Go-to winter style

I picked something else and that is Brown Ales. I realize that Browns are not necessarily a winter style. I like that fact that there are a few fall releases that are available throughout the winter.

Any beer with big body/taste and on the dark side will do, Altbiers, Scotch/Scottish Ales, Black Ales etc.

 

I love Brown Ales.
They're good anytime. But do make a great winter beer. They need more appreciation IMO.

 

I think Diogenes of Sinope has finally found his honest man. Opa opa!

 

Stouts. Specially BA Stouts if I can get any.

 

Big Belgians yo.

 

English Old Ales, then Stouts and Porters. The "winter warmers" have some interesting brews such as Deschutes Jubelale and Odells Isolation, but it's hit or miss. A good Old Ale does the trick on these bone-chilling PNW evenings.

 

This winter my go-to, almost daily/multiple 6 packs is Hofbräu's Winter Spezial AKA Delicator
(https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4686/87762/).
It's everything a winter beer should be; dark, rich, malty, toasty. An excellent doppelbock at a great price ($10.99)

 

Bells Expedition and Brooklynn Black Chocolate

 

I'll be surprised if anyone agrees but curious, lately stouts just come off too thick and syrupy.. although I have really enjoyed guiness extra and foreign extra lately again. Kbs and victory at sea are still tasty to me but even bcbs and willitized is getting harder for me to finish and I'd rather just have a refreshing lighter beer like an ipa.

 

The poll choices are basically porter or ”other.”

 

Excellent choice! I think they hit the feel just how I like it, saturated malt yet not overly sweet. We loved that one this year.

 

Really? I registered the third choice as Belgian, myself.

 

Okay, I'll surprise you and agree with you. Those high abv stouts, whether loaded with flavoring adjuncts or not, have residual sugar that may not taste so sweet, but they give a chewier mouthfeel that can approach syrupy. I generally limit myself to one of those per weekend when I pull something from my cellar. Those beers are mighty tasty, and I probably could drink more of them during the week because I put the taste before the mouthfeel, but the abv holds me back.

 

Not me. If I remember correctly, the “holiday” beers I bought this year were:

- 3ish dark Belgians
- pale Belgian
- dark French beer
- IPA
- English strong ale
- stout porter

I was tempted by, but passed on a Starkbier and Scotch ale.

 

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.
Other holiday ales, porters and stouts as I run into them.
I just try new beers at local breweries and tap rooms as much as I can.

 

Try Sierra Nevada regular stout (not Narwhal). They call it a west coast stout, hoppier and “thinner” than traditional. Also try Great Lakes Blackout. An excellent lighter bodied stout.

 

I agree. They are tasty but I don't like falling on my ass all the time.

 

Well, spices do seem to be implied even if it's not necessarily Belgian. But 'not a porter' is what I was getting at.

 

Had to got for something else. Stouts are great, but stouts and porters are beers I'll drink in any season. But winter is when the barley wines come out. Not that I don't drink plenty of other styles all winter long, but you won't catch me digging into my cellar for an old horizontal, Bigfoot, or hibernation except for in the dead of winter.

 

I voted Stouts but would have voted Imperial Stouts if they were a choice. Could have voted Porters since I consider them to be the same thing.