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Podcast · Episode 63

Ho Ho Holly Jolly Christmas Beers

Today's show features eight different Winter and Christmas beers from six U.S. breweries, Belgium and Japan. Recorded in Pasadena, we had just visited a few local breweries, so the episode is certainly full of holiday cheer! Happy Holidays!

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Beers from this Episode

Winter Double IPA

Double/Imperial IPA

Winter Double IPA

Kern River Brewing Company

Winter Double IPA from Kern River Brewing is a very good double IPA that would be good any time of year. It pours a copper, slightly orange color with a white h…

Santa's Little Helper

Imperial Stout

Santa's Little Helper

Port Brewing

Santa's Little Helper is a very dark brown beer, bordering on black and only lets a tiny bit of light through. The smell and taste are similar, consisting with…

Oil Piers Gingerbread Spiced Porter

Winter Warmer

Oil Piers Gingerbread Spiced Porter

Surf Brewery

Oil Piers pours a dark brown, almost black color with a dark khaki colored head. There is a little cinnamon spice on the aroma, much like that of pumpkin pie. T…

Upslope Christmas Ale

Christmas Ale

Upslope Christmas Ale

Upslope Brewing Company

Upslope has crafted a beer that could be considered Christmas in a glass. First, it's a pretty clear, bright reddish copper color with a foamy white head that l…

Bonfire Ale

Winter Warmer

Bonfire Ale

Fremont Brewing Company

Bonfire Ale from Fremont Brewing Company has a very fitting name. It's exactly what you think of when you picture yourself sitting around a campfire sipping on…

Hibernation Ale

Winter Warmer

Hibernation Ale

Great Divide Brewing Company

Happy New Year!

Jubilation Ale

Winter Warmer

Jubilation Ale

Baird Brewing Company

This was the "strange brew" on our Ho Ho Holly Jolly Christmas podcast but it's a "strange brew" in name but not in flavor. This is comes to us from Japan and i…

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale

Christmas Ale

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale

St. Bernardus

Christmas may be over, but the St. Bernardus Christmas Ale is a beer that you can still enjoy all winter long. It's a classic Belgian Tripel with a dark, browni…

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