Episode 167 - [LIVE] Christmas Ale or Winter Warmer

In Episode 167 we go live again on Facebook, and had a great turnout. Our main topic revolves around discussing the difference between Christmas Ales, Winter Ales and Winter Warmers, as well as two more holiday beer recipes to try out...these are a little easier to create and use Christmas Ales.  So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

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BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Magnanimous Dead Awake

• Pelican Midnight Cocoa Porter 

• Anchor Merry Christmas & Happy New Year (Our Special Ale)(2020)

• Urban Artifact Xmas Pickle Gose

• La Chouffe Blond Belgian Strong Golden Ale

• Ballast Point High West Barrel-Aged Victory at Sea (2018)

• Fremont The Rusty Nail (2020) 

• Coppertail Hop Skull #13

LINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:

RECIPE: BELL'S CHRISTMAS ALE GINGERBREAD COOKIES

RECIPE: CHRISTMAS ALE CHERRY CHOCOLATE BREAD

Episode 37 - Brrr, Grab A Winter Warmer

Merry Christmas and enjoy some listener questions, craft beer industry news and our tasting notes on the Widmer Brothers Brrr in Episode 37.  This is our last episode of the year, so grab yourself a nice winter warmer and get comfortable for a couple hours of craft beer talk.  We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment by picking up a six pack of the Widmer Brothers Brrr and tasting along with us.  

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You can follow me personally on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew.  You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.

Beers mentioned on the show:

• Lazy Boy Brewing Mistletoe Bliss

• Full Sail Wassail Winter Warmer

• Black Raven Kitty Kat Blues

• Silver City Old Scrooge

• Sound Brewery Entendez Noel

• Stone Brewing Stochasticity Project Grainiac

• Anchorage Brewing  Calabaza Boreal

• Avenues Proper Gose the Gozerian

• Avenues Proper Salted Caramel Porter

• Widmer Brothers BrrrDeschutes Jubelale

• Great Lakes Christmas Ale

• Lagunitas Brown Shugga

Links to News Articles:

New Belgium Brewing is For Sale

Anheuser-Busch Acquires Four Peaks Brewing

Northwest Brewery Produces the World’s Most Expensive Beer

The King of Beers Wants to Push Craft Brews out of Your Supermarket

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