Recapping My Favorite Seasonal Beers

My favorite holiday beer by far is Great Lakes Brewing Company's Christmas Ale (picture below is from Thanksgiving 2009) but for the rest of the list, my suggestions include only beers available to buy locally in Tallahassee. 

One word: YUM

The good news is there were lots of seasonal beers available in town for us to try and enjoy. I'm presenting them like a visual countdown - all were good but here they are all from my sure-I'd-drink-it-agains to my most favorite. Left to right: Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Sweet Water Festive Ale, Hoppin' Frog Frosted Frog Christmas Ale, Rouge Yellow Snow IPA, Rogue Santa's Private Reserve

Harpoon Winter Warmer I like the design of the packaging and the beer's not bad either!

Weyerbacher Old Heathen - for Solstice!

Southern Tier Old Man Winter - a winner with me, both in the bottle and on tap.

Anchor Christmas Ale - fabulous! It was exciting to be able to purchase this locally this year (thank you Liquor Loft!). It's brewed a little differently every year and 2010 was definitely exceptional. 

2010 Top Ten: Blog Posts and Stats

Excluding the home page, these are my blog posts that were most popular (that is, the ones with the most page views) in 2010:

Image: RYAN REID

10.Paint It Purple Cupcake Party

9.  Recipes Page

8.  Count Me Out

7, 6, 5. AXO Convention: What to Wear (Part 2, Part 3, Part 1)

4.  Adventures in Tallahassee @ New ALoft

3.  Creamy Cucumber Salad

2.  My Favorite Moment of Recruitment

1.  Ten Commandments for Chapter Advisors

I was surprised that my sorority-related posts ranked so highly. Please let me know if there are topics you'd like to hear more about!

I was also surprised by the overall statistics:

During this year (I joined Google Analytics in late February so this is just over ten months of data):
- 1,105 absolute unique visitors
- 6,016 page views
- 38% of visitors have stopped by once
- 18% are my most loyal - visiting 100 times or more (thank you!!)

It was a good year of blogging for me - while I didn't meet my goal of blogging every day, I did average about 22 posts a month. I'm happy with the consistency and will strive to continue along in 2011.

Happy New Year, and thanks for reading!