … Continue reading
At sundown today, Hanukkah officially begins for 2015. In the spirit of the holidays, and because I like to make the Beer Advent Calendar as inclusive as possible, today’s pick is a Hanukkah themed beer: Portland, Oregon’s Lompoc Brewing and their 8 Malty Nights. Lompoc in fact releases at least eight … Continue reading
First Friday means another round of The Session! This month our collaborative beer blogging project is hosted by none other than Jay Brooks, who has chosen for our topic Holiday Beers: So for this Session, write about whatever makes you happy, so long as it involves holiday beers. Discuss your … Continue reading
Today is Repeal Day here in the United States, and to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition, today’s Advent beer pick is in many ways the Ur-beer of holiday seasonals, and one that has appeared in my Beer Advent Calendar every year since I started in 2005: Anchor Christmas Ale. The … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Friday, December 4, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Happy Friday! For today’s Advent beer pick we travel to East Hartford, Connecticut, home of the Olde Burnside Brewing Company, founded in 2000 at the location of the historic Burnside Ice Company. Olde Burnside specializes in “traditional ales with a Scottish twist” so it’s appropriate that their holiday ale is a … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Thursday, December 3, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Today’s Beer Advent Calendar pick is a bit of whimsy, coming from Akron, Ohio’s Thirsty Dog Brewing: their 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale, a spiced Winter Warmer that comes in at 8.3% abv. This beer’s name sums up the idea of bringing the best together to celebrate. It is filled … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Wednesday, December 2, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
For the first day of December I selected a U.S.-brewed Belgian-styled ale for the Advent calendar pick, so today I thought I would select an ale brewed in Belgium proper to commemorate this second of December. Brasserie du Bocq was established in 1858 by Martin Belot and over six generations … Continue reading