Brouwerij Huyghe - Delirium Noël

For the Twelfth Beer of Christmas, we went back to where we started the year. But we must have had a few too many because we're seeing pink elephants.

At 358 years of age, Brouwerij Huyghe has a history of numerous names, owners, and beers.  But the current incarnation is certainly the most celebrated.

Deep mahogany with a light haze, the beer forms a nice head due to strong carbonation.  However, the head doesn't stick around and quickly slips away to a thin white cap.  The lacing is minimal and leaves a fine mesh that washes away with the tilting of the glass.

The strong aroma floats free of the glass and filled the space around me.  It's a very nice mix of sweet malt with heavy splashes of spice. Mostly black pepper and cinnamon.

The flavor matched the aroma: sweet with pepper and cinnamon.  There was a yeastiness to each drink, too.  Given the very high alcohol content, 10%, the esters were much lighter than I would have believed.  It came through, of course, but more as a mildly warming aftertaste than an overarching characteristic.  Be warned, though, the alcohol is definitely there.  By the bottom of the bottle, my ears and cheeks were a little flush.

Brandon commented on the yeast in both the smell and taste.  Aaron remarked on the warming alcohol finish.  And Wyatt said the finish was surprisingly tart.  He added that this was an "I'll just have one" kind of beer for him.

Ratings

Aaron: 9.5
Brandon: 9.5
Wyatt: 9.5
Tracy: 9

Stats
Brewer: Brouwerij Huyghe
Location: Melle, Belgium
Website: http://www.Delirium.be
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Alcohol Content: 10.0% ABV
Interesting Note: Nearly 21 years ago, in April of 1992, "Confrerie van de Roze Olifant" (Brotherhood of the Pink Elephant) was formed to promote the ancient brewing traditions of Melle and, especially, Brouwerij Huyghe's flagship beer, Delirium Tremens.  In addition, they do charitable work and wear snazzy outfits.  There are currently on 23 members, but I'm going to send in my application to be an absentee professor.

Full Sail Brewing - Wassail Winter Ale

For the Eleventh Beer of Christmas, we set sail for a brewery with 47 employee owners. We'll delve into that cool little footnote at the end of the review.

Full Sail is another relatively new to Lubbock brew that I've been looking forward to sampling.  I don't know the first thing about sailing, but I do know good beer and the 47 employee owners of Full Sail apparently do, too.

Reddish brown with a moderate head, the beer makes for a pretty glass.  The head quickly subsided to next to nothing.  Just a thin ring where the beer met the glass.

Piney hops come through in the aroma.  There are also notes of citrus, roasted chocolate malt, and a hint of oak-aged whiskey.  I can't find any information that suggests this brew was barrel aged.  It's probably just a combination of the roasted malts and high alcohol content.

A strong does of roasted coffee and malt forms the base flavor.  Warming alcohol and a bite of citrus hops round out the middle taste while bittersweet chocolates close each drink.  Full bodied with low carbonation, each drink is just shy of being called "chewy."

By the end of the first glass, I was feeling a bit full and a bit warm.  This isn't a sessionable beer.  But it would make for a great night in front of the fire place with two glasses of beer.

Aaron said this was another good, toasty one.  Brandon said it had coffee flavor and he thinks it's "awesome."

Ratings

Aaron: 10
Brandon: 10
Wyatt: 8
Tracy: 10

Stats
Brewer: Full Sail Brewing Company
Location: Hood River, OR
Website: http://www.FullSailBrewing.com
Style: Winter Warmer
Alcohol Content: 7.2% ABV
Interesting Note: In 1999, twelve years (and certainly more than twelve beers) after opening, Full Sail split up ownership of the brewery among their 47 employees. Reading their company mantra, I have to admit that I felt a little choked up. Give it a read: http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/mantra.cfm .

Avery Brewing - Old Jubilation Ale

For the Tenth Beer of Christmas, we travel 26 miles to go from Arapahoe to Arapahoe.

Oddly enough, Great Divide Brewing, creator of last night's Hibernation Ale, is located on Arapahoe Street in Denver. Just 26 miles away, Avery Brewing, creator of tonight's Old Jubilation Ale, is on Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder.

The coppery chestnut brew forms a thick head of dense, tan bubbles. The lacing left behind on the glass as I drank was so think that it was more like icing than lacing. A moderate level of carbonation kept feeding the head so that a thin cap remained all the way to the bottom of the glass.

