I missed my favorite Colorado seasonal brew, Odell's Isolation Ale, completely last year. By the time that winter had arrived, it had vanished from the stores!
As the owner of a small Pueblo liquor store with a good craft beer selection put it, "Beer is like clothes these days. They sell the fall line in the summer, and by fall, it's gone."
This year I timed it right. They seem to have switched to cans. Oh well, I can still pour it in a glass — except when there is firewood to split.
The liquor store owner says it might last through November. Then it's time for the spring seasonals, apparently. Time is out of joint.
My favorite is Alaska Brewing Co.'s Winter Ale, which is brewed with spruce tips.
ReplyDeleteOnly spruce beer that I've ever had. It's quite good.