Friday holiday flights are where tradition loosens its tie, slips into something more comfortable, and quietly admits it doesn’t actually want to behave tonight. This is the stretch of December when the calendar softens at the edges, the lights stay on longer than planned, and beer gets permission to wander — tart and technicolor one moment, nutty or spiced the next, warming where it matters most. Peaks & Pints’ Friday Holiday Flight isn’t interested in reenacting a postcard; it’s here to explore the season’s full emotional bandwidth, where fruit and cream collide, old-world ales settle into patience, gingerbread leans happily into excess, and winter warmth speaks in multiple dialects. Consider this flight a festive side street through December — playful, comforting, slightly strange, and perfectly tuned to a Friday that knows the weekend has arrived.
Peaks & Pints Friday Holiday Flight
Skygazer Watercolors Christmas Creamee
5.5% ABV | Fruited Sour / Berliner Weisse | North Haven, CT
Skygazer Brewing‘s Christmas sour pours like a holiday snow globe shaken just a little too hard, ruby-bright fruit swirling through creamy softness with a mischievous glint. Raspberry and pomegranate strike first, chased by cherry depth and a quick flash of tangerine, before marshmallow cream rounds the edges into something dessert-adjacent and delightfully unruly. Gingerbread spice murmurs beneath it all — not announcing Christmas so much as humming it from the next room — while the sour snap keeps everything lively and alert. It drinks like watercolor chaos made intentional, festive and playful, unconcerned with tradition and absolutely committed to color.
Evil Twin NYC Christmas Snow Salad
6.5% ABV | Fruited Sour Ale | Ridgewood, NY
Imagine a holiday dessert dreamed up by Evil Twin in a mid-century Brooklyn diner, and you’re close. Pineapple and cherry bounce across the palate with fruit-punch joy, while pecan and walnut notes drift in like fireside nostalgia, milk sugar smoothing the whole thing into a creamy, unexpected groove. The acidity keeps it agile, letting sweetness and nuttiness trade lines instead of competing for attention. It tastes like a retro holiday memory you never lived but somehow remember — sweet, tangy, faintly nutty, and gleefully irreverent.
Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger
9.0% ABV | English Strong Ale / Winter Ale | Seattle, WA
With sea legs and a storyteller’s grin, Maritime Pacific‘s Jolly Roger leans into English tradition while waving a distinctly Northwest flag. Caramel malt and toasted bread lay the foundation before Chinook and Cascade add a resin-kissed, lightly spicy edge that keeps the beer from drifting into sweetness alone. Dark amber in the glass and gently warming with each sip, it moves through toffee, dried fruit, and a faint herbal snap like a fireside tale growing bolder as the night deepens. The bitterness stays measured, the alcohol steady, and the finish lingers just long enough to earn its place — a Seattle winter staple built for listening as much as sipping.
Silver City Brewing Old Scrooge (2025)
9.4% ABV | English Barleywine / Christmas Ale | Bremerton, WA
Silver City‘s Old Scrooge doesn’t make an entrance so much as settle in, letting layers of toffeeed malt, dried cherry, and baked apple skin unfold at their own pace. A firm, old-school bitterness keeps the sweetness upright, while subtle fruit esters flicker at the edges like passing thoughts. The body is broad and warming without indulgence, the alcohol more hearth than spotlight, carrying the beer toward a finish that’s dry, reflective, and patiently composed. It drinks like a redemption arc poured carefully into a glass — reserved at first, generous once you give it time.
Little House Double Gingerbread Cookies
10% ABV | Imperial Scotch Ale | Chester, CT
Built on a caramel-rich scotch ale frame and unapologetically dressed for December, Little House Brewing‘s Double Gingerbread Cookies leans into holiday indulgence with a knowing grin. Molasses-dark malt and toffee warmth lead the way before fresh ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and actual gingerbread cookies tumble in like a spice rack kicked open at exactly the right moment. Sweetness stays plush but anchored, spice glows rather than burns, and the alcohol hums beneath it all, turning each sip into a slow fireside unraveling. It drinks like a winter kitchen after the baking’s done — fragrant, comforting, and just dangerous enough to make you loosen your scarf and let the night stretch out.
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