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Happy Scrooge Day, or Christmas Carol Day, or Christmas Ghosts Day—however you’d like to call it, on this day (December 19) in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published. The last few years for the Advent calendar I’ve been selecting appropriately-themed beers, and this year is no exception: today’s … Continue reading
Today we travel south of the equator to discover the Bambeg Bier Brewery in Brazil, an award-winning German-inspired brewery established on this day in 2005. Their Christmas beer, Bamberg Weihnachts, is a loosely styled rye holiday beer, about which the brewery says: Created to celebrate Christmas, this beer does not follow … Continue reading
The city of St. Louis, Missouri has a long and venerable brewing history behind it, but today’s Advent beer pick is not from that brewery. Rather, it’s Christmas Ale from Schlafly Beer, itself a St. Louis icon. Christmas ale is a spiced strong ale that is 8% alcohol by volume. … Continue reading
The Advent beer pick for today comes from Colorado’s Upslope Brewing and their line of colorful and handsome canned beers—including one that evokes both candy canes and Christmas gift wrap: Christmas Ale. This holiday offering is 8.2% alcohol by volume and is brewed with “holiday spices,” though just which ones … Continue reading
Baird Brewing launched in Japan in 2001 on a shoestring budget with a tiny brew system (30 liters). They’ve grown over the years, offering a solid lineup of classic beer styles as well as many interesting beers incorporating native Japanese ingredients. Their Christmastime ale is no different, and according to … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick comes from New York and the Southern Tier Brewing Company, who, while brewing a solid line of “regular” beers, is perhaps best known (out here on the west coast anyway) for brewing big bold extreme beers such as Creme Brulee Imperial Stout, Imperial Pumking, Imperial Cinnamon … Continue reading
Our Advent beer pick for December 13 comes from Britain’s oldest brewer, Shepherd Neame, who brews a rich and hearty winter ale for the holidays: Christmas Ale. A bit unusual in that on draft, it is 5% alcohol by volume, while the bottled version is 7%. The brewery says: Christmas Ale … Continue reading
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, which begins at sundown, and accordingly for today’s Advent beer pick I’ve selected a Hanukkah beer (for which there aren’t that many): Schmaltz Brewing’s Chanukah, Hanukkah: Pass the Beer. It’s a strong golden ale at 8% alcohol by volume, and brewed with eight malts and … Continue reading
For today’s Advent beer we travel to the American Southwest, to La Cumbre Brewing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and their winter ale, Noche De Paz (“Silent Night”). It’s 7% alcohol by volume and brewed with spices, in the (American) classic holiday ale tradition. Our politically-correct, non-denominational winter spiced ale is … Continue reading
Today is National Lager Day here in the U.S., so I thought it befitting that the Advent beer pick is a Christmas lager, which of course means going to the source for some of the best lagers in the world—Germany: Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Weihnachtsbier. This festive golden brew is 5.6% alcohol by … Continue reading