Hazelnuts, toffee, and rich malt dominate the aroma. Subtler tones of bread, vanilla, and alcohol slip in at random intervals.

Sweet malt and molasses comprise the basis of the taste palate. There's a very light touch of licorice that is almost masked out by a highly roasted malt bittering in the end. With the moderate carbonation, the beer comes off with a medium-full body and mouthfeel.  It's a very drinkable beer that would also be sessionable, however the high alcohol content might make that a little bit dangerous.

Aaron found it to be toasty and hoppy while Brandon remarked on the caramel flavor. Wyatt is back from his alien abduction but is still playing catchup on the beers.

Ratings

Aaron: 9
Brandon: 10
Wyatt: 8 (and he's back to reviewing now ...)
Tracy: 10

Stats
Brewer: Avery Brewing Company
Location: Boulder, CO
Website: http://www.AveryBrewing.com/
Style: English Olde Ale
Alcohol Content: 8.3% ABV
Interesting Note: As noted in my previous Avery review for Hog Heaven, Avery was started by a homebrewer turned pro.  Like Deschutes and Stone, Avery has a number of their recipes posted on their website for homebrewers. Among them is the Old Jubilation Ale recipe.  I may have to give this one a try myself.  http://averybrewing.com/brewery/recipes-for-homebrewers/

Great Divide Brewing Co. - Hibernation Ale

For the Ninth Beer of Christmas, we head to Denver for a taste of the Great Divide.

Great Divide (the brewerly, not the continental division of watersheds) brews a number of beers.  The one that always stands out in my mind is the large brown & beige bottle of Yeti that has even made its way into my local grocery stores. However, The Great Divide (the area that separates the watersheds) itself does have a great number of beers and breweries. But that's a subject for a different post.

Their seasonal offering, Hibernation Ale, creates a beautiful mahogany glass of beer with a thick head of light beige foam that leaves a trail of heavy lacing on the glass.

Toasted biscuit and mildly rough alcohol esters dominate the scent. There's a bit of hops, dark fruit (dates, figs, etc), and sweet malt, too. With the 8.7% ABV, I believed the alcohol would come through much stronger. It's there, but surprisingly mild. As I pulled the glass away after each drink, there was an additional surprise of a toast scent but without the biscuit.

My first thought when drinking this was "thick." It has a full body and a big, bold taste. The sweet malt in the aroma comes through double in the taste. But it's offset by a a combination of the alcohol and a strong dark chocolate flavor. I particularly enjoyed the complexity of the drink. Sweet in the beginning of the drink, changing to bittersweet mid-drink, and warming with alcohol in the aftertaste.

Despite the thick, full body and the thick head of foam, the carbonation was low through most of the drink.

Big & bold. Complex & warm (even at the 45°F I had it chilled to ... side note, the recommended serving temperature is in the mid 50s).

Aaron described the taste as malty with a hint of dark chocolate. Brandon went with malty and nutty. Both agreed that this is a very good beer (see their ratings on a scale of 1 to 12 below). Wyatt said that the only reason he didn't give it a 12 is because he couldn't drink lots of it at once.

Ratings

Aaron: 11
Brandon: 11
Wyatt: 11
Tracy: 10

Stats
Brewer: Great Divide Brewing Company
Location: Denver, CO
Website: http://www.GreatDivide.com
Style: English Olde Ale
Alcohol Content: 8.7% ABV
Interesting Note: A 17 year veteran of Great Divide's line up, this fantastic beer has deservedly won a gold medal and three silver medals.  In addition, it comes in a whiskey barrel aged format that runs 12.4% alcohol.  I haven't seen one of these locally, but if I find one I will definitely grab it (and a couple of spares).

Alaskan Brewing Co. - Winter Ale

For the Eighth Beer of Christmas, we went north to Alaska, north because the rush is on.  Of course, our gold was a little different than Johnny Horton's.

Alaskan is another brewer that has recently made its presence known on my local shelves.  I've had their White and Amber brews. Their short, color coded bottles definitely stand out on the shelves.

The Winter Ale, brewed with spruce tips, pours up an amber gold with a small head.  Now, the photo doesn't really represent the head well. I had camera issues so the head was nearly gone by the time I snapped the photo.  The head, little though it was, dissipated quickly and the low carbonation did nothing to support it.

The aroma is nice.  Sweet with a touch of bread and peach.  It's very mild, though, and took some focused inhaling.

