Winter Ale Tasting & Beer Exchange

These cold, stormy days of dwindling daylight may be forcing you to up your Vitamin D intake, clamor for the comfort of your flannel sheets and relentlessly watch all the programming you missed over summer, but let me entice you away from that droll existence. Are tariffs bleeding you dry, layoffs before the holidays increasing your blood pressand political BS making your head explode? 🤯 It is mine! Before we get pissed off for all the right reasons, lets have some early hokiday cheer. You can proceed the next day to protest in the rain and cold. We need to make this one count as I have no idea how many more years i might be able to continue this fine tradition.
Join me in the fifth annual Winter Ale tasting event. This is a limited seating event. Keep your eyes on the posts as I will provide special reminders and helpful links. Before you fill your calendars with company xmas parties whilst trying not to become this year’s office meme , sewing early regrets of days spent cooking and baking for ungrateful, entitled relatives, and draining the few precious drops remaining from drought ridden bank accounts to participate in the Black Friday/Cyber Monday madness, sign up for this maybe last hoorah that doesn’t end in regrets for the new year. We shall share beer samples and snacks brought by y’all while drinking from our host provided cups, delight in the aromas, tasting notes and varying flavors from high ABV concoctions of fermented malts, hops, fruits and seasonal gourds.
EVENT DETAILS (PLEASE READ WHILE SOBER & NOT MULTITASKING). THIS IS A 2 in 1 EVENT.
First Beer Tasting then Beer Exchange.
You shall bring 20oz of a winter ale/cider to share.
You shall bring an additional 20oz of any “craft” beer concealed in any way you see fit (Gift bag, Paper sack, plastic bag, Amazon delivery box are some examples). Bringing the items for gift exchange without concealment may result in a $5 surcharge and being jabbed by sarcasm for the remainder of the night for lack of third grade reading skills. (For all y’all who cut into my drinking time wrapping your beers! 😜)
While optional, a shareable snack is always appreciated.
A winter ale/cider shall be any craft beer/cider that has wording having anything to do with winter, Christmas, or seasonal offering made available locally, typically between November to February. This includes pumpkin beers. John’s Marketplace in Portland is an optimal spot to find a selection that reminds me of going to the toy store as a child.
A craft beer is a beer that is made locally, not mass produced and typically does not come in 40oz bottles.
20oz means (2) 12oz cans/bottle, (2) 16oz cans/bottles, or bottle that is 20oz or larger.
Concealed means hidden from sight so others cannot see the contents within. This can be wrapped fancily or to look like what we see all the homeless carrying around.
These events are held at a private residence so holiday cheer is encouraged but don’t get so cheery as to be disruptive or disrespectful.
Seating must be arranged appropriately so don’t be the grinch who signs up and doesn’t show or uses these events to make their social calendar look full only to bail last minute. And please don’t make my inner Scrooge come out. He hath no qualms about adding people to the naughty (86’d) list. Life events do happen. Communicate properly.
Some seating may be made available outside under the covered patio with heaters to increase seating space. Please bring your jackets just in case.
Holiday cheers to all and many more for those I get to clink glasses with at the event.