The Top Ten Winter Beers You Need to Try
Belgian winter beers are often slightly stronger (by 1-2% ABV) versions of flagship beers. If they are spiced, the spicing is usually more subtle than American versions. It's difficult to describe winter seasonal beers in traditional style terms, since it's always possible to find exceptions to any description.
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Sierra Nevada Celebration. Shop Now. ABV: 6.5%. Brewery Location: Chico, CA. One of the consensus best beers of last year (and every year), Sierra Nevada's Celebration is the perfect winter beer for hop heads. Utilizing the first hops of the harvest season, the fresh hops imbue a more complex beer of pine, citrus and malty caramel.
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While American-style barleywines are intensely hopped for a more bitter and hop-forward taste, English varieties tend to offer a more balanced combination of malt and hops. Serve this winter beer style with a charcuterie board of cured meats and creamy cheeses. Give These Barleywines a Try: Sierra Nevada: Bigfoot Barleywine (Chico, CA) 9.6% ABV
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Instead of the usual winter warmer or other dark beer, this is a Northwest-style red ale. Brewed with Chocolate and Caramel malts as well as a healthy dose of hops (Alchemy, Eureka, and Cascade.
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Make Your Best Winter Seasonal Beer. Drink this one as soon as it's ready. It doesn't age poorly, but the seasonally-evocative nature of the recipe might make it seem out-of-place. Happy (early) Holidays!. One of the more intriguing styles in the BJCP Guidelines is the Winter Seasonal Beer category, and as a wide-open specialty category.
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9. Guinness Stock Ale. However much (or little) you know about beer, you've heard of Guinness. You know it's a dark Irish beer and has something to do with world records. We're busy arguing whether the best winter beer is brewed in the US or the UK, but Guinness is the girl that can do both.
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Seasonal beer styles are the way to go when transitioning from fall to winter. While the flavors may be a little similar there are some distinct wintery flavors that will carry you into the festive season.. It may be winter but your beers still need to be served at the peak of freshness and delivered to your glass crisp and delicious.
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Imperial IPA. Kristen Prahl/Shutterstock. India Pale Ales are undoubtedly the most popular style of beer to come out of the craft beer boom. These hop-forward brews come in many different styles.
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St Bernardus - Christmas Ale. This Abbey stylel ale packs a higher alcohol content with a 10% ABV in a 750ml bottle. It's a winter beet that is a dark brown color, layered with a cream-colored foam when poured. The beer has a bright hop character with notes of zest, aniseed, caramel, and fire-roasted chestnuts.
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Winter Warmer. Learn more about the Winter Warmer style of beer. These malty, sweet offerings tend to be a favorite winter seasonal. A big malt presence, both in flavor and body, leads the way. The color of this style ranges from brownish reds to nearly pitch black. Hop bitterness is generally low and balanced, but hop character can be.
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ABV: 8.3%. Style: English Strong Ale. The verdict: Avery has taken a traditional winter style and spiced it up in this exceptionally flavorful beer with notes of hazelnuts and caramel. 11.
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Brown ales are a popular style of winter beer because they have a fuller body. Caramel, chocolate and roasted malts give it a rich, brown hue, and earthy hop profiles contribute to smooth flavor that will warm you up during the cooler months. Another popular style of beer for the season are stouts. Similar to brown ales, stouts are a full.
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US craft winter beers are often spiced and mostly referred to as Christmas or Holiday beers. The UK is most commonly associated with Winter Warmers, which tend to be full-bodied, darker, malt-driven styles, and are not usually spiced. "Warmer" usually equates to bigger ABVs, hence the idea that they warm you up a bit.
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STYLE: West Coast IPA ABV:6.8%. "One of my seasonal favs, but also a beer that proves you don't have to do anything special to become a winter ale classic. Perhaps a touch maltier than most NW IPA, it has a slighly candy-like jolly rancher note and fresh puffs of resinous piney hops in bitterness, flavor and aroma.".
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Winter Beer Styles. Stouts — These dark, bitter, and roasty flavored beers will leave you with a warm fullness that is perfect for hibernation. What sets stouts apart are their taste and color. They are black and taste like coffee, licorice, and chocolate. A stout should be full and creamy to the taste, making it the perfect beer to sip on on.
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Specifically, it's winter beer season. And while "winter beer" isn't technically a category, it encompasses styles like winter warmers, white IPAs, Christmas ales, and literally any beer.