Superb Dallas-Brewed Beers to Sip This Season It's winter. We want burly ales, oatmeal stouts, and brews that remind us of gingersnaps. Don’t miss these local favorites. Plus, a few ciders. By Eve Hill-Agnus Published in Food & Drink December 14, 2020 11:30 am Local brewers lately have been making entire breweries smell bewitchingly of orange peel and baking spices so we can quaff beers that make us think of wreath-making and snow drifts. Give us some figgy pudding, and all that: hear, hear! And some snickerdoodle ale and oatmeal nitro stout, too. Barleywine, porters, stouts, strong ales, and similar styles are the stuff of long winter nights. Fond of a hot toddy? Try a strong ale, deep with spice. Or a toasty English ale, cinnamon-hinting and speaking of winter. An espresso-steeped stout, a sangria-inspired cider. Light the fire and crank up the ABV.