Lompoc Breweries bring a six pack of Holiday Seasonals to the Portland Area!

At PdxBeer Blog, we look for updates from the brewers themselves. We had asked
Derek Clark, Head Brewer, Lompoc Breweries to tell us in his own words what they have to offer this holiday season. Here is what he reported:

Winter is an exciting time for the local Lompoc Breweries, having historically produced five distinct beers for the Holiday and Winter season. This year the brewers at Lompoc have added a sixth beer, encouraged by Preston Weezner (beer afficionado), of Holiday Ale Festival fame, to brew a new and unique beer to be showcased at that great event. Brewdolph is a Belgian-style specialty ale highlighting the flavors of joviality and abundance in which the Lompoc brewers, using sound brewing techniques and a lot of bravado, the Lompoc is proud to premier

Lompoc's usual Winter favorites-- C'Son's Greetings, an extremely popular (and strong) Imperial pale ale; Holiday Cheer, a PORTlandER with hints of vanilla; Blitzen, Lompoc's spiced golden ale; Jolly Bock, the well-loved German-style doppelbock; and the ever anticipated Old Tavern Rat Barleywine that has been aging for a year--will be featured at the Lompoc pubs and select venues around the metropolitan area.

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Detailed descriptions of the Lompoc Winter Beers.

Brewdolph--A Belgian-style specialty ale with distict fruity notes of Pommegranate, Plum, and Persimmon. 8.8%abv. Light to medium body, light amber color. Slight hop presence expressing mostly balance, hop spiciness and minimal "greeness". Similar to a Belgian trippel.

C'Son's Greetings--The big brother for C-Note. A lot of malt. A lot of Hops. A lot of good times. 8.5% abv.

Holiday Cheer--Our winter porter (PORTlandER). A dark beer, but not tipped to roast, nor charcoal. Velvetty to the palatte, hints of vanilla from whole bean extraction during the brew. 7.0% abv.

Blitzen--Lompoc's lighest beer offering. Lower in potency (5.0%abv), but warming in the spices used during brewing. This is the Lompoc Winter Tonic, an apertiff, a digestiff. Gentle but settling.

Jolly Bock--Lompoc's German-style lager for the season. Sweet and dry, this malty beer gives a bit of a kick. Certainly for a traditional and purist palette; malt heavy for the Northwest Hophead. 7.9%abv.

Old Tavern Rat--The favorite Lompoc barleywine. It's a barleywine! The initial brew had to have a second batch brewed just to balance (id est-Dilute). 11% abv.

Thank you, Derek! We hope to be sampling your wears throughout this joyous season!