Once again, we had a blast putting together our annual Craft Beer Advent Calendar!! We've thoughtfully chosen twenty-four of the best beers to enjoy in December 2021, and wrapped them up together as the best advent calendar ever: one that surprises you with a new, limited, seasonal beer every day!

We've represented many of the best cans and bottles coming from our amazing local craft beer scene, alongside some ancient, traditional brews from across the planet, and even included some new and unexpected flavors and styles as well. With an array of IPAs, a smattering of sours, some crisp clean lagers, some way more obscure and nerdy lagers, plus all the roasty malty dark beers you could possibly want to keep you cozy throughout this holiday season... this year's selection is sure to delight any craft beer drinker, from novice to connoisseur.

We thank you for joining us for our second annual Beer Advent Calendar, and invite you to sip along with these daily tasting notes that we’ve put together for each individual beer. Once again for your convenience we saved the heaviest-hitters - those with alcohol contents over 7% - for the weekends. We sincerely hope you enjoy these selected seasonal offerings as much as we really do too!!

Cheers to you, cheers to craft beer, and cheers to the 2021 holidays!
Kim, James, Kelly, Jules, Jessica, Kathryn, Ashley, David & Pamela

Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout

Tadcaster, GB - 5% abv

Some beers are great for quenching thirst; others created for food. This organically grown, traditionally produced Chocolate Stout is for cold, crisp fall and winter nights. Warm, malty, roasty and with just a touch of that dark chocolate bittersweet, this beer fits perfectly as a balance between coffee and dessert. Brewed in Tadcaster, England, with water drawn from 16th century wells and fermented in open vats of stone, this is about as old-school as you can get.

Conveniently packaged in a large-format bottle so that you can share this low-alcohol brew, it is also dangerously consumable solo. Just try to resist the urge to mix it with cinnamon cold brew or pour it over holiday spice ice cream. We won’t tell. Stuck with leftovers? Throw it on the stove and reduce it into a syrup for a most delicious ice cream topping.

Thank us later!

pmenschDecember 6, 2021JamesComment