Beer of the Week (‘Best of’ Edition): Great Lakes Christmas Ale

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Beer of the Week (‘Best of’ Edition): Great Lakes Christmas Ale

WASHINGTON 鈥� It’s been six years now since 草莓传媒 launched “Beer of the Week” with the help of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group. So we thought it would be fun to revisit the first beer we featured, which is still available and popular today.

In this “Best of” edition of 草莓传媒’s Beer of the Week, 草莓传媒’s Brennan Haselton and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert talk about Great Lakes Christmas Ale.

(NOTE: Please disregard any mention of dates or events as, again, this video is from 2011.)

Quick Facts:聽

Brewery: , Cleveland, Ohio
Description: Christmas Ale features a yuletide鈥檚 worth of holiday spices and sweet honey to keep you a-wassailing all season long.
ABV: 7.5 percent
Greg’s pairing suggestions:聽Desserts (especially chocolate-based) and darker meats like beef or lamb. (The brewery also suggests that the beer goes well with ugly Christmas sweaters.)

Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at 草莓传媒 as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.