num_pages: 208
description: Christmas beers also known as Winter Warmers are a tradition dating back at least 2000 years with the ancients making highly intoxicating brews to celebrate winters Saturnalia. This brewmaking evolved into a holiday celebration when medieval monks the worlds first professional brewers pulled out their finest ingredients to produce soul-warming styles for the occasion. Today brewers continue the custom either with centuries-old recipes or newfangled concoctions with spices and herbs enabling thirsty beer fans to put aside their everyday favorites each winter and deck the halls with the worlds most flavorful ales and lagers brewed especially for the holidays.Beer expert Don Russell taps into holiday cheer with a look at the worlds bestunusual exotic rich one-of-a-kind brewsdetailing the styles and flavors that will leave beer lovers in a froth. From Smuttynose Winter Ale to Santas Butt to Troegs Mad Elf to Left Hand XXXmas there
language: English
title: Christmas Beer: The Cheeriest, Tastiest and Most Unusual Holiday Brews
publisher: Universe