The Brew Site
For today’s Advent beer pick we head into Victor, Idaho near the Wyoming border to visit Grand Teton Brewing, which has been brewing a wide variety of craft beers for 25 years. Starting out as Otto Brothers Brewing in 1988 in Wilson, Wyoming, the brewery is credited with re-introducing the … Continue reading
For this 15th day of December (with only 10 more days until Christmas!) our Advent beer pick for the day comes from the Belgian Brouwerij Corsendonk (whose website appears to be down at this writing but you can read a bit about the brewery here) and their Christmas Ale, a … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick comes from one of Wisconsin’s oldest craft breweries, Sprecher Brewing and their Winter Brew, a 5.75% alcohol Bock available through February. A flavorful blend of dark roasted and sweet caramel malts defines this smooth and robust lager. The rich, nourishing flavors of a full-bodied Munich bock … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick finds us in Oregon and one of the older and well-established craft breweries in the country, Rogue Ales. Rogue was founded in 1988 in Ashland and in the 90s moved to Newport on the Oregon Coast and today they have their own mini “beer empire” with … Continue reading
Today we continue around the Continent from France to visit Austria and the Augustiner Bräu Kloster Mülln brewery, founded in Salzburg at Mülln by Augustinian monks in 1621. They brew and bottle only three beers: a year-round Märzenbier, a Lenten Beer (or Fastenbier) during Lent at Easter time, and their Christmas Bock Bier (Weihnachts-Bockbier) which is … Continue reading
Today we visit France to explore the beer from a relatively-new brewery, La Brasserie de Fleurac, opened in 2008. Fleurac’s inspiration in their brewing stems from multiple sources—Belgium and the U.S. among them (their La Blonde is a California-inspired pale ale, for instance, spiced with elder flowers), and offer a … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick is something old and something new from Chicago’s Goose Island Brewing Company: Sixth Day, which was formerly their Christmas Ale. This is a seasonal classic and each year the recipe changes; over the last several years the Christmas Ale has been getting stronger, culminating in this … Continue reading
Today we visit England for our Advent beer pick, specifically Wells and Young’s Brewing Company where in the past I’ve featured both their Christmas Ale and Christmas Pudding Ale. However this year the featured beer is their Young’s Winter Warmer. Winter Warmer is the definitive winter beer and is a long-time … Continue reading
For today’s Advent beer picked we head towards the upper Midwest to highlight a beer and brewery that hasn’t yet made it onto the Beer Advent Calendar: New Glarus Brewing out of New Glarus, Wisconsin. New Glarus was founded in 1993 and is definitely one of the “must-visit” craft breweries … Continue reading
We go international again for today’s Advent beer pick, visiting one of the great beer countries of the world: Belgium! The Brasserie Fantôme was founded in 1988 in Wallonia by Dany Prignon and focuses on Saisons, and accordingly has a variety of special seasonals offered up in small-batch 750ml cork-finished bottles. Befitting … Continue reading