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Thanksgiving’s almost here… and we’ve all the right beers for the season. Plus we’ve something very special from Drake’s Brewing that you’ll absolutely want to get your sweaty little hands on.
Winter’s Coming (Escondido, CA) – Stone is ‘wintering down’ and they recently returned a special seasonal that will to help you with that. Stone Xocoveza is an 8.1% ABV winter spiced Mocha Stout brewed with cocoa, coffee, pasilla peppers, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Yesssssssssssss!
Warming To Winter (Rochester, NY) – Genesee Brew House has just released a new cold-weather offering from their Pilot Batch Series. Full-bodied and with a pronounced warming presence, Genesee Brew House Winter Warmer is exactly that, a 9% ABV Strong Ale that’s now available on draft and in bottles.
Mastering Oaken Harmony (San Leandro, CA) – Drake’s Brewing has just released a barrel-aged beauty that’s perfect for the plummeting temperatures. Drake’s 2016 Barrel Aged Jolly Rodger is a massive blended 10.2% Imperial coffee Porter that was aged in specially curated High West Rye Whiskey bottles.
A Winter Alternative? (Bloomington, IN) – Upland Brewing is now offering what they explain as a “winter escape” beer that more than a few of us are already in need of. Upland Latitude Adjustment is a 6.2% Mosaic hop, coconut and pineapple infused Pale Ale that’s a tropical respite from all the snow that will be coming.
Winter Lips Of Faith (Ft Collins, CO) – The final beer in New Belgium’s Lips of Faith Series is a Belgian-American collaboration with Orval’s first female brewmaster Anne-Françoise Pypaert that celebrates the brewery’s 25th anniversary. New Belgium’s Anne-Françoise Spiced Dark Strong Ale is a 9.5% stylistic rethink of the classic Golden Ale that is brewed with specialty malts, dry-hopped with herbal French Sprisselspalt (!), and finally spiced with citrusy grains of paradise and fresh spruce tips
