Warm Up the Season: River Barrel’s 2025 Holiday & Winter Beer Guide

Cozy stouts, festive ales, wintry IPAs, and gift-worthy packs—now available from River Barrel. As the days get shorter and the nights turn crisp, winter is officially knocking on the Pacific Northwest. At RBD, we’re celebrating the season with an incredible lineup of holiday and cold-weather beers—rich stouts, malty winter warmers, expressive IPAs, and limited-release barrel-aged treasures perfect for sharing (or keeping all to yourself). Whether you're stocking your tap list for the holidays, filling your coolers for festive gatherings, or planning gift sets that customers will love, these seasonal releases are ready to bring cheer to shelves across Washington. Below is your full guide to this year’s winter offerings from our incredible brewery partners.

🔥 Stouts, Porters & Dark Treats

Ancestry Smores Stout

Roasted and chocolate malts blended with flaked oats create a soft, rich base—layered with flavors of toasted marshmallow, melted chocolate, and graham cracker. A campfire classic in a glass.

Future Primitive Agitator Doppelbock

A traditional German-style malt-driven dark lager. Not too sweet, not too bitter—just round, nuanced, and beautifully layered with toasted toffee, airy chocolate, and light roasted caramel.

Little Beast Third Bird Oatmeal Stout

Velvety and smooth with balanced notes of coffee and chocolate—an easy-drinking stout for any time of day.

🎄 Holiday Ales & Festive Seasonals

Gigantic Santa Clones Winter Warmer

A rich, malty holiday ale inspired by Portland’s legendary vintage Santa display. Notes of caramel and dark fruit bring full festive warmth. Plus: proceeds support Weird Portland United.

Triceratops You Don’t Shovel Rain Winter Warmer

A cozy, malt-forward winter ale clocking in at 8.7% ABV. Rich, warming, and perfect for those long Pacific Northwest nights.

Zoiglhaus Nikolaus Winter Ale

A traditional German-style winter ale. Toasty, nostalgic, and ideal for fireside sipping.

Stemma Skybright Winter Ale

A winter standout featuring deep malt character with raisin, cherry, and toffee sweetness balanced by herbal hops.

Aass Juleøl Winter Ale

The classic Norwegian holiday beer—rich, malty, and brewed for the long, dark nights of winter.

🍺 IPAs for Crisp, Cold Days

Gigantic Cat Ate My Stash & Pissed on the Xmas Tree IPA

Dank, sticky, resinous, and loaded with pine—everything you'd want in an irreverent holiday IPA.

Hetty Alice RyPA

A modern twist on a rye IPA: honey-gold color, creamy foam, and expressive hop character. Expect grapefruit soda, orange marmalade, lychee, pineapple, spicy rye, and a juniper-citrus finish.

Hetty Alice Wintertime IPA

Pours radiant marigold with aromas of guava, mandarin, and peach. Flavors of mango, fig, toasted biscuit, and a bright, crisp finish.

Little Beast Happy Joy IPA

Classic Chinook, Centennial, and Simcoe hops give this orange-amber IPA layers of pine, marmalade, and firm bitterness.

Living Haus Charlie Autumn IPA

A seasonal IPA brewed for the transition into winter. Pale and lightly toasty with berry and orange marmalade notes from Simcoe, Centennial, and Citra Cryo hops.

🥃 Barrel-Aged Holiday Showstoppers

Alesong Biere de Noel

A Belgian-style winter ale aged in brandy barrels with baking spices. Rich, aromatic, and reminiscent of classic Christmas cake.

Alesong Rhino Suit Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Stout

Decadent, velvety, and layered with vanilla, oak, chocolate, caramel, and toffee. A winter tradition in its own right.

Alesong Señor Rhino Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Stout

Rhino Suit’s spicy sibling—Mexican hot chocolate vibes with cocoa, cinnamon, vanilla, and a subtle ancho chile heat.

Single Hill Barrel Aged Mix Pack

8 delicious cans each of Parallax Barleywine, Overstory Stout and Overstory Peated Stout

Gigantic Most Most BA Imperial Stout Mix Pack

3 scrumptious bottles of each of Bourbon Barrel, Scotch Barrel, Peated Scotch Barrel & Westward Whiskey

Gigantic MASSIVE BA Barleywine Mix Pack

3 exquisite bottles of each of Scotch Barrel, Westward Whiskey, Peated Scotch Barrel & Rye Barrel

🎁 Gift Packs & Holiday Staples

Stiegl Alpine Gift Pack

A perfect ready-to-go holiday gift, complete with glassware from one of Austria’s most beloved breweries.

Pilot House Distilling Gift Packs

A great option for holiday gatherings, gifting, or curated retail displays.

Bring Winter’s Best to Your Customers

All products listed above are available now on our Fresh Sheet, with draft and package options depending on the release.

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