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Beer Release: 2025 Christmas Ale

  • Water's End Brewery (map)

Available in pours, 32oz Crowlers and growler fills at the Lake Ridge and Potomac Mills Taprooms.

The 2025 Christmas Ale has a rich, malty sweetness and a firm, but pleasant hop presence that creates a contemplative drinking experience. Floral and coriander-like spice character as well as some soft notes of honey and melon linger. However, no actual spices or fruit were used in the creation of this beer; those flavor notes are a direct result of a warm fermentation with our house Belgian yeast. Add 10 months of lumber slumber in Tawny Port barrels, that were the former home of A.Smith Bowman's Isaac Bowman bourbon, and you have a smooth, complex drinking experience showcasing a drinkability rarely found with Belgian ales while maintaining all the complexity. A beer perfect to pair with food..  

Earlier Event: November 22
Live Music: Gary Palumbo
Later Event: November 29
Live Music: John Benjamin