Given the style, I expected a bit more body. The beer feels thin.  I think it's probably the low carbonation.  I like the taste.  Lightly sweet with a touch of bubblegum and lemony hops.  The spruce is also evident.  Not that I've eaten a lot of spruce, but there's a unique flavor on the sides of my tongue and I have to label it as "spruce."  I was surprised that even with the fairly high alcohol content, about like a Winter Warmer, the beer lacked the warming sensation I assumed it would have.

Overall this is a nice beer, but not one I'm likely to go after on a regular basis. Of course, I wouldn't turn it down if it was handed to me.

Aaron & Brandon didn't think it had much carbonation and Brandon added that it tasted like a tree.

Rating:

Aaron: 5
Brandon: 7
Wyatt: (Still out partying for New Years? We might need to send a search party.)
Tracy: 6

Stats
Brewer: Alaskan Brewing Company
Location: Juneau, AK
Website: http://www.AlaskanBeer.com
Style: English Olde Ale
Alcohol Content: 6.4% ABV
Interesting Note: Alaskan put a fair amount of thought and effort into their brewing system to establish a sustainable and "green" system.  I could write all about their efforts to capture and reuse carbon dioxide from fermentation, spent grain fueled grain dryer, and mash filter press.  But they're already done a nice job of that here: http://www.alaskanbeer.com/our-brewery/sustainable-brewing/brewhouse-innovation.html.  Give it a read.

Boston Beer Company - Samuel Adams White Christmas

For the Seventh Beer of Christmas, we had a repeat of Christmas Day ... a white Christmas! OK, at least it was a repeat of the weather we had in Lubbock.

Boston Beer Company (aka, Sam Adams) is a regular brewer in The Twelve Beers of Christmas.  But this time we remembered not to review the Winter Lager again as we did in 2010 and 2011.  Oops.  :)

Walking through Sam's Club back around Thanksgiving, I ran across a case of Samuel Adams Winter Classics.  Along with the flagship Boston Lager, five other delicious varieties are packed into that box.  The White Christmas is new to the Sam Adams line up.

The glass filled with a slightly hazy but deep gold beer that formed a small white head.  The haze is common to wheat beers (which witbier is a variety of).  The head quickly dissipated to a light ring.

The scent is all fruit and spice.   Bananas and grapefruit mixed with cinnamon, pepper, and big dose of coriander.   The carbonation is aggressive and crisp, leaving a tingle on the tongue and a medium-bodied mouthful.

I know I say this sort of thing a lot, but I really enjoyed this beer.  The best thing is that I have three more in the refrigerator along with some Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, Holiday Porter, Old Fezziwig Ale, and, yes, Winter Lager.  Happy New Year to me and the rest of the guys!

Aaron & Brandon tasted strong nutmeg with a hint of citrus.  But they didn't feel there was any cinnamon in the flavor.

Rating:

Aaron: 7
Brandon: 7
Wyatt: (out partying for New Years)
Tracy: 8

Stats
Brewer: Boston Beer Company
Location: Boston, MA
Website: http://www.SamuelAdams.com
Style: Witbier
Alcohol Content: 5.8% ABV
Interesting Note: Founder Jim Koch created Samuel Adams Boston Lager grew from a 110 year old Koch family recipe.

Samuel Smith Old Brewery - Winter Welcome Ale

For the Sixth Beer of Christmas, we hop the pond and discover something new - "stone Yorkshire squares" ... more on that below.

Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout is a mainstay of the imports section of most beer stores.  Every craft/import beer drinker has noticed the gold foil top and distinctively tall bottle.  And being noticed means being purchased. Other than the Nut Brown Ale, I've never seen another offering from Samuel Smith's and was excited to see this on several beer store shelves this year.

The bright copper brew produces a finely bubbled, off-white head that evaporates off to a thin cap within a couple of drinks. A light lacing remained at the top of the glass from when the head was full, but didn't chase the beer down the sides the way last night's Jubelale did.

Light fruity esters chased stronger aromas of butterscotch, caramel, and toasted malt with a touch of honey laying over the entire mix. The bouquet was light but very pleasant, only filling my nose when the glass was close.

The taste is smooth and crisp. Fully of fruity ale goodness, the medium carbonation and body provide a very pleasant drinking experience. It starts sweet and finishes with an ever-so-light warming, a touch of pepper, and a mild bittering on the back of the tongue. It reminds me of a Redhook ESB (Extra Special Bitter) but with a higher malt profile.

