1) Dark Horse One Oatmeal Stout (1st in a series of 5 holiday stouts, hints of chocolate and coffee, abv 8%)……………… 5
2) Dark Horse Too Cream Stout (2nd of 5, made with milk sugars for a nice creamy mouth feel, abv 8%)………………….. 5
3) Dark Horse Tres Blueberry Stout (3rd of 5, highest regarded, faint blueberry, proves fruit can be in beer, abv 7.5%)…... 5
4) New Belgium Lips of Faith Prickly Passion Saison (Passion fruit and prickly pear juice in a farmhouse ale, abv 8.5%)… 6
5) Ommegang Belgian Pale Ale (Hopped up abbey ale with 5 malts, 3 hops, citrus and tropical fruit aromas, abv 6.2%)......... 5
6) Anchor Porter (Dark beer, with flavors of chocolate, toffee, and coffee, abv 5.6%)……………………………………...... 3
7) Double Bastard (An even bigger version of Arrogant Bastard; meaning you’re twice as unworthy of it, abv 10.5%)…........ 6
8) North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner (Malty for a pilsner, still very light and refreshing, summery beer, abv 4.4%)…………. 4
9) Schneider Aventinus (Top fermented German weizen bock, intense, leaves a sour impression, abv 8.2%) (Fu’s Pick)…… 5
10) Chimay White (Belgian triple, more golden than traditional triples, from a signature Belgian house, abv 8%)…………… 6
11) He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A (Double IPA made with rye, a tribute beer to Lenny Bruce, abv 10%)…………... 6
12) Mikkeller To/From (This Baltic Porter was a Holiday release, but is no longer available for gift-giving, abv 8%)………. 6
13) Lindemans Framboise (Popular raspberry Lambic, sweet fruit flavor pairs well with this acidic beer, abv 2.5%)……….. 7
14) Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel (Mortal Sin, coffee stout, with hints of chocolate and vanilla, abv 9.5%)……………………. 7
15) Flossmoor Station Full Day HopfenWeizen (A hefeweizen, sure, but hopped like an IPA, abv 7%)…………….………. 5
16) Left Hand Nitro Sawtooth (An Extra Special Bitter, malty with a dry finish, abv 5.3%)…………………………………. 4.5
17) Victory Donnybrook Stout (Dry Irish-style Stout with earthy European hops, a whiff of peat - now on nitro, abv 3.7%).. 5
18) Southern Tier Choklat (Dark Chocolate Stout, tastes like a tootsie roll, smooth, you do not taste the alcohol, abv 11%)... 6
19) New Holland Cabin Fever (A roasty winter Brown Ale, well malted, tastes of coffee and caramel, abv 6.25%)………… 4
20) Stone Belgo Anise Imperial Russian Stout (Belgian yeast along with hints of licorice, abv 10.5%)…………...………… 5
21) Stone Cali-Belgique IPA (A hoppy California-style IPA with a Belgian yeast strain, hazy and heady, abv 6.9%)……….. 6
22) Mahr’s Saphir Weisse (A metric ton of Saphir hops give this Hefeweizen a refreshing citrus character, abv 5.6%)……... 5
23) Port High Tide (made with 180 pounds of fresh hops each batch, a fine piney IPA, abv 6.5%)…………………………… 5
24) Lost Abbey Serpent’s Stout (Imperial Stout, tons of flavor, knock your socks off good, abv 11%)………………….…... 5
25) Erdinger Weissbier Dark (A higher wort proportion of the classic German brew provides added spice, abv 5.6%)……... 5
26) Stone Levitation (Amber, sessionable, low alcohol but not low on flavor, abv 4.4%)……………………………………... 4
27) PBR (Dubious claims to winning a ribbon in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, abv 5%)……………. 2.25
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