Like many foods beer changes seasonally, with different flavors making their way into different pints. Check out these suggestions for the best beers for each season:
Spring
The trees are budding. Birds are chirping. Life begins anew. Try Dogfish Head’s Aprihop, which is brewed with apricots. Or try a bock, a German beer originally brewed by monks for the spring. Strong and malty, bocks provided sustenance during Lenten fasts. Try Ayinger Maibock from Germany.
Summer
It’s hot, you’re thirsty and beer quenches like nothing else. Try a wheat beer, perhaps a Blue Moon, or Sam Adams’ Summer Ale. From Germany, seek out Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier. From Belgium, try Hoegaarden’s Witbier, perhaps with an orange.
Fall
Harvest time. Oktoberfest for sure. But what better way to mark the season than with perhaps its signature flavor, pumpkin? Try Michigan Brewing’s Screamin’ Pumpkin Spiced Ale. Or Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale. Pumpkin: It’s not just for pie.
Winter
Get ready for serious choices. Anchor Steam’s Christmas Ale and Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale are good bets. From across the pond, Samuel Smith’s Winter Warmer is a stellar example.
From Belgium, try Corsendonk’s Christmas beer, one of Russell’s favorites. And if you can get it, Troeg’s the Mad Elf, Russell’s favorite Christmas beer, a potent offering brewed with cherries and balanced with spicy yeast.
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