Month: December 2016

Day 15 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 15 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 15: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale We are switching things up with a British brewery today. We’ve enjoyed Samuel Smith brews in the past. We’ve tried their organic, fruity beers and they are delicious. We are not familiar with any of their heavier, malty 

Day 14 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 14 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 14: 21st Amendment Brewery Fireside Chat Here is a brewery we are all familiar with, but most of us haven’t had a lot of their beers. 21st Amendment was founded in 2001 in San Francisco, CA and were one of the first and most well 

Day 13 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 13 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 13: Jolly Traveler Beer Co. Winter Shandy We are throwing in a wild card with this beer. Surprise, it’s a shandy! Jolly Traveler set out to be first American craft Shandy.  When you think of shandies, most people think of summer. At least, we 

Day 12 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 12 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 12: Buffalo Bills Brewery Winter Ale After having a beer we are every familiar with, we move to one we know nothing about! We’ve seen this brewery’s pumpkin ale before, it’s actually all over the place during the fall, but not much else.  We dove 

Day 11 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 11 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 11: Stone Brewing Xocoveza Full disclosure: We love this beer. It is a personal favorite of ours. The first time we tried it is right when it came out and we were at Stone’s Escondido Brewery in California. It’s been awhile since we revisited 

Day 10 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 10 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 10: Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale is a classic holiday staple. It uses the first, fresh hops of the growing season, and no spices.  We are surprised that this didn’t make the list last year.  Its similar to Day 7’s beer, Anchor’s Christmas 

Day 9 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 9 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 9: 10 Barrel Brewing Pray For Snow How perfect is it that today is the first heavy snow of winter! This is not a beer we were specifically searching for, but it definitely grabbed our attention from the shelf. We don’t know a lot 

Day 8 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 8 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 8: Brasserie d’Achouffe N’Ice Chouffe Here is a brewery we don’t really know a lot about and we also don’t drink a lot of their beers. We aren’t really sure if we even get all of their beers in Ohio, but it looks like from their 

Day 7 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 7 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 7: Anchor Brewing Christmas Ale We are super excited about this beer. Anchor Brewing is one of the top breweries around and they have a lengthy history of brewing excellent beers. Unfortunately, we don’t get a lot of their beers here in Ohio but we do 

Day 6 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 6 of the 2nd Annual Advent-ure Calendar

Day 6: Flying Dog Brewery Nice Holiday Milk Stout We always enjoy trying a new Flying Dog beer. Their beers are usually delicious, unique and the labels are always fun. It looks like they have three winter/holiday beers out. When we were shopping for the