Christmas is a special time of year ... for beer. In order to fully enjoy the season properly, it is imperative that you stock up on some of the finest Christmas Ales around. This here brew is a good place to start.

Wait a minute! This isn’t a beer! What in the blue blazes is going on round these parts? Fear not, folks. We’re just going all out turkey style in honor of the greatest holiday known to man - Thanksgiving. Read on, compatriots.

The Harpoonists are back and in full effect. The IPA was sampled again ... the flavor is delicious, the bouquet is satisfying. Rejoice. Pull up a glass. We’ve been expecting you ...

As we make our way into winter, there’s a variety of beers to keep you warm on those chilly nights. Today we review one of the best. Yes, we know it doesn’t quite match the picture.

This is the story of our field trip to the Village Beer Merchant for a free tasting of the various offerings from the Magic Hat Brewing Company, and of the degredation of sense and sanity thereafter.

It’s so rare and exclusive that it can only be found in the “Feast of Fools” Winter 12-pack. As far as Magic Hat goes, this is not one of their better offerings. As far as mead goes, it’s not the best. But it was free, and who turns down free beer?

Live in Buffalo? (Admit it, guys!) Want something to do with your Friday Night? Come visit The Love of Beer at the Village Beer Merchant on Elmwood Avenue from 6-8pm tonight. Free Magic Hat. Seriously.

Seriously. We’re going here. As part of a continuing series of mockingly reviewing beers that are notoriously of sub-standard quality, today we’re going after the crown jewel of Canadian cheap beer: Old Vienna. Plug your nose and open the throat!

It’s freaking freezing outside, and you can’t finish a thought. Sometimes, you just have to get yourself a bloody beer to warm up. Whether you’re out chopping wood (yes, sharp objects and alcohol!) or indoors, here’s a Christmas list for you.

You keep your bogged-down fruit out of my beer, you hear me? I ain’t into no beer with pink undertones or a fruity bouquet. Bouquet doesn’t belong in a beer. It belongs in a flower basket. Oh, you mean this beer tastes good? Oh, I see.

It’s not in Germany, it’s not in Ireland, it’s not even in the U.S.A. It’s in the Philippines, and it happened recently. It’s real and it’s spectacular.

A thick, dark beer that’s not 72.4% alcohol? You mean I can drink multiples of this without having to freeze-dry my liver in a vat of charcoal? Well, Diddy, where do I sign up? Hint of advice: buy the Harpoon Sampler thing.

Life comes at you fast. One day, you’re in the bar ordering up a pint of a lip-smacking ale and the next you’re ... holy crap! Where did all these taps with the sunglassed orange come from? Somebody stop this thing!

Hey! This is an actual first look at the new offering from Anheuser-Busch, the great American company. The American Ale is an interesting stroll outside the box for Bud ... let’s see how they fare.

Every now and again we like to venture off-topic. When we stumbled upon this graph, we couldn’t help but repost with an explanation. We hope this clarifies a few things for you.