by Brian Smyth How's this for a New Year's resolution?  Brew a seasonal beer once a month.  If you're a hard-core homebrewer, this might be right up your alley.  Or, if you just like to plan ahead for special occasions, you might find this calendar helpful.  There's nothing like having an Octoberfest kegged or bottled and ready to serve when late September comes around, or having a wheat beer ready when the heat of summer has arrived. For more ideas regarding seasonal beers, or computing your own brewing calendar for 2002, we suggest Amahl Turczyn's A Year of Beer, which lists over 260 seasonal beers. Happy New Year and happy homebrewing!

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Brew	Style	HBA Suggestion	Drink-Serve
January	Maibock	What in the Helles Bock	Memorial Day
February	Pilsener	Bounced Pay Czech Pilsner	Summer, baseball season
March	Marzenbier	Crimson Oktoberfest	Octoberfest, football season
April	California Common	Maytag Man California Common	Fourth of July
May	West Coast Pale Ale	High Sierra Pale Ale	Summer, baseball season
June	India Pale Ale	Caravan India Pale Ale	Summer, baseball season
July	Wheat	Honey Wheat Ale	Labor Day
August	Belgian Strong	Tripple XXX Belgian Ale	Halloween, Thanksgiving
September	Munich Dunkel	Sedylmayr Munich Dunkel	Winter, football bowls
October	Christmas Ale	St. Nick's Holiday Ale	Christmas season
November	Doppelbock	Bav' Haus Bock + 1 lb DME added	Spring of next year
December	Stout	Fireside Dry Stout	St. Patrick's Day
January (next year)	Barleywine	Big Ben Barleywine	Ready for next year

Click on the HBA Suggestion for a description of the beer!