Thirsty Dog Brewing Company 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale

Twelve days of Christmas be blowed. Let's try 12 dogs of Christmas ale. Well, last year my wife bought for me a partridge in a .....Wait. That's not it. She bought me a bottle of 12 Dogs of Christmas ale.
Ok. So after a year in the bottle it is not as fresh as the Great Lakes on draft currently, but you know what? It tastes pretty good. I will now try it with dinner...
  Yes. It stands up to vegetarian meatballs in a spicy bbq sauce, and if it has enough flavour to do that I think it can hold its own against most meals.
  I have been told that the brewmaster is the same as Great Lakes Christmas ale. If this is true, and the flavour and quality seem to attest to this, then I would like to shake their hand. They are, I am sure, one of the top masters of their craft. I wish you all, and especially 12 Dogs/ Great Lakes Christmas ale  brewmaster, a very happy Christmas.
  No, you didn't get off that easily. I will, I am fairly sure, be reviewing some taste sensations between now and  Boxing Day.
Until the next time I taste I bid you peace.


Now the official blurb on 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale: