It’s that time of year when local breweries unleash their big, dark, and complex brews that wouldn’t stand a chance in any other season.
We’re talking the heavy hitters — stouts, porters, and barrel-aged beers — that beg to be drank in cold weather due to their high ABVs and robust flavors.
And so, on the eighth day of Christmas, LOUtoday sends to you 11 winter beer releases and some beer terminology. Sorry, we skipped the eleven pipers piping this year.
🍺 Winter beer terms
Stout | A strong, almost black beer brewed with roasted malt or barley and tastes like coffee, chocolate, and licorice with a full, creamy body.
Porter | A dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned and has a roasty coffee flavor.
Imperial | A word short for “this beer is extra boozy.”
Christmas Ale | A beer brewed to mimic the flavors of the season and often are a spiced, malty ale.
Barrel-aged | A technique brewers use to age high-alcohol beers to pick up wood characteristic of a barrel which is most of the time a bourbon barrel.
🍺 Winter beer releases
Spruce Gouse | Chimera Brewing
Style: Barrel-aged cranberry sour
Availability: Now on draft
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Boy | Atrium Brewing
Style: Pastry sour
Availability: Now available on draft + 16 oz four-packs
London Balling | Against the Grain Brewery
Style: Barleywine
Availability: Mid-December draft + 16 oz can release
St. Nick | Falls City Beer
Style: Red ale with spruce
Availability: Now on draft
Winter Witt | West Sixth NuLu
Style: White IPA with juniper berries and grapefruit
Availability: Mid-December draft release
Bonus: This beer was brewed in collaboration with the Louisville Ale Trail
Leon | Holsopple Brewing
Style: Bourbon barrel-aged spiced beer
Availability: Now on draft
Shitter’s Full | Gallant Fox Brewing
Style: Christmas Ale
Availability: Now on draft
Crowd-Sourced 5th Anniversary IPA | Mile Wide Beer Co.
Style: Double dry-hopped double Northeast IPA
Availability: Dec. 9 on draft + 16 oz four-packs
Bourbon barrel-aged Chocolate Mint Stout | Butchertown Brewing
Style: Barrel-aged chocolate stout with mint
Availability: Now on draft
Bourbon Barrel-Aged 10W-40 | Hi-Wire Brewing,
Style: Barrel-aged imperial stout with coffee, chocolate, vanilla + lactose
Availability: Now on draft + 16 oz four-packs
Peach Pie in the Sky | TEN20 Craft Brewery
Style: Milkshake IPA
Availability: Now on draft
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