Your favorite Winter beers

Whatttt will either of these hit distro? We get grimm stuff in Buffalo

 

I'm surprised no one mentioned bc stouts yet? Guess I'm the only one looking forward to that

 

I'm a homer first and foremost with regard to this particular question - Hardywood BA GBS. On a national level, Nugget Nectar in cans has been haunting my dreams but the thought of Hopslam in cans has been haunting my waking moments. I also look forward to other people enjoying Black Note even though it's like the only Bell's item I have never seen around here. I will enjoy it vicariously. Again.

 

I doubt BQE does, though it did hit a few local NYC bottle shops last year.

On the other hand, I would guess Grimm will. At the very least, it will be New York State-only, like the recent canned DIPA offerings. Pure speculation on my part though, as it's just a pilot batch so there might not be a ton to go around.

 

Fremont Abominable. Especially the cinnamon variant

 

They're really impressive lately. Afterimage and tesseract were awesome, and BA double negative was solid

 

Tesseract cans are coming next (early November), as is Batch 2 of BA Double Negative (mid-late November).

 

The only two which I might buy with some regularly are Celebration and Bigfoot.
I've tried dozens of others and while there are a few that I might pick up single bottles of if i happen to see them, the two SN products are the only ones to which I really look forward. I do also enjoy Lancaster Brewing's beautifully rich holiday ale, but haven't seen it in my part of NJ for the last two years.

If Anchor's 'Old Foghorn' were available, I'd definitely be all over that one, but t's another one I haven't seen in bottles in NJ for quite some time (back in the early '90s, The Old Bay in New Brunswick always had Foghorn on tap for a while during the winter months).
I used to love Anchor's 'Our Special Ale' (it was actually my favorite for years), until the year they started adding spices to the recipe. That pretty much ruined it for me.

This past February, I made 12 gallons of my own annual holiday ale, which has been cellar aging since then with the addition of the annual 20% reserve from previous years beginning in 1991, making 2015 the 24th year for my 'solera' style of old ale.

 

Also Hop Ranch. And any winter seasonal that does not have cinnamon. Good god i really dislike everything about cinnamon

 

I already have my Brown Shugga; it's pretty much my standard. More might be necessary.
I, too, am looking forward to the SA Winter Pack this season. Holiday Porter and Chocolate Bock are back again, plus Ol' Fezziwig. What's not to want? Since SA "showed me a liitle love" by bring back some holiday faves, I am going to return the love and pick up some Merry Maker. Pretty solid holiday stout.
Since I have some xmas leftovers from last year, the only other definite pick ups are Celebration and (yes) Blue Moon Mountain (Winter) Abbey Ale. (Blue Moon says the name has changed, not the recipe.) I haven't had this and years ... feels perfectly nostalgic and right. Just like the holidays!
Oh yeah Narwhal and Bigfoot! They age so well, no rush to finish them before the holidays are over.

 

CW BBBW for me, which also means getting out the previous years, too!

 

Unibroue Réserve Spéciale 17!

 

Hop Juju!

 

+1. My god, the cinnamon is tasty awesome.

 

That's what I have heard! Still have yet to try it though. Hopefully I will be able to snag a bottle when it's released

 

Abraxas
Stone Xocoveza
Christmas Bomb
Founders Imperial Stout
Sump Coffee Stout

 

i really like anchors christmas ale. stuff from terrapin too

 

BCBS

 

New Belgium Accumulation
Celebration

 

New Belgium Accumulation. Its a nice break from the barrages of "winter lagers" and "holiday ales". Not that there's anything wrong with them, but they're easy to get burnt out on and loose appreciation for IMO.