This is a nice Winter Warmer. The lower alcohol content makes it slightly more sessionable and would be a great any-time-of-year drink.

Brandon got specific with the fruit flavor, expressing it as an apricot flavor.

Ratings

Aaron: 8
Brandon: 9
Wyatt: 8
Tracy: 8

Stats
Brewer: Samuel Smith Old Brewery
Location: Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, UK
Website: http://www.SamuelSmithsBrewery.co.uk/
Style: Winter Warmer
Alcohol Content: 6.0% ABV
Interesting Note: Samuel Smith Old Brewery uses traditional stone Yorkshire squares when brewing their beer.  I found this to be a very interesting approach to fermentation.  Click the link to read more about it at Wikipedia.

Deschutes Brewery - Jubelale

For the Fifth Beer of Christmas, we visit the brewer of one of my all time favorite beers.

Last year I fell in love with Deschutes Brewery's Black Butte Porter. Since we picked the theme of holiday/winter beers for the Twelve Beers of Christmas this year, I was excited to see Jubelale sitting on the shelves.

The beer pours up a deep cherry brown.  Lisa (the soon to be Mrs.) and I went looking at hard wood flooring the other day to replace the carpet in my living room.  This is almost exactly the shade of the cherry flooring we saw.  A nice, light tan head develops on top from the pour.  As I drank it, thick lacing clung to the sides of the glass.

The aroma is earthy.  Like moist soil and long, uncut grass back from a river in Cimarron Canyon, New Mexico.  Yes, I know, that's kind of specific.  But that's what I got from it and I haven't been there in 20 years.  That's just the memory it pulled up.  There's also a low undertone of dark fruit and alcohol from the high ABV that comes with the Winter Warmer style.

Like the aroma, the strong alcohol content comes through in the taste, but subtler than last night's Christmas Ale.  It's definitely a warmer, but a complex malt character of bitter-sweet chocolate, medium roasted coffee, and dates masks the alcohol.  This medium to full bodied beer finishes clean and crisp and leaves you warm and satisfied.

Lisa ... can we go to Oregon for our honeymoon?

On the other hand, I don't think Wyatt cared much for this one.  What makes me think that?  He said, "I'm gonna need at least two beers before I enjoy this one."

Ratings

Aaron: 5.5 (also precise)
Brandon: 6
Wyatt: 5
Tracy: 7

Stats
Brewer: Deschutes Brewery
Location: Bend, OR
Website: http://www.DeschutesBrewery.com/
Style: Winter Warmer
Alcohol Content: 6.7% ABV
Interesting Note: In the about page, I mention being a former homebrewer.  Well, that was two years ago.  Over the summer I got back into it and am brewing all grain batches.  Given my absolute love of Black Butte Porter, I cannot tell you how excited I was to find that Deschutes has posted a Black Butte Porter clone recipe on their website.  Seriously, how freakin' cool is that?!  I'll be brewing that up soon and drinking some original BBP while doing so.

Breckenridge Brewery - Christmas Ale

For the Fourth Beer of Christmas, we make our first of three trips into the beer brewing powerhouse of Colorado.

Breckenridge is known for good beers (I reviewed their Agave Wheat last year and enjoyed it).  This is one of their four seasonal brews, along with Pandora's Bock (I like that name) in spring, SummerBright Ale in summer, and Autumn Ale in ... wait for it ... autumn.

The Christmas Ale pours up a very attractive medium-brown ale with a low to medium head of foam that subsides to nothing fairly quickly and leaves minimal lacing.

Nutmeg, dark fruits (not quite fruitcake), sweet malt, and alcohol undertones make up the aroma when close to the glass.  But a light spiced and sweet malt scent carries several feet from the glass.

This is a very sweet beer.  It's got a heavy malt presence that masks, though not completely, the higher-than-normal alcohol content.  It's definitely a "warmer," as the style would imply.  Traditional Christmas spices back up the sweet alcohol: cinnamon, nutmeg, a touch of cloves.  It finishes with a bitter sweet burnt sugar taste.  While the alcohol content is high, the beer has a medium body and would not be terribly filling. It's definitely a session-able drink.

This beer would go very well with a roaring fire in the fireplace.  The heat of the flames warming your outsides and a Breckenridge Christmas Ale both cooling and warming your insides.

Aaron described this one as hoppy while his brother Brandon came at it from a similar vantage with "flowery."  Wyatt felt spicy was the best description.

