seasonal beers

I guess the seasonality of Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome, Ommegang's Adoration, and Weyerbacher's Imperial Pumpkin is part of what makes them special.

I can hold out, they're somewhat heavy for the summer.

 

Summerfest is good, but I love Celebration Ale and I'm not huge on IPAs.

 

A lot of my usual shops were out of ten fidy. I thought I had seen the last of the season, but stumbled upon a case today. IMm broke now, but have enough for summertime night caps.

 

That's the equivalent of paying $9.82-$13.09 per six pack. There are plenty of world class beers in this price range.

 

Solace from Firestone Walker is a great seasonal, a nice summertime beer.

 

I guess you make a good point when extrapolating to 6packs. I just get excited over a $3.49 bomber of a world class beer. I rarely see ANY large bottle for such a low price. Maybe I should rephrase my original statement to say, "easily the best beer in terms of cost per bomber".

 

I would make a case for Lagunitas Hop Stoopid ($3.79ish) or Deschutes Black Butte Porter ($2.99 a bomber here!). But yeah, as far as bomber prices go, $3.49 is definitely on the low end.

 

I am always down to tick the seasonals.

 

I'm just a two season guy, and I just finished my last Winter Warmer(Harpoon) last night, so it's officially Summer now.

 

I'm a huge fan of the late fall/winter brews. Love me some pumpkin beer, and need to try more winter warmers this year

 

The only beer season that I really dig is Winter, there are so many good seasonals that come out around that time. Fall seems like it would have potential (and by that I mean the actual season, with big warming beers coming out as the weather turns) but it tends to be dominated by Octoberfests and Pumkin beers, neither of which I am a fan of.

 

I'm not too big on the spring and summer seasonal beers (with the exception of SN Ruthless Rye). I do love the fall and winter ones though. I definitely enjoy the pumpkin and oktoberfest beers, and the winter warmers are great, too. Although seeing this thread reminds of just how much I miss SN Celebration.....

 

Need to organize a chart so I can remember what to ask for what month, you know?
I know I'm looking forward to Founder's Devil Dancer and Ommegang's Gnomegang (12 oz bottle in a gift box this time) this summer (June), and all the pumpkin ales in the fall (especially Pumking and Smashed Pumpkin), but that's about as far ahead and in-depth as I can be at the moment.
I seem to have enjoyed a great wealth of good beer this current spring, but I don't know if its 'cuz my horizons have broadened or this is simply the best time for good beer (imperial IPAs and barleywines have made this spring excellent).

 

meh. not SN's best.