Friends! To say this year has been weird… well that would the understatement of year… we know. But it has, it’s been weird.
Well, adding to the “weird”. This is the first year in 5 years that we won’t be doing our 12 days of Beermas… we know… it was a tough decision. But with the way things are, we just haven’t been able to get our Team together the same way to brew these unique, delicious and honestly sometimes unusual beers and while we have LOVED to see every one of you over the past couple of years rushing in to try each release, we just don’t think it’s the responsible thing to do…
We know this might not be the best news you’ve heard lately, BUT we promise to make it up to you in a couple of ways this month…
+ DELICIOUS Campfire Kitchen food (as always)
+ GREAT GREAT GREAT craft beer (this is also pretty consistent for us…)
+ A NEW release coming pretty soon here (like next week soon)
+ AND SOME FUN Christmas promotions coming up! (We’re pretty excited!)
Thanks for understanding, friends. We hope to bring our 12 Days of Beermas back next year bigger and better than ever.
AND because we’re not quite ready to FULLY let go of our favourite 12 days of the year, we decided to take a little look back at the past 4 years of 12 Days of Beermas… or as we’re calling it this year “Ghosts of Beermas Past”
Here are some of the delicious, unique, unusual, and honestly weird beers we’ve experimented with…
Let’s kick things off with 2016… remember 2016? Such simpler times…
December 12, 2016: Chicken & Pear Saison - Kicked it off with an interesting one to say the least…
December 13, 2016: Eggnog Spiced Rum Cream Ale - Drooling just thinking about this ol goodie
December 14, 2016: Red Barley Wine - GET IT
December 15, 2016: Chocolate Mint Imperial Stout - Sending an email to our Brewmaster right now, asking him to bring this one back next Winter… YUMMMM
December 16, 2016: Spruce Pine IPA - Christmas in a Growler for sure!
December 17, 2016: Orange Cranberry Sour - This sounds a lot like our Cranberry Witbier!
December 18, 2016: Rye Stout - Straight to it on this one, love it!
December 19, 2016: Apple & Winter Spiced Ale - Aaaaaaand another email was sent
December 20, 2016: Winter Amber Ale - Like our River Valley Amber but WINTER-FIED (it’s a word,…don’t fact check that)
December 21, 2016: Salted Caramel Porter - WAIT a second… is this where all that Himalayan goodness came from?? YEP! Thanks Beermas!
December 22, 2016: Christmas Fruit Cake Ale - This one was like Christmas dessert in a Growler… no literally!
December 23, 2016: Gluten-free Beer - So on trend for 2016… but if you know, you know
Alright, let’s travel back in time to 2017… again simpler times (will we say this in the 2018 and 2019 sections? YOU BETCHA)
December 12, 2017: Orange Juniper Berry Double IPA - that’s a lot of words for the first 2017 Beermas beer… but we are IN!
December 13, 2017: Chili & Chocolate Dark Vienna Lager - was 2017’s Beermas Theme long ass names? Yes. Was this beer delicious? Also yes.
December 14, 2017: Imperial Peanut Butter Milk Stout - If you know, you know. This beer had a WAY better name on social media, you can’t D-ny that.
December 15, 2017: Hazy White ISA - Simple, hazy and oh so delicious
December 16, 2017: Cherry Black IPA - So tart, so unique!
December 17, 2017: Lavender Earl Grey Best Bitters - Was this the best Beermas beer of 2017? You know it. Did the person writing this brew this beer? YEP.
December 18, 2017: Cranberry Ginger Sour - Cranberry in Beermas… seems like a reoccurring theme and we’re here for it!
December 19, 2017: Gingerbread Red Ale - “She’s married to the muffin man…. The muffin man? THE MUFFIN MAN!”
December 20, 2017: Candy Cane Altbier - ‘Tis the Season or is it ‘Twas the Season?
December 21, 2017: Turkey Dinner Table Bier - Unusual. Weird. We warned you.
December 22, 2017: Winter Warmer - All we remember about this one was that that it was like 10%…hence the foggy memory…
December 23, 2017: Smoked Hazelnut Dunkelweizen - Another email sent off to the ol’ Brew Team on this one… YUM
2018, we’re here. Let’s go….
December 12, 2018: Salted Tart IPA - Bit of a salty start…. see what we did there? Nahhh, this beer was delicious.
December 13, 2018: Belgian Dubbel - So simple. So classic. So good.
December 14, 2018: Sweet Potato Dessert Ale - We told you some were weird. We told you.
December 15, 2018: Apple Pie Graf - Do you think our Brew Team are reading these emails yet? We sure hope so.
December 16, 2018: Oak Aged Blueberry Wheat Wine - They had us at Blueberry.
December 17, 2018: Doppelbock - This one was strong. But we dug it.
December 18, 2018: Cinnamon Vanilla Bourbon Milk Stout - Wait a sec! Don’t we have this on tap right now?? Thanks Beermas!
December 19, 2018: Key Lime Pie Ale - How many emails is too many emails?
December 20, 2018: Ginger Session Ale - Ginger Ale with a little session added in…
December 21, 2018: Tropical Milkshake IPA - Oooooh mama, this one was SO good
December 22, 2018: Fireball Maple Amber Ale - YASSSS
December 23, 2018: Orange Rosemary Golden Ale - Rosemary! Just like in our Pink Grapefruits Rosemary Gose, just a little bit of inspiration there… thanks Beermas!
Alright, we’re officially in 2019 now… another MUCH simpler year. Let’s go:
SUPRISE BEERMAS #13, December 1, 2019: Cranberry Winter Witbier - Wait a second… that sounds ODDLY familiar! Thanks Beermas!!
December 12, 2019: Oak Aged Coffee Sour - Sour Coffee? Intrigued…
December 13, 2019: Christmas Cake Scotch Ale - Sometimes you CAN have your cake and drink it too
December 14, 2019: Citrus Berry Mexican Lager - Wondering if these emails are going into a SPAM folder… just gonna send a quick follow up here…
December 15, 2019: Mulled Mandarin Sour - There’s Mandarin Orange in our Witbier… AGAIN thanks Beermas!
December 16, 2019: Blackberry Basil IPA - You had us at Blackberry and then got us with the basil and then the IPA… we’re all in baby!
December 17, 2019: Mint Vanilla Cream Ale - So fresh. So creamy. So yummmmmmy.
December 18, 2019: Activated Charcoal Black IPA - Like if a beer was also a science project….
December 19, 2019: Rum Butter Pecan Amber - Rum Butter. Enough Said
December 20, 2019: Stroopwafel Milk Stout - Stroopwhat?
December 21, 2019: Peaches & Cream IPA - One more email couldn’t hurt right??
December 22, 2019 Black Garlic Ginger Saison - Unusual. UNUSUAL.
December 23, 2019: Pistachio Toffee ESB - We’re just gonna send one more email…. just one more…
Well there you have it, 4 years of experimenting with all sorts of styles, flavours and ingredients. We hope you’ve enjoyed this little trip down memory lane and these brews over the years. While we’re sad that we won’t be running this program this year, we’ve got a few other things up our sleeve that you’ll love… trust us!
Cheers, friends!