Christmas arrived early this year: Santa Claus has already come down the chimney in the form of a rare and special beer. This gem comes from a brewery called Schloss Eggenberg, located in Vorchdorf, ...

One of the strongest and most storied old world beers, Samichlaus Bier is a 14% alcohol doppelbock that’s aged for 10 months. It’s said to be brewed just once a year, on the 6th of December, the day ...

you’d like featured in Beer of the Week, let us know via a comment. I’ve talked a lot about aging beers in past columns, but I’ve never really found a beer that was necessary to age until now. Last ...

For those of you who prefer pints to Pinots, sip on this: A rare 1997 vintage Hurlimann Samichlaus lager, the only keg of its kind left in the world, has made its way to Washington. Brasserie Beck ...

For a number of years, each holiday season has brought another state or local effort to ban a beer because it shows Santa Claus on the label. What’s less well known is that there’s a very good reason ...

Ontario’s alcohol regulator has moved to ban an Austrian beer favoured by connoisseurs because its name, Samichlaus, means St. Nicholas in Swiss-German. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ...

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