Did Barleywine make the list? You can brew one for next winter…
I dig on Flanders Red / Oud Bruin during the holidays. Especially those on the higher end of ABV, aged in bourbon barrels. Boulevard’s ‘Love Child’ series is perfect for the holidays. Again, you’ll be making one now for next year.
Dubbel and Dark Mild are good ideas for this year
Thanks for all of the ideas. I have a winter warmer of sorts that is basically a double red ale. I will probably only get around to a few so I am thinking
dark strong Belgian of some type
black lager
robust or Baltic porter (additions of spices or chocolate or coffee, etc.)
black IPA?
black wheat?
basically variations on ‘black’ beers…haha
If you do a coffee porter, consider using a quality decaf coffee bean. I do this personally as I don’t want to be drinking caffeine at night.
+1. I always try to have a keg of Bohemian pilsner on tap for the holidays. Goes great with pickled herring.
I do think I will try brewing that Saison d’Hiver recipe that Duncan posted, though.
That does look good. If I had to pick one style I would want to drink in December and July I think saison would be it.
Amber makes a good Fall/transitional beer and if your kegging you can be drinking it in no time flat. I’m about a week away from tapping a Fall Amber myself.
Fall/Winter beer I’m thinking a good rye IPA.
Now…if only there was a good recipe out there…
Bruce
Just had some Sinebrychoff for the first time in a while. Baltic Porter now tops my list for cool weather beer.