9/20/2023 0 Comments Hop alley winter alrThis year, a handful of smaller Colorado craft breweries are reviving the gingerbread beer trend. An even lighter beer for the season: Colorado Native’s Winterfest, a lager with spice characteristics from the malt. Odell Brewing’s Isolation Ale is a winter warmer with caramel notes, but it stands apart with a crisp hop finish that defies the idea that winter beer is heavy on the gullet. The beer offers a malt roast with warming alcohol (8.7 percent ABV) and a kick of hops, given the America twist of dry-hopping. Great Divide Brewing’s Hibernation Ale offers similar flavors in an English-inspired Old Ale, a style that sadly only appears this time of year. To add to its accolades, the beer ranked 10th in The Beer Connoisseurs magazine’s 2017 list of holiday beers. Avery Brewing’s Old Jubilation Ale is a stand-out English ale with flavors of caramel, raisins and dried fruit. Three of the largest Colorado craft brewers own the winter beer scene. One that often disappears by now is the limited release of Upslope Christmas Ale, a spice-forward Belgian beer with dark fruit flavors and a color to match Rudolph’s nose. It seems counterintuitive - like pumpkin beer in August - but most winter and Christmas ales are hard to find in December. (Courtesy of Lone Tree Brewing.) Winter and Christmas ales The tour starts with … Lone Tree Brewing’s English Old Ale features the flavors of the holiday season. But like any list, it surely misses a few good ones. We consulted with beer buyers at three great Denver bottle shops to compile this list - Mondo Vino, Molly’s and Argonaut. Here’s a guide to some of the tastiest winter beers in Colorado. Colorado’s craft beer makers offer plenty of options for the winter months, from Christmas spiced ales to barrel-aged stouts. Say what you want about the hoppy beer releases each spring, or the fruity wonders each summer, but the malt and roast flavors that define winter ales offer a good reason to celebrate the season. One response to “The Beers of Cask Fest.“Now that the weather - finally! - is turning colder, it’s time to celebrate the best time in the beer calendar. Washington Cask Beer Festival Retail Ticket Outlets WABL Beer – Solo IPA by Big Time Brewery, Available to WABL members only. “Dig” Spring Seasonal (Double Dry -Hopped Pale Ale) Hogshead Whiskey Barrel Aged Monkey Wrench (Amber)Ī Dude in Every Port (Russian Imperial Stout) Puget Sound Vanilla Porter (Brown Porter)Ĭascadian Dark Ale (Bourbon -Oak Infused CDA)īourbon Imperial (Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Pale) Lisa’s Chocolate Stout (Stout) – second session Kentucky Dark Star (Imperial Oatmeal Stout) So which beers on this list pique your interest?īuck Mulligan’s Dublin Stout (Dry Irish Stout) Instead of making a huge, over-the-hop IPA, Diamond Knot Brewing chose to brew a Dark English Mild. This year we understand it is quite a stylistic departure compared to years past. In the past, it has typically been a collaborative effort with multiple breweries providing ingredients and manpower at one select brewery. To honor his legacy, each year the Washington Brewers Guild brews up a new version of Herbert’s. ![]() The beer is a tribute to legendary craft beer pioneer Bert Grant who moved to Yakima in 1981 to open the nation’s first post-prohibition brewpub. For you newbies, Herbert’s is a beer brewed exclusively for Cask Fest each year. The official release party for this year’s Herbert’s Legendary Cask Fest Ale is tonight at Brouwer’s Cafe. ![]() Make some calls and see who still has tickets for sale. If you want to go, there is no time to dawdle. ![]() At the very bottom of this post I share the list of retail outlets selling tickets. Online tickets are sold out but that does not necessarily mean you are out of luck. Once again, it sounds like Washington’s brewers have come up with some deliciously creative concoctions for Cask Fest. The Washington Cask Beer Festival is a week from Saturday. by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog.
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