Great Lakes Brewing Company gets early jump into holiday season with 'First Pour' of Christmas Ale: Here's when you can find it in stores

CLEVELAND — It's beginning to taste a lot like Christmas...

While Halloween and trick-or-treat are quickly approaching, the Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland is jumping into the holiday season by tapping Christmas Ale in their annual "First Pour" event Thursday.

3News' Austin Love reported live from Great Lakes Brewing Company on Thursday morning with a special sneak peek at this year's Christmas Ale, which you can see in the video below.

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We also streamed live video of the "First Pour" event, which you can watch in the player below...

Want to get your hands on some Christmas Ale? Here's the 2023 release schedule from Great Lakes Brewing Company...

• Oct. 12: Christmas Ale draft-only release exclusively at the GLBC brewpub.
• Oct. 13: The first cans, bottles and kegs of Christmas Ale will be available for purchase exclusively at the GLBC gift shop.
• Oct. 16: Cans, bottles and kegs of Christmas Ale will begin appearing throughout Ohio.
• Oct. 23: Cans, bottles and kegs of Christmas Ale will begin appearing throughout all GLBC markets.

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