Old Potrero has brought back Christmas Spirit for a third annual holiday release. The whiskey was distilled from a San Francisco Christmas Spiced Ale and aged 10 years in once-used Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey barrels.
The 2026 release is limited to 492 bottles, bottled at 50% ABV (100 proof) in 700ml bottles, with an SRP of $139.99.
The Christmas Ale was brewed in Potrero Hill in 2015, distilled twice in copper pot stills and laid down in rye barrels for a decade, bringing together the city’s brewing and whiskey-making traditions in a spirit made for the holidays.
Tasting notes list citrus peel, maple syrup and pine on the nose, followed by cherry, malt, sweet orange peel and spiced fruitcake. Each bottle carries a To & From neck tag for gifting.
Christmas Spirit is available now throughout California and Massachusetts, and online for shipping to AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI and WY.
Old Potrero was created by Fritz Maytag, who bought Anchor Brewing in 1965 and founded the original Anchor Distilling Co., now Hotaling & Co. It is credited as the first American craft whiskey to reach the market since Prohibition.
Follow & Subscribe To The Bourbon Lens
🔔 Subscribe for more weekly discussions, tastings, and bourbon insights from the Bourbon Lens community.
- 📸Follow on Instagram: @BourbonLens
- Visit: BourbonLens.com
- Join: Patreon.com/BourbonLens
- Merch: Bourbon Lens Shop
- Mailing List: The Weekly Pour
- Discord: Discord.gg/pd6ys5nRSU
Latest Bourbon & Whiskey News
- Old Potrero Releases 2026 Christmas Spirit, a 10-Year Whiskey Distilled From a San Francisco Christmas Ale
- Green River Throws a Flag on Game-Day Bullsh!t With a $20 Refund for Fans
- Pursuit Spirits Introduces Pursuit United Joint Operations Bourbon for Veterans Day
- Breckenridge Distillery Launches the 2 Mile High Whiskey Club
- Frank August Returns to Its World’s Best Wheated Bourbon Barrels With CASE STUDY: 08
- Jack Daniel’s Releases 2026 Heroes Selection, a Barrel Proof Rye Picked by an Army Veteran
