Thanksgiving Beer Lineup 2022

Just randomly grabbed Mayflowers Thanksgiving Ale at my local Co-op. Nice hybrid of America Strong Ale and English Old ale. I mean, it's traditional!

 

My tradition is to enjoy a vintage Abyss. I have one left, a 2016, so thats what will be on tap.

 

No room in the refrigerator for growlers. No exotics here: Montauk Driftwood Ale, O'Hara's Irish Stout, Perlenbacher Pilsener, Founder's Porter, Harpoon IPA. Our guests might bring some surprises, though.

 

Lucky you!

 

My turkey day line-up:

Pliny the Elder by Russian River, Dribble Belt (Pale Ale) by Russian River, Founders Backwoods Bastard, Founders KBS (Imperial Stout), TNT Double IPA by Calicraft, Drongo Imperial IPA (local beer), and Curmudgeon Belgian Dubble (another local).

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Cheers!

 

Just me and some wine drinkers. Perhaps an opportunity to be an advocate and break out some Robert saison?

 

All Bavarian lineup for me:

• Ayinger Jahrhundert
• Augustiner Edelstoff
• Weihenstephaner Helles

I'd go heavier but I've got a Sippin' Santa excursion at the local tiki bar Friday night so I need to not kill myself.

 

Salt bagels, cream chs, red onion, Nova lox, capers. Coffee.
Pop a Celebration.
Buffalo Bills game.
Pliny the Elder. Pliny the Elder.
Bills, win: “Heaven & Hell”, which is a blend of DFH 120 and DFH Utopias World Wide Stout, shared, of course.
Dinner. Full trimmings.
Celebration.
Dessert.
Firestone Walker Helldorado 2015.
Evening games, reclined.
Sipper: Flying Dog ‘The Osopher’ Imperial Road Dog Porter.

yeah?

 

Off to a good start- work finished up a few hours early so a bunch of us hit a local bar, which had Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout on draft. First time having that one and holy smokes was it good. BA lists it as 10%abv but it certainly hides that well.

 

Yes

 

This is my tentative Thanksgiving Day lineup. L-R: Zero Gravity, “Black Cat Porter “, Burial , “Dark “ Bohemian Lager and Wilmington Brew Works, “Umlaut “ Marzen. I’m keeping it on the tame side because I have to work both Friday and Saturday!

 

The folks at our get together are mostly light beer drinkers but do like Oktoberfest beers and some German beers. Our beer line up includes:

Straub Light
Labatt's Blue Light
Hofbrau Oktoberfestbier - a 5-liter minikeg
Spaten Oktoberfest Ur-Marzen
Ayinger Oktoberfest-Marzen
Augustinerbrau-Munchen Edelstoff
Troeg's Oktoberfest
Sam Adams Octoberfest
Sam Adams Pumpkin Ale (not sure if I got this name correct)


We also have some premixed spiked eggnog on hand. And some Wild Turkey 101 (for Turkey Day, of course!)

Not sure what I will drink later in the evening. Maye some Dogfishead Punkin Ale.
Although Wild Turkey or better yet Rare Breed might be an option then. Or A Midwinter Night's Dram.

 

I would line up to get on the guest list for this. O'Hara's and Founder's Porter would be a great way to top off the day.

 

I'll be in Florida tomorrow, wish I was crashing your party

 

In my fridge and in the running:

For the early running and food:

Busch Lite (I'm from Iowa dammit)
Spotted Cow
Urban Chestnut Zwickel

For the afternoon games:

Zombie Dust
Old Bakery Porter

For the evening sipping:

Old Rasputin
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice

 

I'm already hungry.

 

Not much of a turkey fan, so it's an enormous cut of dry aged prime rib for Thanksgiving.
Perfectly paired with Founder's Porter.

 

Thanksgiving not so much, will pull out a few nice belgians/saisons and pretty much take it easy. Friday will be a shit show, Magnum of Atrial Rubicite, and whatever else my kids pull out of my beer fridge/shelf.

 

Yes I had a Dorothy with Easter Ham dinner a few years ago and it was perfect pairing. Actually I mistaken, it’s an HF Arthur I had stashed in my cellar that I’m chilling now for Thanksgiving today. Like splitting hairs in quality though, I can’t complain.

 

12% vanilla/rye barrel aged stout, 14% Samicchlaus clone (lager), Sierra Nevada Celebration clone. And way to many barleywines in bottles.

 

splitting hairs for sure but i’d take arthur personally!

 

Meal prep with a Home brewed imperial red ale
then

Anna 2018 version HFB
Hay is for Horses , 2022 version Cambridge Brewing
E 2019 version, HFB
Endolith, 2022 version, Jackie O's

Enjoy your day all

 

Yeah the scotch barrel variant is tricky to find because it was only sold in the 2017 box set and not a lot of people break it up for trading / selling. But it was good! Time has really mellowed the Scotch influence which was a bummer, because like you I love scotch barrel beers too. Peat was mild, relatively oakey, and a lot of raisin / dark fruit.

If you love Scotch beers then check out “Room a Thousand Years Wide - 2004 Speyside Scotch” from Orpheus brewing. Shouldn’t be too hard to track down and amazing Scotch BA beer. Cheers!

 

Please do, happy to share! My liver alone isn’t enough for all this

 

I trust my brother will have some to add to this. He and I will split these all day long. Cheers all and be safe.

 

In no particular order
FatHeads Headhunter
SN Celebration
Victory Prima Pils
Dancing Gnome Black Clouds
Grist House Maple Morning
and whatever the guests and family bring.

 

I'm going to have my last BCBS today, a Fourteen from 2021 (based on 2014 Prop), then I'll replenish my BCBS supply tomorrow. I'll have others today, TBD.

 

Turkey is gross ... tastes like it never drank water when it was alive.

 

Not sure what that refers to. My Turkey is juicy as the latest Hazy. Never dry and always full of flavor.

Enjoy

 

Pre-gaming with Tired Hands DDH Alien Church, moving to Celebration with dinner, then Prairie Bourbon Paradise with chocolate pecan pie.

 

Kind of taking a fancy to these offerings today. They're in the queue. Cheers all and happy holidays!

 

starting things off with a schlafly summer lager beermosa. happy holidays!!

 

Though there will likely be others, the flight served with dinner will be

Save the World Jonah's Relief
Boulevard Plaid Habit
512 Pecan Pie Porter

 

It's a Calusa Thanksgiving line up this year. Just cracked a Totemic Table Saison. Staying low abv I'll move on to their Fridge Beer for games and finish the night with their The Remnants Imperial Brown Ale. Maybe throw in a Stormrage.

 

Hmm, next time I am at the supermarket I will have to look for the "My Turkey" brand. Maybe it is next to Butterball!?!

Of course how you cook it matters too:



More reason to drink lots of beer for Thanksgiving!

Cheers!

 

Being chief cook and beer buyer for todays event I bought a 15 pack of Founders Solid Gold for the Busch Light drinkers and I will split a bottle of Poterie from The Bruery with my bro-in-law and maybe a Budweiser Bourbon County Stout from last year, plus whatevers in the beer fridge. Enjoy what's in yer glass and on yer plate!

 

Watching the lions and the bills

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