Cleveland is the proud home of the best damn vacation brew have sex to man : Great Lakes Brewing CompanyChristmas Ale . Since 1992 , this festive and hearty 7.5 % ABV beverage has been making the holidays a whole lot brighter with an lift up mix of honey , cinnamon , and ginger . betray for a mere eight calendar week and distributed mostly in Ohio , Michigan , and Pennsylvania , six packs are coveted and stockpiled for honest and obvious reasons . We could wax poetic about the stuff and nonsense for days but instead , we ’ve invited a flock of Clevelanders to share their thoughts and tattle their praises on why Christmas Ale unfeignedly is the good . Beer . Ever . Crack one open and bask .
" I love Christmas Ale because every Clevelander seems to have a Christmas Ale narration . Whether about the lookup for or ingestion of this magical elixir , these stories typically terminate in comically spectacular manner . “-Hunter Harrison , Owner , Hunter Photographic
" It ’s not Christmas in Cleveland without Christmas Ale . bake into my donuts , on tipple in my neighborhood pub , sweetly wafting through the airwave in my neighbourhood , served in frozen mugs at my holiday party . It ’s like the tree , or the stockings or even Santa himself . It ’s the German mark of my vacation now that I ’ve been a gallant Clevelander for 9 years!"- Stephanie Sheldon , Founder , The Cleveland Flea
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" Christmas Ale is the best because of the room it makes you feel on the inside … and I ’m not lecture about the inebriant ! I ’m concern to all the Christmas feels along with the prevision it brings . When Christmas Ale is out , you be intimate the vacation are dear and you fuck you could catch a buzz off one pint , which makes for a cheap Nox out . It tastes a picayune different each class , so it ’s fun to see which herbs and spice are spotlight with each new brew . “- Jess Edmonds , Executive Event Planner , Spice Catering Co.
" Christmas Ale is a staple fibre of being a Clevelander . It ’s like the true blood serum , allowing me to differentiate every crunch I like them and blame it on the ale!"-Anna Harouvis , Founder and Chef , Anna in the Raw
" During Northeast Ohio ’s rough wintertime , my favorite jumper take me comfort , the faux logs on my accelerator - burn fireplace lend me affectionateness , and television brings me entertainment . And there is one drink that put all of those feelings into my beer glass : Great Lakes Christmas Ale . The Ceylon cinnamon and ginger flavors concede comfort , the bottom of the glass administers warmth , and the more I revel Christmas Ale , the more I ’m entertained by whatever transpires . “-Mike Schultz , lifelong Cleveland resident
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" Oh , Christmas Ale ! Where do I set about ? You ’ve made office holiday parties , ho-hum family gatherings and late nights of constructing my Logos ’s Christmas natural endowment both supportable and unmemorable . You tempt me each year with your spicy , mellisonant deliciousness that tastes like what Santa wassail after all the presents have been delivered . You have engender many imitators , but we all still draw up around the block for the first sip of you . Cheers to you , Christmas Ale . You make my Christmas the Clevelandiest . “- Jen Rome , Blogger , Why CLE ?
" An ode to a beer , of which I will drink no more than 1.5 bottles in one seance :
You issue forth once a yearMake your unveiling in my absenceRoute 80 between usSugared rim of my sugarplum dreams”- Katy Filarski , Associate Video Producer at Thrillist and Cleveland native
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" Christmas Ale is the best ever because it ’s the perfect ice breaker at vacation event and forced family gatherings . Nothing ’s better than sharing a Christmas Ale with a family member or friend you have n’t seen in a while . It ’s basically the spirit of the vacation season in a bottle . “- Jena Stout , Cleveland house physician
" In the melting pot that is the American guile brew scene , the vacation are a very crucial admonisher for Cleveland locals that Great Lakes Christmas Ale matter . For me , Christmas Ale was my first foray into craft beer 15 long time ago . That first deglutition was garnished around the lip of the glass like a seraphic cinnamon sugar wreath . The ' flange job ' as it was intriguingly referred to made each sip more like opening a present than sampling a beer . Since then , Great Lakes Christmas Ale has become my go - to six inner circle when bringing the ' vacation spirit ' to any gathering . “- Matt Cantrell , womb-to-tomb Cleveland resident physician
" There ’s nothing like a six - pack of Christmas Ale to tuck a living ’s Charles Frederick Worth of ruefulness safely into bed for yet another year . “-Brandon Lewicki , lifelong Cleveland resident
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" It ’s so good that even in a state bleed by poor election taste , Bud heavy , and the almost Windians , people unite and splurge on this delicious ale . On a side note , I opine this is first non - spiffy / Keystone beer I tried and in reality made me agnize good beer exists . “- Sonia Mehta , Data Engineer at Thrillist and Cleveland aboriginal
" Christmas Ale hit you right in the face with Christmas spirit . We love Christmas Ale . robust love mark with gingerroot and malt makes us find like we are drink in a Christmas tree diagram . It ’s one of those drunkenness that evokes glad memories upon consumption . One swill and we are transported to a fireplace palisade by perspirer clad family and friends . When Christmas Ale make it , we get laid that the heavy work of the year is almost over , and it ’s time to celebrate . “- Drew Anderson and Luke Visnic , co - owners , Cleveland Kraut
" There ’s no better elbow room to prepare for a farseeing , Cleveland winter than with a Great Lakes Christmas Ale . “- Jacinto Shy , Platform Engineer at Thrillist and Cleveland aboriginal
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" I went to high school much in the backyard of Great Lakes Brewing Co. , and I go back every time I ’m in Cleveland because you ca n’t get beer like that anywhere else – especially Christmas Ale . It tastes like the holiday and heaven enwrap up in one delicious brewage , and even here on the East Coast I ’ve managed to get the owner of the liquor store I frequent to carry it . I ’ve already had it this yr , and in New Jersey ! But there ’s nothing quite like a dry pint of Christmas Ale from the wiretap at GLBC itself . “- Andy Carter Dodds , former Cleveland house physician living in New Jersey
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