12 Beers of Christmas 2023 – 2: Allagash Gatherwell
What more aptly-named beer could we have had on a Christmas Eve (La Vigilia), where eight of us gathered well… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week
12 Beers of Christmas 2023 – 1: Revolution Fistmas
It’s Festivus for the rest of us day. So something a little different seemed called for, since we’re not, for… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022 Reprise
[Dec. 22, 2023]–The news arrived two days ago that U.S. Steel has agreed to be acquired by the Japanese company… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Allagash Hop Reach
[July 10, 2023]–It’s been a long time, no thanks to COVID, but it’s finally time for another traditional Tap Takeover… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 12: Schilling Winterhammer
We’re two days past the actual 12th Day of Christmas, but give me a break—I managed in 12 straight days,… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 11: Rock Art Winter Bock
Matt and Renée Nadeau started Rock Art in 1997, and for its first four years the brewery was operating out… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 10: Four Quarters Sugar Plum Fairy
A quick report tonight, pending hitting the road tomorrow. But I’ve been taking my time with this beer, which may… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022- 9: Smuttynose Ice Dam(n)
I’ve written about Smuttynose and its history numerous times, and its Smistletoe made the 2014 12 Beers list. At the… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 8: Woodstock Inn Brewery Wassail
I’m sitting in front of our wood stove, contently sipping the Wassail from New Hampshire’s Woodstock Inn Brewery, confident that… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 7: Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig
“Why, it’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart….” –Ebenezer Scrooge Fezzwig was the young Ebenezer Scrooge’s employer, a jolly sort who… Read more »
