It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Beer: The Final Three Beers

I finished off my beer advent calendar with one beer each on the appropriate days after I finally caught back up.  Here were the last three of this year's calendar.

Number 22 was a really good and interesting white stout.  White stouts are usual a mindfuck because you're expecting an ale or lager, and it taste like a stout.  This one didn't so much mess with my mind because of it's dominant flavor:  peanut brittle.  It was Illuminated Brew Works' latest addition to their War on Xmas If You Want It series, and it was a "white peanut brittle stout."  As the name implies, it tasted like peanut brittle, which I love.  I really liked it -- as it both tasted great and clocked in at 11% -- but it's definitely more of a sharing beer than one you want to drink a full 16-ounce can by yourself.

Name:  War on Xmas If You Want It White Peanut Brittle Stout

Brewery:  Illuminated Brew Works

Location:  Chicago, IL

ABV:  11.0%

IBU:  N/A

Good for drinking if:  You want dessert to get you drunk.

Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  4.25

The penultimate beer in the advent calendar was a hoppy beer from suburban/exurban brewery More, which makes some great beers.  I prefer their darker beers, so I was a little disappointed that this one was a "dry hopped lager."  I wasn't a fan.

Name:  Tank Sweat

Brewery:  More Brewing Company

Location:  Huntley and Villa Park, IL

ABV:  5.0%

IBU:  N/A

Good for drinking if:  You need something to fuel you during the feats of strength.

Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  3.5

The last beer of this year's It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Beer was a perfect ending to 24 days of winter beer drinking.  To be clear, I didn't and will not be stopping my winter beer drinking simply because my advent calendar is done.  Anyway, it was a Christmas brown ale with holiday spices from suburban brewery Solemn Oath.  This is how a winter ale should taste, with orange, cinnamon, and other holiday spices, complemented by a manageable 7% ABV.  All in all, it was a perfect end to the advent calendar.

Name:  We're All Misfits

Brewery:  Solemn Oath Brewery

Location:  Naperville, IL

ABV:  7.0%

IBU:  N/A

Good for drinking if:  You want to give Santa some holiday fuel as he leaves presents that disappoint your children.

Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  4.5