{"id":9050,"date":"2012-01-13T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T23:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=9050"},"modified":"2012-01-13T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T23:58:32","slug":"gifts-of-the-season-almanac-beer-cos-announces-winter-wit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=9050","title":{"rendered":"Gifts of the Season: Almanac Beer Co&#8217;s Announces Winter Wit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=9050\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9061\" title=\"Almanac Beer Winter Wit 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/almanac-beer_Winter-Wit_2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/almanac-beer_Winter-Wit_2012.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/almanac-beer_Winter-Wit_2012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/almanac-beer_Winter-Wit_2012-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The third release from <strong>San Francisco<\/strong>&#8216;s<strong> Almanac Beer Co.<\/strong>\u00a0, <em>Orange Wit<\/em>, will be out just in time for <a title=\"SF Beer Week\" href=\"http:\/\/sfbeerweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Beer Week<\/a>. The brew not only continues their trademark killer design and packaging (dig that gold foil!) but also their fresh, localvore approach to ingredients\u2014with pesticide-free oranges from <strong>Hamada Farm<\/strong> in Kingsburg and fresh ginger root from <strong>Mellow\u2019s Nursery<\/strong> in Morgan Hill. More info <a title=\"Almanac Beer Co. Orange Wit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.almanacbeer.com\/ourbeer\/winter-2012-orange-wit\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. [Photo via <a title=\"Almanac on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/almanacbeer\" target=\"_blank\">Almanac Facebook<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>You can treat yourself to their <em>Autumn Farmouse Pale &#8217;11<\/em> right now. I got to try it over the holiday\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=9050\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9051\" title=\"Almanac Plum the perfect last-minute gift idea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut1-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made with plums from <strong>Twin Girls Farms<\/strong> in the San Joaquin Valley you definitely taste &#8217;em\u2014with an Instant zing. Not in a cloyingly sweet way, but a refreshingly <!--more-->crisp way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9052\" title=\"Almanac Plum\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/almanac_plum_umlaut2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It poured a hazy, straw color with a snow-white head.\u00a0On top of Mexican sugar and plums dancing on your palate, there&#8217;s plenty of grapefruit flavors and other zest freshening things up. And with the spicy, peppery finish to close out the experience, this autumn pale works well as a winter wonder. At 7%, you may still even be able to say that last part without stumbling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Follow <a title=\"Almanac Beer on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/almanacbeer\" target=\"_blank\">Almanac Beer on Twitter<\/a> \u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[like]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unnecessaryumlaut.bigcartel.com\/product\/beer-gut-shirt\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7779\" title=\"Grab your Beer G\u00fct Shirt here\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/beergutshirt\/unnecessary-umlaut_beer-gut-shirt_tee2.jpg\" alt=\"Beer G\u00fct Shirt\" width=\"480\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED:<br \/>\n<a title=\"New Beer: SF\u2019s Almanac Beer Co. 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