Ratings

Aaron: 8
Brandon: 9
Wyatt: 7.5 (he's very precise)
Tracy: 8

Stats
Brewer: Breckenridge Brewery
Location: Breckenridge, CO
Website: http://www.BreckBrew.com
Style: Winter Warmer
Alcohol Content: 7.4% ABV
Interesting Note: Breckenridge was started by Richard Squire, a homebrewing ski bum (they called him a ski bum, not me) who loved good beer and, coincidentally, could make it as well. If you'd like to be a regular at the Breckenridge Brew Pub (and who wouldn't?), pull up chair and get ready to shell out some big bucks for a house.  The cheapest house I could find at www.Breck4Sale.com was $1.1 million.  According to a 2009 report from www.BreckenridgeHomes.net, the average price for a single family house was just over $1 million.  I'll have to settle for having it shipped to my local beer store.

Saint Arnold Brewing - Christmas Ale

For the Third Beer of Christmas, we pick up our first six-pack from a brewer that's a perennial favorite in our house.

Saint Arnold is only 45 minutes from Aubrey's place in Houston, so during my first trip to visit her after she moved, we had to hit up Saint Arnold. I'll post more on that another time.  But for now, just accept that you need to visit this brewery (and show up early ... the place gets full in a hurry).

Houston (from what I'm told) is home to two type of people ... Aggies and Cougars (graduates of Texas A&M and the University of Houston, respectively).  But this one comes out of the bottle a very University of Texas burnt orange.  I don't know what they were thinking on brew day. :)  The head is a very thin beige and frittered away to nothing as I was taking the pictures.

A fruity aroma filled the area around the glass.  It was light but pleasant.  Chocolate peeked through the background with a touch of buttered biscuits.

My first sip carried a big, yeast flavor with strong notes of semi-sweet caramel and a warming dose of alcohol.  Spices are present, but partially hidden behind the yeast and alcohol. Moderate carbonation combines with the flavors to create a medium bodied beer.

Brandon found pumpkin in the flavor while Wyatt felt it had a "Belgian ale thing going on" and was "earthy but not real earthy."

Ratings

Aaron: 6
Brandon: 8
Wyatt: 8
Tracy: 6

Stats
Brewer: Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Location: Houston, TX
Website: http://www.SaintArnold.com/
Style: Winter Warmer
Alcohol Content: 7.0% ABV
Interesting Note: The best part of the Saint Arnold tour is hanging out in the great hall and meeting new people.  On our second tour, we struck up a conversation with the guys below (unfortunately I don't remember their names now) who were sitting next to us and spent the afternoon drinking beer and playing games with them.  I'm looking forward to meeting new strangers next trip.

Brooklyn Brewery - Winter Ale

For the Second Beer of Christmas, we head to the Big Apple.

This seasonal ale filled the glass with a rich, rust colored beer with a thin beige head an no lacing.  The aroma was faint but carried hints of sweet roasted malt, toffee, and a woody/earthy undertone. I liked the wood scent and looked forward to tasting it.

The first sip carried tastes of sweet licorice and roasted malt. Further drinks brought on hints of nuttiness, cedar (bringing the wood scent full circle), and a light kiss of herbal hops. Light carbonation mixed with maltiness gave it a medium body. Alcohol esters were low but present and the beer finished slightly dry.

I liked this one and look forward to trying other offerings from Brooklyn.  Prior to this, I'd only tried their Sorachi Ace, a very tasty saison.

Aaron and Wyatt both thought it was malty and Aaron added nutty.

Ratings

Aaron: 6
Brandon: 8
Wyatt: 8
Tracy: 6

Stats
Brewer: Brooklyn Brewery
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Website: http://www.BrooklynBrewery.com
Style: Scottish Ale
Alcohol Content: 6.0% ABV
Interesting Note: The brewery's co-founder and president, Steve Hindy, got a taste for homebrewing while working as an associated press correspondent in the Middle East.

Brouwerij St. Bernardus – Christmas Ale

For the First Beer of Christmas, we pulled the cork on a big bottle of beer from Belgium.

My introduction to Brouwerij St. Bernardus came two years ago during our first Twelve Beers of Christmas.  Until this Christmas, I had not seen another style from St. Bernardus, so I was excited to pick up a bottle of their Christmas Ale.

The cork popped free of the bottle with a resounding thump and a strong aroma of malt and mulling spices filled my nose.  As the beer poured, a fuller aroma became apparent as sweet spice cake, dates, and cloves joined the bouquet along with a warm scent of alcohol.

