{"id":4863,"date":"2013-12-18T22:46:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T04:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T17:38:24","slug":"12-beers-of-christmas-5-10-barrel-brewing-pray-for-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/4863\/12-beers-of-christmas-5-10-barrel-brewing-pray-for-snow","title":{"rendered":"12 Beers of Christmas 5: 10 Barrel Brewing Pray for Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"10<\/a>

Answered Prayers<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re finally leaping across the country to the northwest, where I note there\u2019s a 40% chance of snow showers out in Bend, Oregon tonight. So maybe this beer is doing the job (considering it hit 40\u00b0 earlier in the day).<\/p>\n

No need for such supplication in these parts. We\u2019ve already had two hearty snowfalls here in southern Vermont, so we can go straight to the advice on the Pray for Snow label: \u201cDrink Beer \/ Stay Warm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Easily enough done when the beer is a 7% ABV winter warmer like this one. Surprisingly for a northwest beer, Pray for Snow is malt-accented, seven different grains producing a deep amber brew with sweet caramel notes, the toffee entrance quickly giving way to a spicy bite on the tongue from noble hops. (Enough to produce 75 IBUs, though recipe details are otherwise sketchy.)<\/p>\n

\"10<\/a>And there\u2019s not much more to say about the beer, other than, \u201cI\u2019ll have another, please.\u201d There are no bells, whistles, spices, weird yeasts or barrels involved. (Although the brewery has been known to barrel past vintages at higher ABVs.) It\u2019s a straightforward, smooth, ample mouthful that goes down easy and seems well-suited to sipping from a snifter by a wood stove. Or at a big Pray for Snow party that the brewery throws late each fall.<\/p>\n

I imagine it\u2019s a doozy, judging from a brief visit to 10 Barrel\u2019s busy Bend brewpub this past July (there\u2019s another in Boise, Idaho). I was lucky enough to be out there for another wild installment in The A Position\u2019s Golf Road Warriors program. The usual script is to send four writers and a videographer off to some golf-centric locale, where we play the hell out of it, and post like crazy about the golf, location, accommodations, food and drink and whatever else might be happening.<\/p>\n

In Bend, beer is happening, so naturally we drank a lot of beer. Pretty much all of it good. (A search for Swill was also happening, noted in my report on the S1nist0r Black Ale<\/a>. It turned out to be, um, interesting.)<\/p>\n

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The bravely named Swill Beer<\/p><\/div>\n

About a week after I returned home to Vermont I found some 10 Barrel Apocalypse IPA in a local beer shop. Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Vermont\u2014that\u2019s the kind of beer distribution I\u2019d like to see more of\u2014acknowledging that the Green Mountain State has some savvy drinkers, worthy of having every beer in the universe sent here. Even if we don\u2019t need to pray for snow. [Dec. 18, 2013]<\/em><\/p>\n

Name: Pray for Snow
\nBrewer: 10 Barrel Brewing Company, Bend, Oregon
\nStyle: American Strong Ale
\nABV: 7%
\nAvailability: Winter seasonal, in OR, WA, ID, and VT
\nFor More information: www.10barrel.com<\/p>\n

< 12 Beers of Christmas 4: Magic Hat\u2019s G-Thing<\/a>
\n12 Beers of Christmas 6: Corsendonk Christmas Ale ><\/a><\/p>\n

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