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Chilly mornings and shorter days have announced the arrival of fall in Cleveland, but for us the season doesn’t officially start until Great Lakes Brewing Company hosts its annual Christmas Ale first pour.

Luckily, the festive occasion isn’t all that far away. The Ohio City brewery has announced the date and details of the 2015 event:

Ale-leluia! It’s almost time for Christmas Ale! Join us in celebrating the most wonderful time for a beer at our brewpub’s annual First Pour Party, Wednesday, October 21. Our First Pour party is free and open to the public. We will open promptly at 11AM, and Brewer Santa will deliver and tap the first keg of Christmas Ale at 11:30AM.

Additional highlights include a new winter seasonal, cinnamon sugar barley pretzels, and tunes by DJ Misfit Troy (4-9 p.m.).

You can go ahead and let the boss know you’ll be absent that day.

This article appears in Sep 16-22, 2015.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

2 replies on “Great Lakes Brewing Company Announces 2015 Christmas Ale First Pour”

  1. The most annoying thing about craft brewing right now is how everyone is rushing to get their product out earlier and earlier. Christmas Ale is out October 21 now. Before you know it, you’ll see it in September. Winter beer is now fall beer. Fall beer is summer beer. Summer beer is spring beer. Spring beer is winter beer. On hot 85° days in the dog days of summer, the summer beers are gone and everything’s been replaced with girl beers like Pumking and and all of the other pumpkin brews. Well, at least Punkin is good. And Ommegang, the brewery that is not following the annoying craft beer trends, at least is still doing it right. For the most part though, don’t get me wrong, I still dig Great Lakes.

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