During the pour, the head rose quickly with a thick mesh of tiny bubbles and stayed long into the drink.  The thickness of the malt and high carbonation led to a heavy lacing on the side of the glass.

The mouth feel is dryer than I expected due to the maltiness of the aroma.  There is an underlying sweetness of dark fruit and caramel that accompanies floral hops.  The spices come through with flavors of pumpkin pie and cloves.  The alcohol taste was less harsh than I thought it would be given the 10% ABV, but the warming effect was present in full.

This was a great beer to start The Twelve Beers of Christmas.  And a great beer to share. This year my beer loving friends Aaron, Brandon, and Wyatt joined me.  Aaron and Brandon commented that it was fruity with spicy notes at the end.  In addition, we decided to give the beers a rating.  We'll go from 1 to 12 (since it's The Twelve Beers and not The Ten Beers).  Note: it's not a ranking, just a rating.

Ratings

Aaron: 9
Brandon: 9
Wyatt: 8
Tracy: 8

Stats
Brewer: Brouwerij St. Bernardus (Brewery St. Bernardus)
Location: Watou, Belgium
Website: http://www.SintBernardus.be/
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Alcohol Content: 10.0% ABV
Interesting Note: St. Bernardus creates their beer using their own specialized strains of yeast as well as hops grown in their very own hop fields which are adjacent to the brewery.

While You're Waiting ...

The First Beer of Christmas seems a lifetime away.  I know, it's only 23 days, but it's a LONG 23 days.  So why not get warmed up now with a Beer Advent Calendar?

Check out this sweet Instructable to create your own.  A case of Sam Adams' Winter Classics would do the job nicely!  (Please do not use PBR like the picture shows ... that might make me cry.)

24 days before Christmas, 24 beers in a case.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Here are the instructions: http://www.instructables.com/id/beer-advent-calendar/

A big thanks to Instructables member mikeasaurus for posting the idea and my buddy Keith the Gecko Wrangler for letting me know about it!

The Twelve of 2012 ... Get 'em While They're Cold!

OK ... so this year it doesn't seem much like Christmas (yet).  The leaves are brown and on the ground, but it's 70 degrees outside.  At least here in Texas.  However, I know it's that time of year and I'm excited. The Twelve Beers of Christmas are just around the corner.  Like last year, we're going to announce The Twelve a little early so you have time to buy and enjoy them along with us.

We decided to do a couple of things different from the last two years.  First, we went with a Christmas/Winter theme for the beers.  Every beer is a special seasonal brewed specifically for Christmas or the winter season. Truly the Twelve Beers of Christmas. Second, we DID NOT choose Sam Adam's Winter Lager.  Somehow we reviewed Sam Adam's Winter Lager both of the last two years.  We still picked up a Sam Adam's brew, but not the Winter Lager.

All the beers came from Spec's but I was in World Market earlier today and they carried all (or nearly all) of these.  And I'm sure that plenty of other stores around do, too.

For 2012, the Twelve Beers (in drinking order) are:

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Brooklyn Winter Ale,
Saint Arnold Christmas Ale, Breckenridge Christmas Ale 

• December 25th - Christmas Ale from Saint Bernardus in Watou, Belgium
• December 26th - Winter Ale from Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, NY.
• December 27th - Christmas Ale from Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston, TX
• December 28th - Christmas Ale from Breckenridge Brewery in Breckenridge, CO

Deschutes Jubelale, Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale,
Sam Adam's White Chistmas Ale, Alaskan Winter Ale

• December 29th - Jubelale from Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon 
• December 30th - Winter Welcome Ale from Samuel Smith Old Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, UK
• December 31st - White Christmas Ale from Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) in Boston, MA (I could only find this one in the Sam Adam's Winter Classics Variety Pack)
• January 1st - Winter Ale from Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, AK

Great Divide Hibernation Ale, Avery Old Jubilation Ale,
Full Sail Wassail Winter Ale, Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium  Noël

• January 2nd - Hibernation Ale from Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, CO
• January 3rd - Old Jubilation Ale from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, CO
• January 4th - Wassail Winter Ale from Full Sail Brewing Brewing Company in Hood River, OR
• January 5th - Delirium Noël from Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle, Belgium

Pick them up, drink them with us starting Christmas Day, and comment as we go.  The Twelve Beers of Christmas are a tradition to be shared!

Prosit!