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It’s December and what a festive time to be a beer drinker as winter beers are on the shelves. But what is a winter ale and how do breweries celebrate yuletide cheer? There are two breweries that have been doing winter beers well for years: Highland Brewing in Asheville, NC and Deschutes in Bend Oregon.

Sligo’s craft beer festival ‘Hagstravaganza’ saw a crowd of around 1,500 head for Ballymote on Saturday in warm, sunny weather.

Co-fermented wine-beer hybrids fêted at The Terroir Project Festival

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been a once-in-a-decade kind of year (if not once in a lifetime), so it’s fitting to end it with a once in a decade beer. Super Jubel from Deschutes Brewery is one such beer that “only comes around once a decade (sort of),” according to the company’s marketing. Super Jubel is an imperial version of its Jubelale winter warmer aged in wine barrels and is inspired by a bit of brewery history that has become near-mythic in its retelling. â...