Lakefront Brewery final 25th anniversary beer

That's strange, I've seen 6 packs of Holiday Spice in many shops recently, I think about $8 but not sure on that.

 

While it would've been great if it would've continued to be sold in 6 packs, I still don't think that's too bad of a price for a good, strong holiday beer. Plus, it seems they're moving their IBA from bombers to 6 packs, so that evens things out somewhat in my opinion. Maybe it was becoming more costly to produce and they didn't want to jack up the price of the sixer? Just a guess, idk. All that said, I too was hoping for a BA version...

 

If I'm reading the website correctly it shows that it's sold in both 4 and 6 packs?

http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com/beer/seasonals/holiday-spice

Pretty awesome if that's true, and you can pay extra for less beer, but have the anny label on there?

I grew up in Milwaukee, so have been a long time supporter of Lakefront, but completely agree with the OP on this one...

 

Simmah down nah. Here's the deal:

Lakefront is rolling out a new series of beers. Bigger and bolder; higher ABV. Holiday Spice happens to be one of these beers which are all being released in 12oz bottle 4-packs. The next ones will be Beerline Barleywine, a bigger version of the Cherry Lager and an Imperial Pumpkin to name a few. This line of 4-packs is at the same price point as the Anniversary series and uses the same UPC code to make it easy for stores to integrate into their systems, therefor you might even see these beers (Holiday Spice for now) ring up as a 25th Anniversary.

Holiday Spice is NOT the last 25th Anniversary beer. Unfortunately, due to the government shutdown there is no fourth 25th Anniversary beer.

If you're seeing Holiday Spice in 6-packs, it's because the distributor is liquidating whatever was left from last year. Fret not, this beer is fantastic with age! I have some going back 5+ years, so get it while you can.

Cheers,

 

It's a lot more costly to produce, especially with the amount of honey that goes into it. $10 a 4-pack is still a great price and if it makes everyone feel any better, just think of the deal you've been getting thus far!

 

Weird, we have four pack holidays spice, but in regular packaging. They were going to do a special gluten free beer but it sucked and they scrapped it

 

It was supposed to be a Gluten-free Dubbel but they have too many new brands coming out and with the TTB shut down, it ended up being pushed aside.

 

The 4/6/12 oz bottles is a designation that there are 6 4-packs.

 

Simply put; no.
• The last edition of the 25th Anniversary series was supposed to be Gluten-free Dubbel which didn't happen due to the TTB shutdown.
• They've been using the 25th Anniversary caps on every beer they bottle from Klisch to Fuel Cafe this year.
• There were no re-designed 4-pack carriers for the Holiday Spice labeling it as a "25th Anniversary" beer. It's the first release in the new series of beers coming out (the other one I missed mentioning in my previous post is a Barrel-aged version of Rendezvous) that will all be released in 4-packs.

As a Lakefront lover I'd have loved to try it but unfortunately there's just no 4th edition of the 25th series.

Look for the Beer Line Barleywine to hit shelves at the beginning of 2014. This one is the next release in 4-packs followed by the bigger version of Cherry Lager.

 

We received the Holiday Spice 2 weeks ago in Indiana in 4 packs. I did not see anything about the 25th anniversary on the packaging at all. It did share the same barcode as the 25th Anniversary Imperial Pumpkin which was frustrating due to the significant price difference between the two. We actually took Holiday Spice off the shelves until we ran through the Imperial Pumpkin so that we did not ring anything up incorrectly. Pretty much everything we've gotten from them this year has had the 25th Anniversary caps on them.

Maybe you ran into some that simply got put in the wrong carrier at the brewery, or they ran out of Holiday Spice carriers and used the 25th since it had the same bar code?

 

These are two great points that I'd like to echo. All the beers I've seen from them have the 25th Anniversary logo bottlecap. The regular pumpkin and imperial pumpkin had the same caps, but regular came in a 6 pack with the pumpkin logo and imperial came in a 4-pack with the 25th anniversary box (I know a different one, but this is the 25th anniversary style box).

And the packages of the Holiday Spice I've seen, while they are in 4-packs, aren't the 25th Anniversary boxes. They're the normal Holiday Spice box as a 4-pack that says "Seasonal Release" on it.

 

Ah, the rep at my local grocer said it didn't turn out so well so it got scrapped.

 

If I recall correctly, they have a lot of their beers with the 25th anniversary cap, its the label you need to look at.

 

And the caps were all color-coded by what quarter of the year they were bottled,Jan-Mar-a black 25 on cap; Apr-Jun,a green 25,July Sept-blue 25,so you make sure your purchasing fresher product. Holiday Spice has been a warming classic for years,I'm not sure the Roundy's food store chain knows how really big this beer is. They seem to avoid higher strength brews