Breweries Are Turning Up the Heat on Winter Beer

Imbibe / by Joshua M. Bernstein / November 1, 2024

Winter solstice celebrations can be overshadowed by other bright-and-merry December events. But in 2022, Laura Worley and Wayne Burns decided to shine a new light on the year’s longest, darkest day. The married couple took their Denver brewery’s name, Burns Family Artisan Ales, at face value and built a bonfire outside. They invited customers to gather around crackling flames with strong imperial stouts, barley wines, and plum-flavored winter warmers set to be transformed by the centuries-old German tradition of bierstacheln, or beer spiking. They heated fireplace pokers ’til glowing red, then plunged them into the malty, belly-warming beers. Read More Here.