I wish there were more Thanksgiving-themed beers

Oh, there is, around my place we call it Pilsner.

 

I thought it was "XXX Amber Ale".

 

Anything decadent fits the bill for Turkey day

 

I don't know anything about these, but cranberry is a Thanksgiving thing, right?

Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic
Grateful Harvest Cranberry Ale

 

I'm sure you could find a fresh-hop pumpkin ale if you needed to... for me, T'giving is more about wine. Always has been. Is that blasphemous?

 

Every year, son:

 

We're no longer friends.

 

Maybe someone will come along and make a stuffing and gravy milkshake ipa?

 

I do too. Saison DuPont in the meantime is my Thanksgiving beer. We always drink Beaujolais Nouveau with that meal, but I drink the Saison just prior to, leaving some to mix in between the wine.

Thanksgiving beers should be a thing, OP.

 

What are your thoughts concerning a Cranberry (Belgian) Pale Ale?

Would that sound like a tasty Thanksgiving seasonal beer to you?

Cheers!

@brianhink @JValm @Sixpoint @CapeMayBrewCo

 

That sounds terrible! But since you put the idea out there, I expect one to be brewed very shortly...

 

I have heard Joe @ JOW's arcade and beer reviews refer to some of the more murky NEIPAs as turkey gravy. He's on to something.

 

I doubt so at Thanksgiving. The harvest is almost done, and we're winding up Fresh Hop season. There would almost certainly be no truly "fresh" hops left by early-mid November when they would need to be brewed.

Now, for Canadian Thanksgiving (next week), no problem!

 

Ha ha... I said I knew nothing about them... they just popped up when I searched for "cranberry" here on BA.

 

The craft beer scene is so up its own ass at this point that anything and everything is possible. It’s starting to be like rule 34 but with beer instead of porn. If it can be thought of and brewed, inevitably it will be regardless of whether or not it should be.

 

Pumpkin beers are Thanksgiving-themed beers.

 

There is a brewery near me that makes a porter called Gravy Train...

 

@beertunes -taken too literally, hence my wink. I need a sarcasm font. Was targeting the between-ness of the OP's post, is all... cheers!

 

I definitely believe a turkey beer should be gold, effervescent and dry. It has to be elegant and not American hoppy.

Save the porters and whatnot for after dinner, once digestion is underway and the pants are unbottoned

 

Alaskan Cranberry Tart is pretty good.

 

Isn't that for the day after Thanksgiving!

 

Idk if there's many sweet potatoe beers around the country, but there's a couple around here that would work.

 

I give thanks for beer every day.

 

Fruity tarts/sours (or cranberry if I can find it) are my choice to accompany the traditional T-Day meal. The acidic beer cuts right thru all the fat that is associated with the turkey, gravy, etc. Can't wait!

 

Close enough for me. On Thanksgiving I'm looking forward to BCBS hunting the next day.

 

Come to NJ it's still on some shelves!

 

The question being which Danish twin will do it first.....

 

Veil did make a fried chicken beer, so fried turkey should be right in their wheelhouse.

 

IMO, any highly rated beer that you have for special occassionand love fits perfectly for Thanksgiving. Sure there are many fall beers, and beers that pair well with certain foods, but its best to go with what you love. Style be damned.

And from my years of experience....the best way to do Thanksgiving is to try and fast all day if you can, and have that first delicous beer of your choice about 1/2 to 1 hour before the meal is served. Smelling the food cooking, and being hungry, your taste buds will be going bonkers and that beer will be the best thing you ever had.

 

Besides, after fasting all day, you'll get a really good buzz!

 

Yeah, I agree. This one is my favorite Thanksgiving beer so far (no South Shore homerism, I swear)




Mayflower Thanksgiving Ale


EDIT: apparently they can it now too (like everything else beer related these days)

 

The Bruery’s Autumn Maple.

 

Came here to say Mayflower Thanksgiving. Mystic also brews some sort of cranberry beer, think it was a saison. The Bruery Autumn Maple fits nicely too.

I think a lot of brewers tend to shy away from specifically branding a beer as a “Thanksgiving Beer” because it leaves a very short window to sell. I personally enjoy a nice dry Belgian ale on Thanksgiving. I’ll go Saison DuPont or St Bernardus 12 or something of that ilk, then maybe have a barrel aged beer or something of the heavier and darker persuasion for dessert.

 

Hmm, something that has maize and sweet potatoes in the grain bill, then spiced with pumpkin spices, then dry hopped with cranberries! Haha

 

Its called porter and brown ale.......a saison works well too

Enjoy

 

You lost me at pumpkin spices, but otherwise, I'd be in.

 

Is Anchor BigLeaf Maple still alive and kicking?

 

I'd go with Boulevard Harvest Dance. Or maybe Deschutes Sagefight. But since I'm working and preparing Thanksgiving dinner for the group home, it'll be cranberry-apple punch or mulled cider.

No, sir. No, it is not.

Edit: A glass of mulled wine would really hit the spot right about now. If only I had a little more ambition...

 

Pumpkin ales are Thanskgiving beers. Haha. However, my favorite beer style for Thanksgiving is a good quad.