Troegs Mad Elf

Troegs Mad Elf - 11% Abv. Seasonal Belgium style strong ale with honey and cherries. Personally, I am turned off by cherries, and to a lesser extent, elves. I was pleasantly surprised to find the honey and cherry notes subtle and complimentary, with only a hint of the elf flavor present in the aftertaste. Like with most elves, it gets better with age.
Beer Bloggles Score: 89

Delirium Noel

Delirium Noel-  10% Abv. Belgium dark strong ale.  Pink elephants? Not as odd as the slightly meaty flavor that has me scratching my head.  Otherwise, it's a decent Christmas brew. One pink elephant is enough for me.
Beer Bloggles score: 75

Troegs Java Head Stout

Troegs Java Head Stout - 7.5% Abv. Beer has been brewed since Pre-Neolithic times most likely to celebrate the ending of the Younger Dryas, or end of the last Ice Age.  Sounds like happy times.  Coffee, a relative newcomer, has been around since perhaps the 9th century thanks to Ethiopian goat herders and their desire not to get eaten late in the night.  Today, thanks to modern craft brewers, we now have much happier times to celebrate: a marriage of semi-addictive legal stimulant-laden liquid love in a cup with an oatmeal stout. Cheers!
Beer Bloggles Score:  87

Rogue Northwestern Ale

Rogue Captain Sig's Northwestern Ale- 5.9 to 6.2% Abv; like any fish story, it changes depending on who you ask.  It's a highly awarded (nearly to the point of absurdity) red ale IPA hybrid dedicated to Capt. Sig Hansen of the Northwestern, from Deadliest Catch, 'Rogues' of the Bering Sea.  Hoppy and flavorful, it pairs very well with crab legs devoured in the comfort and safety of your living room on the sofa with the warm glow of a large HD flat screen, 5.1 digital surround sound, and DVR humming away in the periphery.
Beer Bloggles Score:  76

Rogue Hazlenut Brown Nectar Ale

Rogue Hazlenut Brown Nectar Ale - 6.2% abv. Won gold at the '11 GABF, along with a list of awards so long that it rivals Santa's Naughty or Nice list for length. This beer is the NY Yankees, Mario Andretti, or Taylor Swift in whatever competition it enters. Whatever the reasons are, it seems to win. Indeed it is a well crafted Nut Brown which I enjoy, but it's a touch sweet.  By the way, happy belated birthday Taylor Swift. Sorry I missed it again this year. Friends always! - Me.
Beer Bloggles Score: 90

Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale

Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale - 5.6% abv. Wait...Doughnuts? Bacon? Maple Syrup? A Pepto Bismol Bottle? This is like a schizophrenic train wreck of beloved dignitaries. I like bacon. Perhaps if we could keep adding things like a slize of pizza, chocolate cake, and Justin Bieber it will all be better again and not seem like such a novelty. I could go for gummy bears. Oh my, why is he squeezing a tiny pig? Got any Clozapine? Why are you still reading this?
Beer Bloggles Score: 75 (mainly for the Rogue-Novelty factor)

Trader Jose's Dark Lager

Trader Jose's Dark Lager - Abv: unknown even to the brewer, Cerveceria Mexicana. The color is mysterious.  I think it comes from discarded Mexican wood stain.  It tastes sort of like a watered down Yuengling, with a subtle hint of polyurethane. But hey, for $0.90 per bottle you should be happy you're not drinking Natty Ice.
Beer Bloggles Score: 38

Trader Joe's 2011 Vintage Dark Ale

Trader Joe's 2011 Vintage Dark Ale - 9.0% abv. Shocking. Not shocking like you wake up and find yourself in a horror scene from Saw V, shocking as in you guiltily purchase a White Castle burger on a craving whim and find yourself presented with a bacon-wrapped med. rare filet mignon served by a boobiferous smiling Victoria Secret model. For $4.99 at 750mL, would you expect a carefully crafted Belgium style dark ale by Unibroue? Either would I. This is no three buck Chuck. OK, It's a little rough around the edges and spicy compared to an artisan Belgium, but still a tremendous value for the flavor. I'm off to purchase a case.
Beer Bloggles Score: 82 

Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale - 8.0% abv. Although a little winterish for an autumn seasonal, this is one of the best bottled pumpkin ales I've had. It's heartier than most and has flavor all over the place, but without being too 'pumpkiny' or spiced to death.
Beer Bloggles Score: 82    

Phillips Longboat Chocolate Porter

Phillips Longboat Chocolate Porter - 5.2% Abv. A brilliant craft porter brewed passionately with real chocolate in Victoria, BC, receiving a Gold medal at the '08 Canadian Brewing Awards. This is my kind of dessert.
Beer Bloggles Score: 85

Great Divide Belgium Style Yeti

Great Divide's Belgium Style Yeti. 9.5% abv Imperial Stout. World class stout with tons of flavor and a character complex enough to own it's odd name.
Beer Bloggle Score: 89

Samichlaus Classic

Samichlaus Classic - 14% abv. Touted as the World's strongest lager, the "Santa Claus' brewed in Austria by Schloss Eggenberg is certainly one of the most extraordinary dopplebocks imaginable, and supposedly one of the rarest beers on the planet. It's brewed in a single batch once a year on Dec 6th then aged for 10 months before bottling. You can age it for many years. This one is 3 years old. It's expensive, hard to find, almost overwhelming, and impossible to describe. I made the mistake of having two in one night once. Never again. Try one during or after Christmas dinner. 

Beer Bloggles Score: 93