you’d like featured in Beer of the Week, let us know via a comment. I’ve talked a lot about aging beers in past columns, but I’ve never really found a beer that was necessary to age until now. Last ...

One of the strongest and most storied old world beers, Samichlaus Bier is a 14% alcohol doppelbock that’s aged for 10 months. It’s said to be brewed just once a year, on the 6th of December, the day ...

Christmas arrived early this year: Santa Claus has already come down the chimney in the form of a rare and special beer. This gem comes from a brewery called Schloss Eggenberg, located in Vorchdorf, ...

A mass to thank God for the world's strongest lager has been held in the chapel at the brewery where it is made, in Eggenberg Castle, in the Alpine town of Vorchdorf, Austria. The chapel is the ...

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Ontario’s alcohol regulator has moved to ban an Austrian beer favoured by connoisseurs because its name, Samichlaus, means St. Nicholas in Swiss-German. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ...