It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Beer: Perlenzauber and Landenburger Weizenbock Hell

I didn't have time yesterday to post, but rest assured, fair readers, I did drink at least one beer yesterday.  So here are yesterday and today's beer advent calendar beers.

Yesterday's beer was Perlenzauber, which is the second beer thus far from Privatbrauerei H. Egerer in Großköllnbach, Germany -- again, about a 70-mile swim up the Isar from Munich.  Perlenzauber is described on its rather titillating can as a German pale ale.  Even though I know that "pale ale" in Europe generally doesn't mean the same thing that it means in the States, I was still bracing for some hoppiness, but much to my pleasant surprise, there wasn't really any.  It was just an easy-drinking ale.

Name:  Perlenzauber
Brewery:  Privatbrauerei H. Egerer
Location:  Großköllnbach, Germany
ABV:  5.4%
IBU:  N/A
Good for drinking if:  You just wrapped some presents like a motherfucker, and you need something refreshing to slam before you head to a Die Hard pop-up bar, Bouby.
Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  4

Today, it was the Weizenbock Hell, brewed by Brauerei Ladenburger, which is located in Neuler, which is not in Bavaria, but rather the next state west, Baden-Württemberg.  It essentially sits in the center of southern Germany.  But enough about towns you will never visit.  Weizenbocks are wheat beers with higher ABV.  I'm not sure where the "Hell" comes in, but as you can see, this isn't as hazy as a traditional wheat beer, so maybe this is just some unholy combination of weizenbock and helles.  Whatever it is, it's delicious, and it packs a solid punch at 7.4% ABV -- but it doesn't taste too strong, so it's definitely one of those beers that can get you in trouble.

Name:  Weizenbock Hell
Brewery:  Brauerei Landenburger
Location:  Neuler, Germany
ABV:  7.4%
IBU:  N/A
Good for drinking if:  You competed quite admirably in a 0.5k winter beer dash earlier today.  Quite admirably.
Rating (out of five stars, by quarter star increments):  4.25