Your Favorite Holiday Beer?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by BrianTheBrewer30, Oct 26, 2012.

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  1. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome
    Founders Breakfast Stout
    Nugget Nectar
    Wake n' Bake
     
  2. BigCheese

    BigCheese Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2009 Massachusetts

    I'll stick to beers that are pretty readily available.

    SN Celebration
    Sam Adams Winter Mix Pack
    Brooklyn BCS
    FBS
    ST Pumking
    Narrangansett Summer Ale
    Mayflower Spring Hop

    New Guys that might enter my must buys next year:
    Lagunitas Sucks (if they put it in something besides 32oz)
    Hoptimum
     
  3. muletrane

    muletrane Initiate (0) Oct 26, 2006 Pennsylvania

    Nugget Nectar
    Double Trouble
    Celebration
    Northern Hemisphere
    Homegrown Estate Ale
    St Bernardus Christmas
    Corsendonk Christmas
    Hopslam
    Expedition
    Breakfast Stout
    Southern Tier Harvest
    Terrapin Moo Hoo
     
  4. cmmcdonn

    cmmcdonn Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2009 Virginia

    Nugget Nectar
    SN Celebratoin
    Choklat


    Anything else is just a bonus find during a particular season.
     
  5. BleepBloopBlap

    BleepBloopBlap Zealot (503) Aug 19, 2011 Massachusetts

    anything founders/smuttynose/firestone walker
     
  6. Vonstein15

    Vonstein15 Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2010 Ohio

    SN Celebration
    GL Blackout
    Hofbrau Ocktoberfest
     
  7. sacrelicio

    sacrelicio Pooh-Bah (1,838) Feb 15, 2005 Minnesota
    Pooh-Bah

    Forgot another one: Lagunitas Brown Shugga.
     
  8. srandycarter

    srandycarter Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2006 California
    Trader

    Well, I would agree, if I lived back east :slight_smile:
     
  9. TheStoutHound

    TheStoutHound Savant (1,172) Mar 3, 2012 Wisconsin
    Trader

    Goose Island BCBS
    Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout
    Founders Backwoods Bastard
    Founders KBS
    Founders Imperial Stout
    Founders Breakfast Stout
    Bells Expedition Stout
    Lake Louie Reserve Scotch Ale
    Victory Storm King Stout
    Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
    Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale
    Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Wee Heavy
    Leinenkugel's Big Eddy RIS
    New Glarus Staghorn Octoberfest
    Ale Asylum Sticky McDoogle
    Capital Oktoberfest
    Sprecher Piper Scotch Ale
     
  10. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Nugget Nectar
    Celebration
    Lagunitas Brown Shugga
    Lagunitas Sucks Brown Shugga subsitute!!!
    DFH Chicory Stout
    Rogue Santa's Private Reserve Ale
    Pumking
    Hopslam
    St. Nickolaus Bock Bier
    any Troegs Scratch Series I can get my hands on
     
  11. ThickNStout

    ThickNStout Pooh-Bah (2,142) Mar 8, 2011 Georgia

    Sooo many that I "must" at least try for every year. (Unfortunately trying dos not always equal getting, as most of you know)
    Terrapin Wake n Bake
    Sweetwater Happy Ending
    Red Brick Smoked Vanilla Gorilla
    Southern Tier Blackwater series (all 5 variations)
    Southern Tier Pumking
    Bells Hopslam
    Bells Oracle
    Bells Expedition Stout
    Founders Harvest
    Founders KBS
    Founders Imperial Stout
    Smuttynose Wheat Wine
    Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
    Duck Rabbit Rabid Duck
    Lagunitas Capaccino Stout
    Lagunitas Lucky 13
    Lagunitas Undercover...
    Uinta Oak Jacked Imperial Pumpkin
    Port High Tide
    Port Older Viscosity
    Hoppin Frog Frog Hollow Double Pumpkin
    Hoppin Frog Hop Dam
    Avery Maharaja
    Avery Mephistopheles
    ...and SO many others.
    And while they aren't really "seasonals" or anual, I also seek out:
    Founders Backstage releases
    most Terrapin Side Projects & Monster Beer Tour brews
    most Sweetwater Dank Tank releases
     
  12. mporter13

    mporter13 Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2011 Oregon

    A lot of great options already mentioned, I'll just throw in Great Divide Hibernation
     
  13. CommanderOfAwesome

    CommanderOfAwesome Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2012 California

    Double Bastard
    FSW Anniversary
    Celebration
    Stone IRS
    Any good Pumpkin beers I can get my hands on
    Abita Strawberry Harvest
    TedFidy
     
  14. belcherman

    belcherman Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2012 Rhode Island

    I'm always on the lookout for limited release brews, but for "go to" seasonals, I want something that is readily available and reasonably priced, preferably in 12-packs.

    Spring: Sam Adams Noble Pils
    Summer: Sierra Nevada Summerfest
    Fall: Sierra Nevada Tumbler
    Winter: Sierra Nevada Celebration
     
  15. aminobutyricacid

    aminobutyricacid Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Samuel Adams winter variety pack, gotta get that Old Fezziwig.
     
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  16. gradergator

    gradergator Initiate (0) May 14, 2012 Ohio

    Hopslam
    Broo doo
    Devil Dancer
    Great Lakes Chrismas Ale
    Great Lakes Erie Monster
    ST Pumking
    Breakfast Stout
     
  17. Tilley4

    Tilley4 Pooh-Bah (2,811) Nov 13, 2007 Tennessee
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    SN Celebration
    Schlafly Pumpkin
    Brooklyn BCS
    Stone IRS
    Hopslam
     
  18. Tschnab

    Tschnab Initiate (0) Aug 21, 2010 New York

    Sixpoint Apollo
     
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  19. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Surly Abrasive cause im drinking it right now
     
  20. TheSixthRing

    TheSixthRing Grand Pooh-Bah (3,269) Sep 24, 2008 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Deschutes Red Chair NWPA
    Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin & Solace
    Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Wild
    Kona Pipeline Porter & Koko Brown
     
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