Day 25: Anchor Brewing Christmas Ale The time has come for the calendar to end and we could not end on a better note. Anchor Brewing is such a classic Christmas Ale, rich with history. This year’s description: “This is the forty-seventh Our Special Ale from …
Day 24: Fat Head’s Brewery Pimp My Sleigh Anyone that lives remotely close to Ohio, or even lives far away but knows their craft beer, knows about Fat Head’s. They win a major award nearly every year and seem to only be getting better. Holly …
Day 23: Deschutes Brewery Jubelale Festive Winter Ale Deschutes! This brewery hails from Oregon and is pretty well known for producing award winning beers. They produce basically any style you can think of, but excel at hoppier fare since the northwest is where most of …
Day 22: Goose Island Christmas IPA We’re down to the final IPA on the calendar. Goose Island generally has solid beers and we recall this one doing well the last time it appeared on the calendar. According to the Goose Island website: “Christmas IPA is …
Day 21: Blue Heron Brewery ‘Twas the Heron’s First Christmas A brewery that’s new to the list and probably new to most of us in general: Blue Heron. Based in Medina, Ben thinks the label looks familiar and he’s seen it in the wild, everyone …
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 19: Brooklyn Brewery Winter IPA Brooklyn Brewery has been available in Ohio for some time and I think collectively we’re all fans. We don’t recall having this one before though. There is definitely a difference between drinking an IPA in the summer and drinking …
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 …