Day 20: Bell’s Brewery Christmas Ale Bell’s is easily one of the most popular out of state breweries available in Cleveland. Both their flagships and seasonals are always a big hit with our group, but I can’t quite remember people’s opinions of this one. Our …
Day 18: Victory Brewing Company Merry Monkey Merry Monkey has been a huge crowd pleaser in the past so I think we’re all excited to try this one again. Victory’s Golden Monkey is a flagship beer of the brewery, which is pretty daring since it’s 9.5% and …
Day 17: Fifty West Brewing Company X-mas Cookie Another beer from down south! Fifty West is out of Cincinnati, and they’ve made their way up here a couple times for collaboration beers, but not in any large capacity. X-mas Cookie is “A winter warmer brewed with …
Day 16: Sonder Brewing Kenosha Kickers Another new brewery and new beer for the calendar! Scott and Christa picked this one up when they were down in Cincinnati. Sonder beers aren’t available up here, so we were all excited to see this addition. Kenosha Kickers …
Day 15: Cherry Chouffe Is this a Christmas or winter beer? It doesn’t appear so but something about Chouffe does feel wintery. Most of us have had the classic La Chouffe, but no one has tried the cherry version. From Brasserie d’Achouffe: “The aroma of …
Day 14: Unplugged Brewing Holiday Lights We did not mean to put two Unplugged beers on the calendar almost back to back but what a fun surprise! It’s also rare we get two beers from the same brewery, let alone a newer brewery. Holiday Lights …
Day 12: Unplugged Brewing Crackling Embers Stout Unplugged is a newer local Ohio brewery that we’ve become fans of. They’re based in Elyria, which isn’t really a “craft beer Mecca,” but dammit if we haven’t been really impressed with their stuff so far. Just because …
Day 11: West Side Brewing Holiday Ale West Side is actually making its second appearance on the calendar, the first one being in 2019. We don’t remember the beer at all from the first go around, so let’s see how this southern Ohio swill stands …
Day 9: Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Home for the Holidays Wolf’s Ridge is up there as one of our favorite Ohio breweries. Based in Columbus and established in 2013, they quickly made a name for themselves by winning several local and national medals for their beers. …
Day 5: Gravely Brewing Partridge Pear Ginger Holiday Ale Both this brewery and beer are new to the group, which is always fun! They opened up in August 2017 in Louisville, KY, and our friends were able to score some cans in Cincinnati. The brewery says …