31 of the Best and Worst Christmas Ales
We’ve just held our fourth annual Paste Christmas Beer Tasting, or as I like to call it, “Christmas.” I love big spiced Belgian-style malt-bombs so this is my favorite time of the year for beer. The tradition of brewing special ales for winter predates Christmas itself. And for centuries, European monasteries celebrated Christmas with Prima Melior—the special reserve, which literally translates “the best.” With the recent craft beer explosion...
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