These festive variety packs are perfect for holiday parties or simply stocking the fridge this season.
New Belgium Folly Pack
(Fort Collins, Colorado)
The current 12-pack Folly Pack includes Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Snow Day, and the Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale collaboration with Ben & Jerry’s.
Shmaltz Brewing Co. Shtick in a Box
(Clifton Park, New York)
The renowned He’brew Beer is now available in a holiday mixer. Earlier this year, Shmaltz Brewing Co. announced the Shtick in a Box that packs the Slingshot American Craft Lager, Hop Manna IPA, Messiah Nut Brown Ale, and the ever popular Hannukah, Chanukah: Pass The Beer, an 8 percent ABV dark ale brewed with eight malts and eight hops to represent eight crazy nights.
Boulevard Brewing Smokestack Series Great Eight
(Kansas City, Missouri)
This year Boulevard Brewing bottled its Imperial Stout in 12-ounce bottles. The bottles are exclusively available in the new Smokestack Series sample pack that also includes Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, The Calling, and Tell-Tale Tart.
Harpoon Brewery Snowed In!
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Harpoon’s Winter Warmer is a seasonal classic that the brewery has been crafting since 1988. Add this seasonal spiced ale to Harpoon IPA, UFO White, and UFO Gingerland, and you have a perfect mix pack for those snow days.
Magic Hat Brewing Company Winterland
(Burlington, Vermont)
Enjoy this gathering of seasonal offerings that includes #9 Not Quite Pale Ale, Snow Roller Hoppy Brown Ale, Vinyl Amber Lager, and Winter Mingle Stout With Vanilla. Bonus: This 12-pack box looks like a holiday sweater.
Saranac 12 Beers of Winter
(Utica, New York)
Among Saranac’s many variety 12-packs is the 12 Beers of Winter that includes different beers each year. The beers in the 2015 pack are West End Winter IPA, Legacy IPA, 4059’ Porter and Season’s Best Winter Lager.
Great Divide Brewing Co. Big Show
(Denver, Colorado)
This newer mixer includes only beers with an alcohol level of 7 percent ABV or higher: Hibernation Ale, Hades Belgian-Style Ale, Hercules Double IPA, and of course, Yeti Imperial Stout.
Flying Dog Brewing Co. Holiday Collection
(Frederick, Maryland)
Flying Dog recently launched the Holiday Collection, a festive variety pack in collaboration with Baltimore-based Otterbein’s Bakery. The mixer includes four cookie-inspired beers: Imperial Hefeweizen, Oatmeal Raisin Stout, Oak-Aged Hazelnut Scotch Ale, and Roasted Peanut Brown Ale.
Uinta Brewing Winter Mix’r
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Each of the seasonal mixers from Uinta Brewing includes bottled Baba Black Lager, Wyld Extra Pale Ale, and a seasonal third brew.The winter variety pack includes the Hazel Amber Wheat Ale.
Odell Brewing Fall-Winter Montage
(Fort Collins, Colorado)
This 12-pack features Odell’s year-round beers, IPA and Cutthroat Porter, the seasonal Isolation Ale, and a new brew—Rawah Rye IPA, named after the Rawah Wilderness in Northern Colorado.
Samuel Adams Winter Favorites
(Boston, Massachusetts)
This variety pack boasts 6 bottled beers: the classic Boston Lager, the spicy Old Fezziwig Ale, the roasty Holiday Porter, the rich Winter Lager, the smooth Chocolate Bock, and the effervescent Sparkling Ale.
Sierra Nevada Snowpack
(Chico, California)
The Torpedo IPA and the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale cozy up to a White IPA, Snow Wit, and a Coffee Stout brewed with cold-brewed coffee and lactose in Sierra Nevada’s new winter seasonal 12-Pack.