Christmas Jam White Ale is Slashfood.com Beer of the Week

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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From Slashfood.com:

In February, Mike Rangel, owner of Asheville Brewing Company — which concocts standouts such as the chocolaty Ninja porter and the snappy, intensely citrusy Shiva IPA — contacted Haynes’ management firm about crafting a beer in conjunction with the concert. Sold. It was a collaboration from the get-go.

“We asked Warren and his wife to choose the style of beer,” Rangel says. “They like wheat beers but nothing overly spicy or heavy. Their concern was that we create a beer that was easy to drink, accessible to nontraditional craft-beer drinkers and that people could drink a few over an evening without getting out of control.”

So for the Christmas Jam White Ale, Rangel and Co. dialed up a low-alcohol (4.5 percent ABV), Belgian-style wheat beer dosed with coriander and orange peel. This aromatic treat is as cloudy as a San Francisco morn, with vibrant carbonation and a twangy edge that hums on your tongue.