Winter Warmer

SweetWater Festive 2012 Arrives Mid October

SweetWater Festive 2012, the brewery’s winter warmer, is just weeks away. The beer will arrive shortly after Danktoberfest (hitting shelves now). Festive Ale is brewed with lots of dark malt, plus a bit of cinnamon and mace.

Anchor’s Merry Christmas 2012

2012 marks the 38th brewing of Anchor Brewing’s “Our Special Ale” (aka Anchor Christmas).  Each year the recipe is a different, much like the tree is on the label.  2012’s label features Araucaria heterophylla, a pine that is endemic to Continue Reading →

New Artwork: Weyerbacher Winter Ale

More new artwork from Weyerbacher Brewing (Easton, PA). The brewery’s winter seasonal will receive the artwork upgrade above. You’ll see a few familiar characters in the label too. Specifically the folks seen on Merry Monks, Blithering Idiot, and Autumnfest.

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2012 Artwork: Deschutes Jubelale

Deschute’s Jubelale came to be in the winter of 2008. 2012’s new artwork celebrates 25 years of this winter beer. There is a lot of lore surrounding the artwork on the label of Jubelale.  Local Oregon legend suggests that if Continue Reading →

Southern Tier Testing Batches Of 2XMAS

Southern Tier Brewing is working a new Christmas release, initially dubbed 2XMAS.   The beer is a spiced brown ale, perfect for the winter months.  The kicker?  Don’t expect it until 2013.

note: It could either be 2X Mas or 2XMAS. 

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200 Bottles of Dunedin Blitzen, 11 AM

Today, Dunedin Brewing (Dunedin, FL) releases 200 bottles of Blitzen Ale.  The bottles are hand painted 32 oz swing tops, wax dipped.

Style: Winter Warmer
Hops: Chinook, Pacifica
Malts: Pale, Carapils, Carahell, Munich, Melanoidin, Victory
Adjuncts: Cinnamon, Orange Peel, & Raw Florida Honey

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Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged Christmas 11/25, 11/26

This years edition of Hoppin Frog’s Barrel-Aged Frosted Frog Christmas Ale arrives Friday at 10 AM.

The essence of Christmas is captured in teh very bottle you are holding. Perfectly blended spices compliment Frosted Frog’s rich malt flavors, creating the ultimate Continue Reading →