Your Favorite Holiday Beer?

What he said! TJ Vintage Ale is a great buy and a nice beer for the holidays.....

I also like Anchor Our Special Ale (just got a sixer of that today to try 2012 vintage)
Thirsty Dog 12 Dogs of Christmas
Hoppin' Frog Frosted Frog (and BA version)
Ohio Brewing Jingle Bell Ale
Fat Head's Holly Jolly Ale (just got a sixer also today to try!)
BrewKettle Winter Warmer
Columbus Brewing Winter Warmer
Christian Moerlein Christkindl Ale
Mt Carmel Winter Ale

Ohio has some pretty tasty winter / holiday ales, eh? Notice I did NOT mention the Great lakes Christmas-----pretty overrated in my opinion - not like it used to be....oh well. I will not go thirsty!

 

Official request for all beer advocates to stop conjuring up delightful images of a nice brew by the fire, some of us live in apartments here!
SN Celebration
SA Old Fezzi
Anchor OSA
Will be looking to try out 2Xmas

 

What are your "must buy" seasonal or specialty releases? In most large metro beer markets, it seems like there are always seasonal and limited or specialty releases hitting the shelves. I doubt most of us buy them all, even if we would like to. If you're anything like me, there are some releases that you have to buy every time they come out. What are yours? Mine are:

Surly Wet
Surly Darkness
Surly Abrasive
Founders Harvest
Founders KBS
Founders Imperial Stout
Founders Nemesis and Backstage
Bells Hopslam
Bells "batch" series
Anything by Steel Toe
Goose Island BCBS (variants if I am lucky)
Central Waters Barrel Aged Barleywine (and
Central Waters Barrel Aged Stout

 

Founders FBS
Founders Backwoods Bastard
Samuel Adams Winter Classics Pack (the Old Fezziwig Ale makes this a staple in the fridge until they start producing 6 packs)
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Sierra Nevada Summer

And I know that there's more, I just can't think them.

 

Breakfast Stout
Breakfast Stout
Breakfast Stout

 

Anchor Humming
Deschutes Jubelale
Sierra Nevada Tumbler
Stone IRS
Alesmith Yulesmith Summer

 

This.

 

Olde Hickory Event Horizon
Olde Hickory Lindley Park
Founders BS, KBS, Harvest, BB
Hopslam

 

Seasonals I make sure to buy every year include, but not limited to...

Celebration Ale
Hopslam
Brooklyn BCS
Double Trouble
FBS
Pumking
Nugget Nectar
Nosferatu
Lake Erie Monster
Double Bastard
Stone IRS

 

I only go for the seasonals that are in good supply. I won't chase trucks.
Celebration
Bigfoot
No. Hemisphere Harvest
Nugget Nectar
Brown Shugga
Double Bastard

 

Punkin
Pumking
BBC Oktoberfest
Celebration

Those are the four I anticipate and plan to buy mass quantities of each year. I, too, am not particularly interested in chasing trucks/hunting down brews. I don't have the time to camp outside a bottle store.

 

In no particular order:

Olde Hickory Event Horizon (releases today!!!)
Olde Hickory Lindley Park
Foothills BA Sexual Chocolate
Olde Rabbit's Foot
Duck Rabbit Rabid Duck
Goose Island BCBS (and variants)
Goose Island Lolita
Founders FBS
Founders KBS
Founders Backstage
Founders Backwoods Bastard
Terrapin Wake 'N Bake
Bells Hopslam
Bells Expedition
Heavy Seas Cabernet Barrel Below Decks BW
Heavy Seas Bourbon Barrel Below Decks BW
Heavy Seas Siren Noir
Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin
Troegs Mad Elf
New Holland Blue Sunday
New Holland Imperial Hatter
Southern Tier Mocha
Sourhern Tier Backburner
Sourhern Tier Pumking
Williamsburg AleWerks Grand Illumination
Williamsburg AleWerks BB Porter
Williamsburg AleWerks Cafe Royal
Oscar Blues Ten Fidy
Dogfish Head 120 min
New Belgium Tart Lychee

others I can't think of now

 

Not including beers I have to trade for:
Sierra Nevada Celebration
FW Velvet Merlin, Parabola, Every anniversary ale
Stone Double Bastard and IRS
RR PTY
Deschutes Jubelale, Abyss
DFH Bitches Brew and Punkin
Lagunitas Sucks and Daytime IPA

 

Zwanze

 

Pretty much any beer whose name ends with "Harvest Ale," and pretty much any beer whose name begins with "Pretty Things."

 

some of my "must buy" seasonals:
Sierra Nevada Celebration
The Bruery Autumn Maple
Port Brewing Santa's little helper (barrel aged)
Anchor Brewing Christmas Ale

 

Paulaner Oktoberfest
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Hofbrau original
Eggenberg Pils

 

SN Celebration
SN Bigfoot
Troegs Nugget Nectar
Troegs Sunshine Pils
Southern Tier Harvest Ale
Hoffbrau Oktoberfest
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
(and, hopefully to make a reappearance next year):
Victory Moonglow
Weyerbacher Fireside

Those are the ones I usually grab a case of as soon as I see them. I'm sure there are more that I buy more sporadically.

 

Forgot about Founders Backwoods Bastard and Double Trouble. Those are also must buys.

 

I will never again miss out on trading for Lindley Park when it is released. It's one of my new favorite beers.