Seasonal Beer Offerings to Look For this Winter

Soon there will be no more pumpkin beer on the shelves and it is time for my favorite season for beer. Here in New England, when winter hits, it hits hard. What better way to end a long frigid day then to enjoy a strong, flavorful beer. Winter seasonals include all the flavors we love in the winter. Such as cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, fig, maple, and sometimes even chocolate. So throw away your Shipyard Pumpkin, and keep your eyes out for these amazing offerings from some of New England's finest breweries.



Let's start off simple with a few offerings from Sam Adams and Harpoon...

Samuel Adams Winter Lager


Style: Spiced Wheat Bock
Flavors: orange peel, ginger, and cinnamon

Samuel Adams White Christmas


Style: White Ale
Flavors: cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel

Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale


Style: Spiced Brown Ale
Flavors: orange peel, ginger, and cinnamon

Harpoon Winter Warmer


Style: Holiday Ale
Flavors: cinnamon and nutmeg

Now it is time to get fancy...

Allagash's Overwinter


Style: Stout
Flavors: Figs aged in whiskey barrels, cocoa, oak, and coffee

New England Brewing Company's Imperial Stout Trooper


Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Flavors: cocoa, licorice, and nuttiness

Jack Abby's Framinghammer


Style: Baltic Porter
Flavors: chocolate, oats, and brown sugar

UFO Winter Blonde Vanilla Cold Brew Ale


Style: American Blonde Ale
Flavors: vanilla, coffee

Wormtown's Blizzard of 78


Style: English Style Brown Ale
Flavors: cocoa, coffee, and toffee

Fat Head's Brewery and Saloon's Holly Jolly Christmas Ale


Style: Spiced Beer
Flavors: caramel, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Brooklyn Brewery's Insulated Dark Lager


Style: Schwarzbier
Flavors: roasted carafa and coffee

Craft Brewniveristy's motto is, "Drink, don't think". So when you are deciding what winter beer you should buy, try one of these.


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