Actually, we were supposed to be eating, a quick lunch to fuel up — and warm up — for a day of shopping in New Hope, but once we sipped Triumph Brewing Company’s Winter Wonder, we decided to settle in for a while.

The dark, cozily spiced beer is a once-a-year find. It hit the menu at the New Hope brewery a week ago, and head brewer Brendan Anderson will brew just one batch (that’s 300 gallons) this winter. (It will also be available this winter, for a limited time, in Princeton.) Hints of cinnamon, star anise, local wildflower honey and sweet and bitter orange peel give the malty brew a seasonal twist, without hitting you over the head with clichéd mulled-wine flavors. (Get there soon. Three hundred gallons is only 2,400 pints.)

Image, triumphbrewing.com

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Posted by April White on 1/25/08 in Where We're Eating