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Current Featured Beers - December 2024
Our panel of Brewmasters and Beer Judges has rated over 7,500 beers, ensuring that you or your gift recipient will get exciting and innovative, world-class selections. We rate each beer’s appearance, aromatic profile, body and balance, mouthfeel, finish, and of course, its overall character, flavor and appeal.
Discover this month's highly-rated craft beer selections for each of our 5 Distinct Beer Clubs using the chart below. Or, view all of our Past Selections.
Featured Brewery & Beer |
The U.S. Microbrewed Beer Club
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The U.S. and International Variety Beer Club
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The Hop-Heads Beer Club
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The International Beer Club
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The Rare Beer Club®
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4 styles: 12 bottles |
4 styles: 12 bottles |
3 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 2, 4 or 6 btls |
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Caldera Brewing Company - Ashland Amber | |||||||||||||||
Reformation Brewery - Cadence | |||||||||||||||
Caldera Brewing Company - Pilot Rock Porter | |||||||||||||||
Reformation Brewery - Jude | |||||||||||||||
Caldera Brewing Company - Caldera IPA | |||||||||||||||
Caldera Brewing Company - Saucer Portals | |||||||||||||||
Reformation Brewery - Oren | |||||||||||||||
Orkney Brewery - Skull Splitter | |||||||||||||||
Flensburger Brauerei - Flensburger Pilsener | |||||||||||||||
Abbaye de Scourmont Bières de Chimay - Grande Réserve Barrel Fermented 2018 (RBC Exclusive) | |||||||||||||||
Schloss Eggenberg - Samichlaus Classic 2023 |
Please Note: Although we will make every attempt to ship the products listed, occasionally we may need to substitute them with equally outstanding beers. If you strongly desire to receive those listed, please contact us at 800-625-8238 so that we may note your account accordingly.
Unmatched Variety by style, brewery & country
Choose from Five different Beer Clubs offering unmatched variety by brewery,
country of origin, and beer style to suit your specific tastes.
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American Amber Ale
- ABV: 5.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 24
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Centennial, Cascade
- Malts: Premium 2-Row, Crystal, Belgian Special B
- Country: United States
Caldera’s Ashland Amber presents a medium amber color in the glass beneath a voluminous cap of beige foam. Amber ale can be a rather varied category, with some tending towards bright hoppiness while others – the majority – embracing the maltier side. On the nose, Ashland Amber strikes a nice balance, no doubt contributing to the many gold medals it’s won at the World Beer Cup, Brussels Beer Challenge, North American Beer Awards, Great Beer &...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Dubbel
- ABV: 6.9%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 25
- Serving Temperature: 50-55º F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip or Snifter
- Hops: Columbus, Saaz
- Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Abbey, C-60, Special W, Torrified Wheat, Carapils, Chocolate, Acidulated
- Country: United States
Reformation’s interpretation of a Belgian dubbel presents the expected deep brownish red color, topped by a head of beige foam. In the aroma, look for plenty of luscious caramel undertones overlaid by dried dark fruits and a light spicy note, and a touch of Belgian yeast-driven herbal phenols. On the palate, this is a nicely realized take on the dubbel style – quite toasty at the center and surrounded by sweeter caramelized notes, fruity...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Robust Porter
- ABV: 6.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 27
- Serving Temperature: 50-55º F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Tulip
- Hops: Willamette
- Malts: Premium 2-Row, Munich, Crystal, Brown, Pale Chocolate, Chocolate
- Country: United States
This Brussels Beer Challenge gold medal winner pours a very dark brown – almost black – boasting garnet flashes when held to the light, with a creamy brown cap of lasting foam. On the nose, look for huge notes of cocoa powder to jump out right away, bolstered by touches of roasted coffee, hints of roasted nuts, deep down caramel, and dashes of Willamette’s spicy-herbal woodiness and dark fruit. On the palate, there’s a big core of roasted malt...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: Tripel
- ABV: 9.2%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 20
- Serving Temperature: 43-48º F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip or Snifter
- Hops: Columbus, East Kent Golding, Hallertau
- Malts: 2-Row, Torrified Wheat, Abbey, C-20, Biscuit, Acidulated
- Country: United States
