Lots of brewers make holiday beers, most commonly (only?) Christmas ales. Why not expand, though, to other areas? Belgian brewers, for instance, could make a special Halloween lambic, flavored with a nut popular throughout Asia: a betel geuze.
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You are, as ever, a horrible person.
Posted by: rone | November 10, 2006 at 10:21 PM
Micah found some damned Halloween beer at trader joe's. Didn't he tell you about it?
And I once brewed a "Hooray, I'm terrible at brewing beer" Day beer.
It was terrible.
Posted by: Shawn | November 10, 2006 at 11:24 PM
Micah only ever talks to me to demand that I help him carry food around.
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 10, 2006 at 11:30 PM
Maybe Stella Artois could make a betel geuze.
Posted by: My Alter Ego | November 11, 2006 at 08:51 AM
Dogfish Head makes a pumpkin ale (called, I believe, "punkin"). I think that qualifies as Halloween beer, or, at least, seasonal-holiday-like.
Posted by: m. leblanc | November 11, 2006 at 03:21 PM
And it tastes good.
Posted by: m. leblanc | November 11, 2006 at 03:22 PM
This post was not actually a cry for Halloween beers.
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 11, 2006 at 06:09 PM
Lots of brewers make pumpkin ales, M. Leblanc, and it's a good thing too. No need to demean the proud pumpkin ale by associating it with the crassness of Hallowe'en (or with Ben's).
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | November 12, 2006 at 06:35 AM
I was going to say that there are plenty of October beers, and not all are for Halloween, either. Ever heard of Oktoberfest?
And really, aren't summer beers holiday beers? Summer is a three-month holiday, damnit. I heart summer.
I have a bottle of framboise in the fridge. Maybe I should drink it.
Posted by: bitchphd | November 12, 2006 at 01:04 PM
I thought we were going to talk about Christmas Ales, and how there should be Hannukah beers. There is, as I'm sure you know, already a He'Brew.
Posted by: danthelawyer | November 13, 2006 at 08:21 PM
Yeah, I read an article about that when I was in 10th grade, actually. Some place was making Black & Tans with it and calling them Sammy Davis, Jr.s.
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 13, 2006 at 10:55 PM
Betel is more of an African thing, really.
Posted by: Craig | November 14, 2006 at 10:12 PM
Wikipedia sez "Chewing betel nuts is an important and popular cultural activity in many Asian countries." and it's always right.
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 15, 2006 at 12:15 AM
Except about chickens.
Posted by: teofilo | November 15, 2006 at 08:13 PM
Yeah, but everyone already knows everything they might want to know about chickens (as is well known).
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 15, 2006 at 11:46 PM
Betel certainly is (or used to be) a big thing in most parts of SEAsia I've been to. So I declare Ben's abominable pun to be anecdotally correct.
Posted by: Nakku | November 17, 2006 at 06:54 AM
I'm pretty sure betel nut is illegal in the US. So that might interfere with our marketing plans. Betel leaves are easy to find and fun to cook with but I can only imagine them making beer taste nasty.
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | November 18, 2006 at 06:33 PM
This post was not actually a proposal for a new beer.
Posted by: teofilo | November 18, 2006 at 10:43 PM