12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 11: The Bruery 11 Pipers Piping
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 »
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12 Beers of Christmas 2018 – 10: Prairie Christmas Bomb
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
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
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
“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
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
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)
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)
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
My friend Jerry went skating on the Retreat Pond near Brattleboro the past few days, as it’s been plenty cold… Read more »
