2025 "Seasonals"

If you've followed this blog at all this year, you know that I wanted to concentrate more on my BJCP Goal and my Roll-a-Style list in 2025.

As a side-effect, I purposely ignored most of my "SheppyBrew Seasonals". 

After brewing Mardi Blonde (Batch 370) Birthday Brew and Oisin Owl Irish Stout (Batch 371), I thought to myself that those could be considered February and March "Seasonals".

The Mardi Blonde fit right into the "Mardi Gras / Lent" season in place of  Mardi Bock, and of course Oisin Owl being an "Irish Stout", it was perfect for St. Patrick's Day in March.

At that point, I started thinking that maybe with a little planning, I could come up with replacement "Seasonals" for most months even while brewing new beers based on the Roll-a-Style list.

So ... like I had done with 2024 Seasonals, 2023 Seasonals, and 2022 Seasonals, I started tracking how I could slot 2025 beers into the monthly "Seasonal" matrix.

2025 Mardi Blonde

Month	Seasonal Beer	2025 Replacement	2025 Brew Day
January	Arctic Vortex Winter Saison	none	none
February	Mardi Bock	Mardi Blonde	Mardi Blonde (Batch 370) Birthday Brew
March	McShepardSons Irish Ale	Oisin Owl Irish Stout	Oisin Owl Irish Stout (Batch 371)
April	Melting Stream Spring Saison	Melting Stream Spring Saison	2025 Melting Stream Spring Saison (Batch 374)
May	Helles in a Hand Bock-sket	Halfway to Helles	Big Brew Day ... Halfway to Helles (Batch 375)
June	Summer Lovin' American Wheat	Summer Lovin'	Summer Lovin' American Wheat (Batch 376)
July	Hail Storm Summer Saison	Gob Stopper Grape Ale	Gob Stopper Grape Ale (Batch 377)
August	N.T.S. Faux Pilsner	Voodu Magic Tropical Stout	Voodu Magic Tropical Stout (Batch 379)
September	Falling Leaves Autumn Saison	1519 Barker Exportbier	1519 Barker Exportbier (Batch 361)
October	Will-o'-Wisp Autumn Ale	Gnomeberry Hollow Cherry Porter	Gnomeberry Hollow Cherry Porter (Batch 382)
November	X-Mas Ales	X-Mas Ale 2025	Learning to Homebrew: 2025 X-Mas Ale (Batch 384)
December	Decemberfest Lager	Skadoosh Blond Ale	Skadoosh Blond Ale (Batch 386)

Mardi Blonde

Oisin Owl Irish Stout

I had skipped the Spring season on my Seasonal Saisons, so I kept Melting Stream Spring Saison as my April Seasonal.

Melting Stream Spring Saison

I thought Halfway to Helles was sort of a lighter version of Helles in a Hand Bock-sket, so it would work nicely for my May substitution.

Halfway to Helles

The Beer Model asked for one of her favorites ... Summer Lovin' American Wheat in June, so I left that one.

Summer Lovin' American Wheat

In July, Gob Stopper Grape Ale was a saison base, so it made sense to replace Hail Storm Summer Saison with it.

Gob Stopper Grape Ale

I used Voss Kveik Ale Yeast in Voodu Magic Tropical Stout so it made sense as a replacement for N.T.S. Faux Pilsner in August.

Voodu Magic Tropical Stout

I don't have any logic behind 1519 Barker Exportbier in September other than that is when it was brewed.

1519 Barker Exportbier

Gnomeberry Hollow Blueberry Porter has a Halloween-y sound to it, so it made sense for October.

Gnomeberry Hollow Cherry Porter

X-Mas Ale 2025 is a Roll-a-Style 17D. English Barley Wine. It makes sense as the November seasonal because I called it "X-Mas Ale".

X-Mas Ale 2025

Skadoosh Blond Ale is a simple blond ale I brewed to satisfy Christmas guests who prefer yellow beer-flavored "father-in-law" beer. Really the only thing that makes this a "December" beer is that I brewed it and planned to drink most of it around Christmas.

Skadoosh Blond Ale

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