It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Beer: Hopewell Stay Frosty and Sun King Electric Reindeer

I'm finally caught back up on my beers and should be able to finish the last two on their chose days.

Beer #21 was Stay Frosty, a winter lager from Chicago's Hopewell Brewing.  It seems like this is a beer advent calendar mainstay, and with good reason.  It's a very solid winter lager, and as I've said before, it's the kind of beer that would serve as a good gateway beer for someone who's looking to get into winter beers.  It's got good bit of malt and some sweetness, and at 6%, it's not too heavy.

Name:  Stay Frosty

Brewery:  Hopewell Brewing Company

Location:  Chicago, IL

ABV:  6%

IBU:  N/A

Good for drinking if:  You need a beer to help you relax after a far too busy last day of work before Christmas.

Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  4

Beer #22 was, I believe, the first Indiana beer in this year's advent calendar.  I've generally enjoyed what I've had from Indianapolis's Sun King Brewery, and I don't know if Electric Reindeer is a new addition to their lineup, but it's great.  I actually had it for the first time a few nights ago after gorging myself on ribs, so I was happy to open the slot and see it in the advent calendar.  It's a brown ale with ginger and molasses, so it has the maltiness of a brown ale, the spice of ginger, and the caramelly sweetness of molasses -- and a very cool can!

Name:  Electric Reindeer

Brewery:  Sun King Brewery

Location:  Indianapolis, IN

ABV:  5.5%

IBU:  23

Good for drinking if:  ALF is watching you watch college football.

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