This Belgian-style tripel pours a bright golden and lightly hazy color, topped by a large head of foam that drops to a persistent collar that’s kept constantly fed by a stream of tiny bubbles from our nucleated Duvel tulip. On the nose, expect Jude to present quite a Belgian character with prominent spicy-herbal and earthy contributions from the melding of EKG and Hallertau hops with the big Belgian yeast-driven phenols we expect in this...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 6.1%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 94
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Tulip
- Hops: Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic
- Malts: Premium 2-Row, Dextrin
- Country: United States
Caldera makes a variety of IPAs, but their famous yellow can version is the O.G., and is a favorite of ours when we’re looking for an in-your-face resinous interpretation. Made with whole flower hops, this brew pours a rich golden color with good clarity and a fluffy head of off-white foam that laces the glass nicely as we drink it down. In the aroma, big juicy citrus notes that tend toward orange hit right away, backed by complex secondary...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: New England-style Hazy IPA
- ABV: 6.0%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): undisclosed
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Pint Glass
- Hops: Lemondrop, Citra, Idaho 7
- Malts: Premium 2-Row, Oats
- Country: United States
Caldera’s Saucer Portals hazy IPA presents a bright and hazy yellow-gold color in the glass, topped by a head of pale foam. Look for big fruity notes to jump out in the aroma, backed by secondary herbaceous and floral touches. There’s big citrus here, with candied lemon, tangerine, and orange notes dominating our impressions. Those big citrus aroma notes translate to the flavor as well, with the herbaceous note amplified a bit. The simple 2-Row...
- Bottle Size: 12-oz
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 5.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 50
- Serving Temperature: 45-50º F
- Suggested Glassware: IPA Glass, Pint Glass
- Hops: Azacca, Mosaic, Abstrax Omni Azacca
- Malts: 2-Row, Oats, Wheat, Carapils, Light Munich
- Country: United States
Reformation’s Oren IPA presents a hazy yellow-straw color in the glass, beneath a cap of persistent foam that drops to a lasting collar. On the nose, look for a subtly complex hop profile with notes of tropical fruits evoking mango, along with peach & nectarine stone fruits, touches of tangerine & grapefruit citrus, and a hint of pine. On the palate, this easy-going IPA offers us pleasant fruitiness; Azacca and Mosaic are known for delivering...
- Bottle Size: 330-ml
- Style: Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy
- ABV: 8.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 23
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Oversized Wine Glass
- Hops: East Kent Golding
- Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat
- Country: Scotland
The “Wee Heavy” or “Scotch Ale” style is a robust, in-your-face beer, so it should come as no surprise Orkney chose to name their version after a fearsome Viking figure from Orcadian history, Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson Hauskaluif. But, Skull Splitter is not a one-trick pony; it offers many, many layers of complexity and subtlety, much like a fine spirit. On the pour, expect a somewhat murky reddish brown color with a head that reduces to a...
- Bottle Size: 500-ml
- Style: German Pilsner
- ABV: 4.8%
- Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
- Country: Germany
Pouring a bright, crystal clear golden color and capped by a pillowy head of white foam, this pils, known by locals simply as “Flens”, certainly looks the part as the bubbles rise up our tall pilsner glasses which end up covered in lace as we drink them down. On the nose, look for an undercurrent of cracker and light bread notes overlaid by that classically European noble hop character we love in this type of authentic German brew. We picked...
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale fermented & aged in French Oak, American Oak, and Whisky Barrels
- ABV: 10.5%
- Serving Temperature: 52–59° F
- Suggested Glassware: Chalice, Tulip, Snifter, or Teku Glass
- Country: Belgium
This version of Grande Réserve pours a deep brown, reminiscent of rich maple syrup. This shows well-formed light-tan foam despite the high ABV, dissipating to a persistent lacing at the edges of one’s glass. Rich caramelization and brown sugar lead the aromatics, backed up by the lightly sweet impact of oak and darker fruit. The whiskey-barrel presence throughout serves to support and enhance an already exceptional base quad.
- Bottle Size: 750-ml
- Style: Strong Doppelbock
- ABV: 14%
- Serving Temperature: 52–59° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, or Teku
- Country: Austria
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