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12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 12: De Dolle Stille Nacht

Tom Bedell

I may be getting on a line somewhere in mid to late October, when the 2018 version of Stille Nacht... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 11: The Bruery 11 Pipers Piping

Tom Bedell

Back in 2015, when I added The Bruery’s Six Maids-a-Milking to the list, the PNC Christmas Price Index was at... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 10: Prairie Christmas Bomb

Tom Bedell

Eight of the 11 cast members of our Christmas Day were in place late last night, my son and his... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 9: Hermit Thrush Dark at 4:30

Tom Bedell

We’ve turned the corner: the days are growing longer. True, it’s still dark at 4:30, but not for much longer.... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 8: Anderson Valley Winter Solstice

Tom Bedell

I didn’t quite plan it that way, but I pretty much cracked open a can of Anderson Valley Brewing’s Winter... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 7: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome

Tom Bedell

“Blessing of your heart, you brew good ale,” it says right on the label of the Samuel Smith Winter Welcome.... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 6: Troëg’s Blizzard of Hops

Tom Bedell

My good friend Ace Schmidt (the golfer formerly known as Ed (long story)) wondered today on the social interwebs (where... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 5: Berkshire Brewing Holidale

Tom Bedell

It was a cold day here in Vermont, so a stout seemed like a good way to go. I was... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 4: Samichlaus Helles (2014)

Tom Bedell

Beer writers of a certain age, like me, picked up our early beer hunting cues from the late great Michael... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 3: To Øl Santastique (and Jule Mælk)

Tom Bedell

In the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen there’s a bust of Beethoven in the heroic mode, sculpted by Frenchman... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 2: Mikkeller Win Bic

Tom Bedell

My friend Jerry went skating on the Retreat Pond near Brattleboro the past few days, as it’s been plenty cold... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 1: Anchor Our Special Ale

Tom Bedell

Well, to quote Grandpa Vanderhof in “You Can’t Take It With You,” here we are again, at yet another liftoff... Read more »

Top Ten Stories of 2018

Ed Travis

Year of the Tiger Perhaps Ben Hogan’s come back to win six majors after a head-on collision with a bus... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2017 Reprise

Tom Bedell

Gauging by the dynamic trio of beers shown above, the time has come to dive into the 2018 edition of... Read more »

The Session #142: The Last Beer on Earth

Tom Bedell

[August 8, 2023–It’s a little hard to believe, and saddening to me, that Anchor Brewing has closed its doors. That... Read more »