The holiday season is officially here. I don't mean that thanksgiving is coming, or the shopping malls with drunken Santas harassing children. No indeed. Something even more wondrous and good is here, welcoming in your various Yule festivities.

I speak of none other than the Maritime Pacific Brewery's landmark Jolly Roger Christmas Ale. Yes, the thick, malty, delicious brew that screams "drink heavily before selecting christmas gifts for your parents" is at local stores, for but a short time.

Yay, verily, it is good. Seattleites rejoice!