Dark Horse 4 Elf Spiced Beer, 11.5% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Karl: Oh, Dark Horse. We owe you bigtime. Without you this little Xmas in July experiment would have been a tale of woe, a comedy of beer error, a whimiscal tale of three guys befuddled by winter beer on a hot day in July. [...]
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Schlafly says: “Holiday Ale is a bottle-conditioned, English-style “Old Ale” brewed at the Schlafly Tap Room on 21st Street for Culnaria, a Schnucks market. This ale is a collaborative effort by the Brewers of Schlafly Beer and our friends at Schnucks to celebrate the ongoing revival in the City of St. Louis.” Schlafly Holiday Ale [...]
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Port says: “Originally brewed at the Pizza Port in Solana Beach in November of 1997. As dark as the biggest lump of coal Santa can deliver, this beer has earned a dedicated following and is code named Satan’s Little Hangover by those who have indulged in a holiday like manner from time to time.” Port [...]
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Anchor says: “Every year since 1975 the brewers at Anchor have brewed a distinctive and unique Christmas Ale, which is available from early November to mid-January. The Ale’s recipe is different every year—as is the tree on the label—but the intent with which we offer it remains the same: joy and celebration of the newness [...]
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If you follow my cobbled together guide of drinking your way through Houghton, MI, you have had a half-dozen beers or so (for very little money) over at Keweenaw Brewing Company. But now you’re hungry, still thirsty and in need of a change of scenery. That is when you walk out the door of Keweenaw, [...]
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“It’s pronounced Kee-wah-naw,” the woman seated next to me said for the third time. I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around the name of the brewery or how a gem of a brewpub could be hidden away in a quaint town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. For you geography buffs, Keweenaw Brewing is located in Houghton, [...]
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Before visiting Michigan’s Upper Peninsula recently I knew four things about it. It was easier to get there, from Chicago, by driving up through Wisconsin than through central Michigan. Locals are called “Yoopers.” The local cuisine is a pasty. My wife spent the first 29 years of her life in Michigan and has never been [...]
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