The 2010 Holiday Ale fest kicks off in just 2 days! By now, you have probably seen the beer list and its delicious descriptions on this blog or the HAF website. But what you've seen was probably just a long list. I thought it would be fun to see the information about the standard release beers in a different way.
I created a few graphs that give you more insight into the beer. I also sorted the information in a way that I hope is helpful as you ponder your holiday ale quaffing adventures. Let's begin...
By Style: Strong Ales represent 45% of beers at the fest! Belgian Ales and Porters are the second and third most common styles, respectively.
By Brewer Region: 72% of the beers (33) are from Oregon. 18% (8) are from California. Only 10% (5) of the beers are from Washington, Alaska, Nevada, and even one from Belgium.
By City within Oregon: Of the 33 beers from the Beaver state, 17 (52%) are from Portland. Bend is home to four beers and Eugene is sending us two. Ten other cities are each providing one beer.
Brews by Style: If you're interested in certain styles, here's your cheat sheet.
Belgian Ale |
Belge d'Hiver |
Black Pepper Belgian Pale Ale |
Blitzen |
Concentrated Evil |
Franc'ly Brewdolph |
Nor'Easter |
Scaldis Noel |
Streaking the Quad |
Brown Ale |
Parson Brown |
Dark Lager |
Very Noddy Lager |
Doppelbock |
Weezin-ator |
IPA |
Old Grogham Winter IPA |
Lager |
Bockus |
Moore Holiday Ale |
Other |
Ginger Beer Lips of Faith Selections |
Steins Christmas Ale |
Porter |
Aegir's Cauldron |
Black Dynamite |
La Niña Coffee Porter |
Paddler's Porter |
Smoked Porter w/ Vanilla Beans |
Union Barrel Fermented Porter |
Red Ale |
Climax Noel (2009) |
Rudolph's Imperial Red |
Saison |
Cranberry Saison |
Sour Ale |
Ebeweesner Scrooge |
Femme Fatale |
Sang Noir |
Stout |
Pavlov's Russian Imperial Stout |
Toe Tingler Stout |
Unconventionale |
Strong Ale |
Alaskan Barley Wine (2008) |
Brown Mashuggana |
Festeroo |
Figgy Pudding, Olde Stock |
Ho Ho Ho Slapper |
Jewbelation Blend |
Kentucky Christmas |
Lost Glove |
Mrs. Claws |
North the Fourth |
Old Foghorn |
Old Knucklehead Barley Wine |
Papa Noel's Moonlight Reserve |
Pray For Snow |
Very Ill-Tempered Gnome |
Let me know if you found this interesting or somewhat helpful. Be sure to check out my preview of 13 Holiday Ale Fest brews. Enjoy the Festival!!
2 comments:
New Belgium is going to be there with Lips of Faith, right? Where's Colorado? Nice list though, if I hadn't already marked up a program, I'd probably just print your list and use it today.
Thanks for that observation and for your note. Yes, New Belgium will be there. I originally excluded them because I was planning to make a chart on ABV % and IBUs, but that detail was not available for LIps of Faith. I dropped that idea and forget to add them back in. I'll add them back into my listing by style. Thanks! Have a great time. Cheers!
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