Winter Seasonals

In have had a couple of bottles of Mad Elf. I am a fan of this beer brand so not surprising I enjoyed these beers. But you have to appreciate a strong Belgian Ale with some cherry flavoring and a bit of sweetness to it.

Cheers!

 

Yes, Mad Elf does indeed age well. I have a six-pack of 'old' Mad Elf in my cellar.

I enjoy drinking this beer both ways: fresh and aged. Aging does 'mellow out' this beer.

Cheers!

 

I have some Mad Elf and Grand Cru stashed away; new stock and some older. I'll likely get some Blizzard of Hops, and Lancaster Winter Warmer is a must-have for me.

I think the only seasonal I've actually drank is Celebration, which is as good as ever.

Two that I'm not wild about are Sly Fox Christmas beer and Iron Hill Reindeer's Revenge. The former is a spiced red ale, which I can only drink one or two, and the latter has some harsh bitterness that I found unappealing.

Victory Merry Monkey is enjoyable.

 

I used to love Rogues Santa’s Private reserve every year. Even enjoyed the fact the beer bottle blows in the dark ha.

I do enjoy some Prelude and even actually used to enjoy the Shipyard winter.

Pumped to get some more Old Fezziwig but bummed they dropped holiday Porter this year.

 

I may grab a single on your recommendation should I come across it that way, it interested me last year too but I grabbed the Naughty List, rum barrel winter warmer, beer from them. I remember enjoying it and thinking the flavors were seasonally appropriate.

Merry Monkey seems like it may be a great beer to pair with a big Thanksgiving meal...

 

I had Naughty List last year and wasn't wild about it. Seemed like the flavors were all over the place. Having said that I saved a can for this year to see how it ages. Maybe time will settle it down a bit.

 

Haven't been overly excited by the various Monkey beers but the holiday one works for me. Like Golden Monkey but for Christmas.

Since the topic is winter seasonals, the last few winters Victory has made a cherry oatmeal stout. Has anyone tried it? I have not, yet. Not sure how I've missed something like that a few years running.

 

+1 on the Lancaster Winter Warmer, that's not a style that seems to be very popular these days but theirs is great.

 

Is this a draft only product? The discussions on Untappd list draft:

https://untappd.com/b/victory-brewing-company-longwood-seasons-cherry-oatmeal-stout/2402677

Cheers!

 

As far as I know, yes, which makes me mildly ashamed that despite living scarcely 20 minutes from Parkesburg, I've never- for several years in a row- made the trip to try this one.

 

Always loved that one, although the cans for a few years were off somehow. Last year's were spot-on, so hoping that continues.

 

Another good local winter beer is Yards Long Jawns, which may be a schwarzbier or dunkel lager or only the beer gods know.

 

I’ve always enjoyed double nickels below zero.

I’m not sure how this year will be though, I always thought it was great but go figure; they had to add vanilla this year.

I plan to grab it regardless and I hope it hasn’t messed with a beer I always enjoy drinking in December.

 

Sometimes you just don’t wanna see what you’re blowing

 

ha well played. But I vividly remember like 20 years ago going into the dark basement storage area and being like, no shit…the bottle art actually does glow in the dark. When I was too hesitant to wait for dark