10 Best Holiday Beer Buys of 2012

1. Hopworks Abominable Winter Ale
Style: American strong ale

We'll make this deal with Portland, Ore.-based Hopworks: We'll keep enjoying this big, malty winter IPA in all its 7.3% ABV glory if you will please stop calling it "A-Bomb."

This beer is packed with Cascade, Centennial and Simcoe hops and six organic malts. It has a lovely floral aroma, some citrus and spice in its hop bitterness and just enough malt sweetness to remind drinkers it's a seasonal beer. But there's no need to give it a bro-tastic nickname just because it comes in a can. Unless you plan on crushing that can on your forehead in front of a table full of holiday company, just enjoy some holiday hops and fight your way through the word "abominable." It's worth the effort.

-- Written by Jason Notte in Portland, Ore.

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Jason Notte is a reporter for TheStreet. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Esquire.com, Time Out New York, the Boston Herald, the Boston Phoenix, the Metro newspaper and the Colorado Springs Independent. He previously served as the political and global affairs editor for Metro U.S., layout editor for Boston Now, assistant news editor for the Herald News of West Paterson, N.J., editor of Go Out! Magazine in Hoboken, N.J., and copy editor and lifestyle editor at the Jersey Journal in Jersey City, N.J.

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