Hill Country Beer Club

Winter Seasonals
December 12, 2008

It's time to start sampling this year's holiday selections - so go shopping for your favorite Christmas ales and winter seasonals, and join your beer drinking brethren this Friday to celebrate holiday fermentations! Winter seasonals are nearly wholely represented by Strong Ales, most English in particular.

Please try to buy something that we haven't sampled before (unless your selection is one of the very few marked with a different vintage from year to year - those sometimes are different recipes than the same label brewed the year before).

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Leinenkugel Brewing Co. (SABMiller)	Fireside Nut Brown Lager	2008	85
Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)	Holiday Cheer	2008	82
Anchor Brewing Company	Our Special Ale	2008	85
Boston Beer Company	Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock	2008	91
Boston Beer Company	Samuel Adams Winter Lager	2008	84
Wychwood Refresh	Bah Humbug	2008	87
Deschutes Brewery	Jubelale	2008	88
Full Sail Brewing Company	Wassail	2008	88
Left Hand / Tabernash	Snow Bound Winter Ale	2008	89
Brouwerij Huyghe	Delirium No	2008	89

Summary

85	Leinenkugel Brewing Co. (SABMiller) Fireside Nut Brown Lager Lager \| 4.9% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

82	Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company) Holiday Cheer Fruit Beer \| 4.9% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

85	Anchor Brewing Company Our Special Ale Spiced Ale \| 5.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

Club/Brewer Notes:
Recipe different every year

91	Boston Beer Company Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Dunkler Bock \| 5.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

84	Boston Beer Company Samuel Adams Winter Lager Weizen Bock \| 5.8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

87	Wychwood Refresh Bah Humbug English Strong Ale \| 6% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

88	Deschutes Brewery Jubelale English Strong Ale \| 6.7% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

88	Full Sail Brewing Company Wassail English Strong Ale \| 7% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

89	Left Hand / Tabernash Snow Bound Winter Ale Spiced Ale \| 8.6% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By:

89	Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium No Belgian Strong Ale \| 10% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: