Winter/Christmas Beers

[MeNimbus]

I am still enjoying my Samuel Adams Octoberfest My favorite beer all year round.

[burninator]

Originally Posted by awsmith4

Sweetwater Festive Ale is one of my yearly favorites

What type of ale is it? Not pale, I hope.

[BostonMark]

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat

[muziq]

Might be available year-round in other parts, but New Belgian's Frambozen has been my go-to holiday beverage for the last couple years, and it does not disappoint this season. I also dig on Unibroue's Quelque Chose over the holidays...fruity and yummy!

[Sawyer]

Originally Posted by BostonMark

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat

When I was younger I really enjoyed this. I hadn't had it in a few years and picked some up a couple weeks ago. It definitely did not have the same appeal as it used to.

[skibumdc]

Originally Posted by TEAK

Full Moon Ale, its Blue Moon Ale's winter ale. Pretty tasty stuff, its odd but you are supposed to drink it with an orange wedge in it.

Coors started to train wait staff and distributors to put Orange slices in Blue Moon beers as a way to distance itself from Coors. They want to market Blue Moon as a Craft beer. Meaning they want to seem like a small batch brewery. Small batch breweries have received a lot of attention in the past decade. Macrobrews passing themselves off as a microbrew and be able to distribute across the country is the fastest growing market segment in beer.

So it's not necessary to have the orange slice in the beer, in fact I prefer beer without any garnish, it's a marketing tact that clearly works. People in a restaurant see a beer pass by with a slice of orange in it and become intrigued. Folllowed by a waiter/waitress telling the customer "It's a smooth unfiltered wheat beer" TO which the customer says "I'll try that"

[smitty]

Originally Posted by TEAK

Full Moon Ale, its Blue Moon Ale's winter ale. Pretty tasty stuff, its odd but you are supposed to drink it with an orange wedge in it.

I have wanted to try that as I like blue moon.

I had a new one the other day, Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale from A-B of all places. Good stuff

[mosesbotbol]

I have a magnum (1.5L) of Anchor Christmas Beer or something like that from 2004. It's bottle conditioned and I swore that I would not open it until the Pats go to the Super Bowl. I hope they go this year as I am curious about how this beer will taste.

Has anyone had this before?

[mikeyj23]

I've had the Shiner Dunkel, Blue Moon Full Moon and Sam Adams Winter Lager. I did a taste test comparing the Full Moon and SAWL and I much prefer the Winter Lager. The Dunkel is its own animal, and I enjoy it as well. I'm a big fan of seasonal releases - the winter brews are perfect for a cold night.

[zonedar]

I like the Deschutes Jubelale. It's a nice dark winter ale. Besides a good friend of Mrs. Zonedar, Lindy Gruger Hanson, designed the label this year.



-Zone