Best Holiday Beer?
Submitted by Jonny Fullpint on November 5, 2008 – 4:30 pm 81 Comments
Vote now for your favorite Holiday Beer.
If your favorite is not on the list share it with us by commenting at the bottom of this post. On the list are some classic, readily available holiday beers.
Best Holiday Beer?
- Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale (20%, 161 Votes)
- Sierra Nevada Celebration (20%, 158 Votes)
- New Belgium 2 Below (16%, 130 Votes)
- Avery Old Jubilation (12%, 97 Votes)
- Anchor Christmas (Our Special Ale) (11%, 90 Votes)
- I will hit the comment link and share my favorite Holiday Beer! (10%, 82 Votes)
- Deschutes Jubelale (7%, 60 Votes)
- Full Sail Wassail Ale (4%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 803
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Cascade Lakes – Santa’s Little Helper – Redmond, Oregon… Buy a growler full.
love that sammy smith. we always come back to it every year.
Great Divide Hibernation Ale.
I must say – SS WW is by far my least favorite of the list.
And props to NB Frambrozen!
Some of our favorites: Alesmith Yule Smith. Port Santa’s Little Helper, Scaldis Noel, Full Sail Wreck the Halls, Affligem Noel, and Ridgeway Rudolph’s Revolt, almost everything at the holiday ale festival in Portland.
Hands down, Bridgeport Ebenezer. It’s like Christmas day when I find it one the shelf for the first time every year.
Boulevard Brewery’s Nutcracker Ale is great (Kansas City)
BRRR is outstanding!! My new fav holiday seasonal 4 sure.
Happy to see Great Divide Hibernation Ale in this forum.. stumbled on that at Half Time Beverage outside Poughkeepsie, NY… haven’t found it in my neck (PA) o’ the woods yet. Perfect balance of hops and malt.
The Mad Elf is also outstanding.
Another vote for Sam Adams Old Fezziwig, with Lost Coast Brewery Winterbraun as runner up.
You CAN’T beat the Shiner Holiday Cheer…..Brewed in Texas with pecans and Peaches………..YUMMMMM!!!!! Apperently, Their 100 year anniversary is upcoming and THAT ONE is VERY SPECIAL!!!!
Southern Tier – Krampus. It is an Imperial Helles. Nicely balanced taste. Enough Alcohol to keep you warm.
WINTER ALE FEST #13
Finally tally of the tasting
1 Saranac Seasons Best
2 Southern Tier Old Man Winter
3 Southampton Christmas Ale
4 Insanely Bad Elf
5 Aventinus Doppelbock ~~~Outstanding !!
6 Grand Teton 20th Anniversary Double Wheat
7 GULDEN DRAAK VINTAGE ALE 2007 ****
8 Yulesmith
9 2006 Alaskan Smoked Porter
10 St.Bernardus Christmas Ale
11 Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer ***
12 ANCHOR OSA 2008
Over the weekend, I had a pint of Full Sail’s “Wreck The Halls” at my favorite beer mecca here in Denver, The Falling Rock Tap House. A wonderfully rich drinking experience and a hoppy one, too.
Frambozen raspberry brown ale from New Belgium! So good I have to road trip from Oklahoma to KS, texas, or Colorado to get it every year!
The Anchor, by miles and miles.
http://www.captainlawrencebrewing.com/beer_list.html
CANT WIT TILL CHRISTMAS EVE FOR THIS BADD BOY !!!!
Great Divide Hibernation Ale
Best beer marketed as a holiday beer is Troeg’s Mad Elf.
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout is the best winter seasonal beer hands down.
Samiclaus and Samiclaus Helles are the best christmas beers handsdown and real christmas beers only brew one time year
Tommyknocker Cocoa Porter is the most delicious thing I have ever put in my mouth.
The Abyss has been the most sought after beer at our bar (Davis Grad in Davis, CA). Also, the hop heads have been drinking up the Mendocino’s Imperial IPA. My personal fav this season has been Anchor Xmas. I never liked Anchor Steam or any of the Xmas beers before, but this one is my pick. Although Ten-Fidy from Oskar Blues arrives next week, so we’ll see at that point.
I think the best holiday beer would have to be LEINENKUGEL’S [FIRESIDE NUT BROWN].I had never even heard of leinengel before but i seen it at the gas stop and had to try.This stuff is brewed in wisconsin by the linenkugel family.Everyone please try this beer you’ll love it
Hmmm. Toss up between Shiner Holiday Cheer and Gordon Biersch Winter Bock with Pyramid’s Snow Cap right in there, too. Forced to choose one, I’ll go with Winter Bock from Gordon Biersch! Whew!
Long Trail Hibernator, one of my favorites for a long time, but also
Ommegang Double Chocolate Indulgence, my god is it delicious!!
troegs mad elf without question.
2nd place: great lakes christmas ale
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice by far
celebration without a doubt
I’m surprised that Full Sail Wassail came in last place. That is one of my favorites for the year but my all time favorite winter warmer is Anderson Valley Winter Solstice. I really like that creamy and caramel flavor.
Insanely Bad elf
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice, I live CT and it is not sold here so my wife an I always order a case from a liquor store in NY to get us through the winter..
Just looking at some old polls. Great Lakes Christmas Ale must be on the list next year. I’ve tried dozens of beers in the style and it is still my favorite, hands down.