India Pale Ale, Cascadian Dark AleNorthwest Beer GuideOregon, Cannon Beach, Pacific City, Early October, Idaho, WashingtonComment

Pelican Bad Santa Cascadian Dark Ale

India Pale Ale, Cascadian Dark AleNorthwest Beer GuideOregon, Cannon Beach, Pacific City, Early October, Idaho, WashingtonComment
Pelican Bad Santa Cascadian Dark Ale

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, you better not pout and here's telling you why—Bad Santa has arrived. Brewed for a limited time each holiday season, this mysterious dark nectar is filled with complex flavors and aromas. Toasted malt and roast character blends seamlessly with the alluring herbal hop aroma that comes from copious amounts of Fuggle hops. Bad Santa doesn't care if you’ve been naughty or nice as long as this beer is on your list.

Ingredients: Two-Row Malt, Melanoidin Malt, Dehusked Black Malt, Magnum Hops, Fuggle Hops, Willamette Hops, Cascade Hops, Pure Ale Yeast, Pure Local Water

7.5% ABV | 65 IBU

image courtesy the brewery

Released: Early October

 

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Ingredients: 2-Row Pale, Munich, C-120, Chocolate, Carafa 2, and Roast Barley with Columbus, Willamette, and US Goldings hops

8% ABV | 45 IBU

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A strong winter warmer with a complex malt and hop profile. Notice a considerable malt sweetness and big aromas of spice and molasses.

Malt: Silo 2-Row, PNW Munich, C-60, Special B, Biscuit, and Roasted Barley
Hops: Columbus, Centennial, Willamette, and Cascade

7.9% ABV | - IBU

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A uniquely hoppy strong ale with a dry but substantial darker malt base, warming and spicy without being spiced, a perfect cold weather sipper.

Ingredients: Idaho Pale Malt, Victory Malt, Crystal Malt, Flaked Barley, Chocolate Malt, Magnum Hops, Columbus Hops, Centennial Hops.

7.3% ABV | 85 IBU

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8.5% ABV | 68 IBU

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