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Twelve Beers of Christmas 11: Magic Hat Wooly

Tom Bedell

Our penultimate Twelve Beers of Christmas choice looked good on paper—a beer with a name and label suggesting ugly Christmas... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 10: Otter Creek Winter Red Ale

Tom Bedell

Kept it local today in more ways than one. Knowing I’d be doing the regular Saturday evening beer tasting at... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 9: Gouden Carolus Noël

Tom Bedell

My son’s departure today left me without any of my recent Christmas beer drinking buddies. Sad, I thought, until I... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 8: Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza

Tom Bedell

“That’s some nasty stuff,” said my son about tonight’s offering, the Noel de Calabaza from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales. Mike... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 7: Newcastle Winter IPA

Tom Bedell

It’s snowing in Vermont on Boxing Day, which we don’t actually celebrate the way the British do. But we could... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 6: Delirium Noël

Tom Bedell

With three pre-teen grandchildren and ten of us altogether ripping into Christmas gifts this morning, there was ample delirium on... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 5: St. Feuillien Cuvée de Noël

Tom Bedell

The first wave of family has arrived with more to come, so reports may become erratic or brief or both.... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 4: 2XMAS

Tom Bedell

Here’s something different. From the brewery that has brought you Imperial Pumking Ale, 2XIPA and 2XStout comes a brew inspired... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 3: Samuel Adams Winter Lager

Tom Bedell

Yesterday’s snow vanished in a day’s rain and the storm promised here for the afternoon never developed. So we’re dialing... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 2: Nøgne Ø Winter Ale

Tom Bedell

We’ve survived the Mayan apocalypse. Now all we have to do is make it through winter, which begins today. Here... Read more »

Twelve Beers of Christmas 1: Anchor Our Special Ale 2012

Tom Bedell

Plenty of other beer writers are trotting out picks to constitute two “Twelve Beers of Christmas” six-packs, so I decided... Read more »

Arnold Palmer – the Ink Stained Scribe

Ed Travis

Arnold Palmer hasn’t been seen often on the Golf Channel in recent years aside from a few sound bites, occasional... Read more »

The Session #70: Don’t Believe the Hype

Tom Bedell

It may seem that in this over-stimulated world, you’re either trying to escape hype, or are suspected of producing it.... Read more »