Underrated seasonals

Any Sierra Nevada Winter Pack around Christmas time, perfect cheap seasonal fixings

 

Off the top of my head....

Anderson Valley Fall Hornin' and their Summer Solstice (not enough people make good cream ales)
N'ice Chouffe
Samichlaus
Deschutes Jubalale

 

Any Sierra Nevada Winter Pack around Christmas time, perfect cheap seasonal fixings

 

Hahaha I appreciate your sympathy. It was the SN spring seasonal back in ~2009 or so, back when Tumbler was their fall seasonal. It (sort of) lives on as Old Chico Brand Pale Bock but they only distribute the Old Chico lineup of beers in CA. Cheers!

 

Sixpoint Global Warmer.

The best red ipa ive had. Winter seasonal.

 

I get it. New Belgium Sommersault was my go to summer beer. While there are other great options, nothing seems to trip my trigger the same way. I always feel for someone who has lost their beer!

 

3 Floyd's Alpha Klaus Xmas porter. maybe it's just the Midwesterner in me, but this is a holiday staple for me.

 

I think I had that one a few seasons ago when they brought it back in their summer variety pack. It was good and I can get why you like it so much. I love when breweries go into their archive (like Magic Hat does for example) and bring back some classics. If only more of the "old school" craft breweries did that more often (BBC I'm looking at you!! Bring back Double Bock!)

 

- The Fear (Flying Dog)
- QUAD (Weyerbacher)
- Rye 95 (Two Roads)

Sadly on hiatus, but well worthy of mention:
- Blasphemy (Weyerbacher...QUAD's barrel aged brother)
- Hop Crisis (21st Amendment)

 

I'd go with:
- Deschutes Jubalale
- Delirium Noel
- Islay Ale Co's Kildalton Ale (super obscure, I know)

 

Bell's Smitten was always a favorite of mine. I feel like it was often overlooked because it came out right after Hopslam and right before Oberon. It would just kinda get lost in the shuffle I feel, and I'm sad it has been (hopefully temporarily) retired.

Other seasonal favorites that I feel are overlooked:

-Great Lakes Ohio City
-Bell's Best Brown
-Dark Horse Sapient Trip Ale
-Short's Juicy Tree
-Wiseacre Starless
-Jackalope Spruce Beersteen

 

I think Wintertide Ale is the most underrated seasonal I've tasted recently.

 

One of my all time favorite pale ales.

 

Founders Curmudgeon comes to mind.

Any pretty much every German import Oktoberfest.

 

Any of the Lakewood Temptress variants.

 

St. Lupulin, Runoff Red and and Red Chair were the first 3 to cross my mind.

Also, Odell Isolation Ale. Don't generally care for winter warmers but love that beer, personally.

 

It would probably get more love if it wasn't one of FFF's endless overpriced bombers.

My vote is gonna go to Brooklyn Winter Lager (formerly Insulated Dark Lager). It's a fantastic schwarzbier, which is a criminally underrepresented style.

 

I'd go to a brewery I for the most part pick on, but I like SA Winter Warmer.

 

Founders Mosaic Promise

 

Or Xata.