Drink With The Wench » holiday beer http://drinkwiththewench.com Drinking through the world, one beer at a time. Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:57:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.7 Whole Foods Market and the Beer Wench present Holiday Beer Chat on Twitter http://drinkwiththewench.com/2012/12/whole-foods-market-and-the-beer-wench-present-holiday-beer-chat-on-twitter/ http://drinkwiththewench.com/2012/12/whole-foods-market-and-the-beer-wench-present-holiday-beer-chat-on-twitter/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:07:14 +0000 http://drinkwiththewench.com/?p=9135 Taste and tweet about holiday beers and food pairings on December 18th

Tis the season to be jolly, and nothing makes the fa-la-la-la-la’s quite as merry as a frothy glass of holiday ale. In celebration of the season, Whole Foods Market has teamed up again with yours truly to co-host a virtual beer tasting LIVE on Twitter.

On Dec. 18 from 7-8 p.m. CST, join Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) and myself (@TheBeerWench) as we chat about favorite holiday beers, cooking with holiday beer recipes, and holiday beer pairings. Simultaneously taste four unique and festive ales while tweeting alongside the folks behind the breweries that make them.

To participate, pick up one or all of the featured holiday beers and tweet your experience using the hashtag #WFMBeer. Every 15 minutes, the focus of the tasting will shift to a different beer. The schedule is as follows.

Whether spent cuddling next to the fireplace, entertaining a household of family and friends, or airing your grievances around the Festivus pole, these festive winter ales are sure to bring extra sparkle to your holiday season.

If you can’t find one of the recommended beers above, simply ask your local Whole Foods Market beer specialist to make a holiday beer recommendation and then join the conversation on Twitter. Don’t forget the hashtag #WFMBeer.

And don’t for get to leave one of these beers out for Santa – rumor has it, he loves craft beer too.

Participation is limited to those 21 years or older.

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Holiday Beer Fest Official Beer List http://drinkwiththewench.com/2009/10/holiday-beer-fest-official-beer-list/ http://drinkwiththewench.com/2009/10/holiday-beer-fest-official-beer-list/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:41:44 +0000 http://drinkwiththewench.com/?p=1919 BevMo is hosting a Holiday Beer Fest at Fort Mason in San Francisco on Sunday, November 15th from 1pm to 4pm. The event costs $35 and tickets are ONLY available online. (If tickets are still available the day of the event, they can be purchased at the Herbst Pavilion Door for $45-cash). A portion of the proceeds is being donated to the Monterey Culinary Arts Foundation — which I totally dig.

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Another awesome perk of attending the event is being able to taste “soon-to-be-released” holiday beers before they are actually released. And because I’m super awesome (go with it), I was privileged enough to be sent the list of beers for tasting.

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Naturally, I have my opinions about many of the beers in the line up (the good, the bad and the ugly). There are some tables that I will avoid like the plague ::cough:: CORPORATE ::cough::

And then there are some tables that I might spend copious amounts of time at — i.e.: De Proef, Allagash, Bison, Green Flash, Stone etc…

Either way, here is the super star list of breweries pouring their specialty and holiday beers at the Holiday Beer Fest in San Francisco on Sunday, November 15th. If you are in the Bay Area, I highly suggest attending this event. It should be awesome.

Abita Brewing Christmas Ale – Pecan Harvest – Jockamo IPA – Abbey Ale
Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Amber – Alaskan White Ale – Alaskan Winter Ale
Anchor Brewing Christmas Ale – Liberty Ale
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Anheuser-Busch Pumpkin Spice – Winter Bourbon
Alagash Allagash Curieux (bourbon barrel aged) – Black Belgian Style Stout
Asahi Super Dry – Brewmasters Select
Asphall Dry English Cider
Bards Tale Gluten Free
Batemans English Ale
Wells Banana Bread Beer
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
Malheur Brut
Belhaven Scottish Ale
Big Sky Powder Hound – Big Sky IPA – Moose Drool – Trout Slayer
Bison Brewing (Organic) Ginger Bread Ale- Chocolate Stout
Black Diamond Winter Ale(Belgian Abbey Style)
Blue Frog Big Dippa 3 IPA – McPhrog Scottish
Boston Beer Winter Lager, Coastal Wheat, Camberry Lambic- Old Fezziwig – Holiday Porter
Buffalo Bills Pumpkin Ale
Chimay Grand Reserve
Chang Premium
Coastal Fog IPA
Widmer Brrr Ale
Kona Pipeine Porter
Redhook Winterhook
Deschutes Jubelale
De Proef Belgian Ale
Dogfish Fish 90 Minute IPA – Midas Touch – Palo Santo Marron – Festina Peche – Chicory Stout
Castelian St Amand French Country Ale
Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Noel
Brasserie Dupont Foret Organic Saison –  Saison Farmhouse Ale –  Bons Voeux X-Mas Ale
Hopf Dunkle Weisse
Elysian Bifrost Winter Ale
Firestone Walker’s Reserve Porter
Nectar Ales Red Nectar – Nectar IPA
Firehouse Belgian Double – Scotch Ale
Fox Barrel Mulling Cider
Full Sail Wassail Winter Ale -Session Black Lager – Brewmaster Reserve Vesuvius & Wreck the Halls
Hornsby Hard Apple Cider
BridgePort Hop Czar – Ebenezer
Shiner Cheers Ale
Gordon Biersch Winter Bock
Grand Teton Brewing Black Cauldron Imperial Stout, Cellar Reserve – Double Vision Dopplebock, Howling Wolf Weizenbock
Grand Teton Brewing XX Bitch Creek Double ESB/20th Anniversary – Pursuit of Hoppiness Double Red Ale
Woodchuck Vermont Hard Cider
Guinness Irish Stout
He’brew Jewbelation
Heineken Premium & Dark Lager
Lagunitas Brown Shugga’
Lost Coast Winterbraun – Downtown Brown – Tangerine Wheat
Mad River John Barleycorn Barleywine Style Ale
Magners Cider Hard Irish Cider
Marin/Moylans White Christmas Winter Lager – Hoppy Holidaze Spiced Ale – Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale
Napa Smith Bonfire Winter Ale – Lost Dog
Oskar Blues Gordon Red Ale – Old Chub Scotch Ale
Green Flash Imperial IPA
Saint Landelin French Speciale Noel
Triple Karmeliet Belgian Tripple
North Coast Old Stock Ale – Old Rasputin Stout
Meantime Coffee Porter
Dues Brut Des Flanders
St Feuillien Cuvee De Noel
Paulaner Salvator
Brouwerij Huyghe Fruli Strawberry Belgian Ale
Fullers 1845 Ale – Vintage Ale
Carlow Brewery O’Hara’s Irish Stout
Menage a Singe Black IPA
Pyramid Snow Cap Winter Ale
Rogue Ales Santa’s Private Reserve Ale
Sapporo Premium
Santa Cruz Ale works Oatmeal Stout – IPA – Barrel Aged Porter
Schneider Aventinus Weizen Eisbock – Aventinus Doppelbock
Shipyard Pugsley Signature XXXX IPA –  Imperial Sout
Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale – Celebration Ale – Pale Ale
Spaten Spaten Optimator – Double Bock – Munich Dunkel
Franziskaner Franziskaner Dunkelweiss
Speakeasy Black IPA – Double Daddy IPA
Smithwicks Irish Ale
Stone Double Bastard draft
Tied House Holiday Ale
Trumer Brauerei Premium Pils

CHEERS!!!

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