It tastes like Christmas, it has a cult following and it’ll be available for preorder in a couple weeks. Even sooner if you’re a Family Tree Beer Club member. Yes, of course we’re talking about Hardywood Park Craft Brewery’s coveted Gingerbread Stout (GBS), the seasonal brew with a perfect score of 100 from Beer Advocate magazine that first released in 2011.
Twelve varieties will be available this year, and starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, you can order the complete set, which includes a bottle of each. You’ve got your original, of course, along with the Christmas Pancakes version featuring maple syrup, Christmas Morning brewed with coffee and the various iterations that are aged in bourbon and brandy barrels. New this year are the Fluffy GBS, brewed with toasted marshmallows, the Frosty GBS with coffee and cacao nibs and the lactose-free Gingerbread Porter.
The original GBS and Christmas Pancakes will be on the menu in the taprooms starting on Saturday, Nov. 2, and the others will debut over the course of every subsequent Saturday through Dec. 14.
Worried they’ll sell out before you’re able to submit your order for the full set? Consider joining the Family Tree Beer Club, which gives you early ordering access along with discounts, special events and a free birthday pint.
Order your GBS set here.