Anchor Steam Bar Crawl Hoptron Brewtique Patchogue

Anchor Steam Bar Crawl Hoptron Brewtique Patchogue, Thursday, December 13th, 6pm – 10pm.

Featuring the 44th annual release of Anchor Brewing’s holiday tradition.

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Anchor Brewing Christmas Ale

Our annual Christmas Ale is a subtly spiced and sumptuously smooth winter warmer. This year’s brew marks the 44th annual release of this Anchor holiday tradition.

Back in 1975, Anchor released the first holiday beer in America since Prohibition. Year after year, Anchor creates a new, secret recipe with a unique hand drawn label for their Christmas Ale, but the intent with each brew remains the same: joy for the changing seasons and celebration of the newness of life. With a heavily guarded, confidential recipe, Christmas Ale is sold only from early November to mid-January. This highly anticipated seasonal delight is complex and full in flavor, packed with toasty cocoa notes, roasted malts and strong aromas of resinous pine.

Our 2018 Christmas Ale has varying specialty malts…

Our 2018 Christmas Ale has varying specialty malts, lending rich flavors of brûléed sugars, holiday spices and freshly baked banana bread with a velvety finish. The aromatics are quintessential for the holiday season: nutty candied yams and resinous pine. It pours a nice mahogany brown color with a fluffy, tan head.

As each Christmas Ale recipe evolves, so does its hand drawn packaging, created by long-time Anchor Illustrator Jim Stitt, who has been creating Anchor’s Christmas Ale labels since 1975. Since ancient times, trees have symbolized the winter solstice when the earth, with its seasons, appears born anew. For the 2018 release, Stitt created a brimming Korean Pine Tree for the label. Native to both North and South Korea, the Korean Pine Tree is a symbol of peace and a reminder of the spirit of the season. It flourishes in the picturesque botanical gardens just north of San Francisco, Anchor’s home base.

Anchor Steam Bar Crawl Hoptron Brewtique, Thursday, December 13th, 6pm – 10pm.

Hoptron Brewtique
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Patchogue, NY 11772
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Orbiting America’s BEST Craft Beer!

Hoptron Brewtique was started by two hard-core fans of local, fantastic, quality American craft beer in the Fall of 2012. Important to them, and to the entire Hoptron crew, is making sure craft beer is accessible and approachable for the un-initiated. But Hoptron also features breweries and styles that delight the beer geek community and push the boundaries of flavors. With 16 taps in constant rotation, you’ll never get bored with what’s flowing, but if you do, there’s close to 100 cans and bottles to break open as well.

Have friends or family who don’t love beer or have gluten allergies?
Hoptron Brewtique also has cider and a state-of-the-art wine station with 4 different varietals from three of the best vineyards on Long Island. Their kitchen is also cranking out great eats to share or to snag for yourself.

Hands down, the BEST Craft Beer Bar on Long Island!” – Owners’ Moms