{"id":9840,"date":"2014-12-12T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=9840"},"modified":"2014-12-12T23:06:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T04:06:28","slug":"31-beers-of-december-day-12-troegs-mad-elf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/12\/31-beers-of-december-day-12-troegs-mad-elf\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Beers of December &#8211; Day 12:  Troegs Mad Elf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@hucksbeerbuzz @jtroegs<br \/>\nTo celebrate the Holiday Season, we have teamed up with beer bloggers and craft beer enthusiasts around the country to host the fourth annual beer bloggers advent calendar. This is the season of sharing and we intend to share our love of beer with you.<\/p>\n<p>During the 31 days of December, we will be sharing our favorite regional\/winter seasonals\/holiday beers with the help from our fellow beer bloggers. We hope that you tune in every day, to hear our stories and share our holiday cheer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Troegs Mad Elf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9846\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9846\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9846\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"huck2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/huck2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Blogger:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Jeff (Huck) Bowles<br \/>\n<strong>Blog Name:<\/strong> Huck\u2019s Beer Buzz &#8211; <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.hucksbeerbuzz.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.hucksbeerbuzz.com\">www.hucksbeerbuzz.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Twitter\/Facebook:<\/strong>\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/twitter.com\/hucksbeerbuzz');\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hucksbeerbuzz\">@hucksbeerbuzz\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.facebook.com\/hucksbeerbuzz');\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hucksbeerbuzz\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hucksbeerbuzz\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>About Huck:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Virginia craft beer aficionado and homebrewer who likes to enjoy life to the fullest!<br \/>\n<strong>Beer: \u00a0<\/strong>Mad Elf<br \/>\n<strong>Brewery:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Troegs Hershey, Pennsylvania<br \/>\n<strong>Website<\/strong>:\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.troegs.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.troegs.com\/\">http:\/\/www.troegs.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:\u00a0<\/strong><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/twitter.com\/jtroegs');\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtroegs\">@jtroegs<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Beer Details:<\/strong><br \/>\n-Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale<br \/>\n-ABV: 11%<br \/>\n-IBUs: 15%<br \/>\n-Color: Ruby Red<br \/>\n-Juju: Pennsylvania Honey,Sweet and Sour Cherries<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9843\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9843\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9843\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MadElf-n-Cookies-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"MadElf n Cookies\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MadElf-n-Cookies-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MadElf-n-Cookies-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MadElf-n-Cookies-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MadElf-n-Cookies.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Commercial Description<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Mad Elf is a cheerful creation to warm your heart and enlighten your tongue. The combination of cherries, honey, and chocolate malts delivers gentle fruits and subtle spices. Fermented and aged with a unique yeast, this ruby red beer has significant warming strength that underlies the pleasant character of this intriguing yet delicious Ale. The Mad Elf is a jolly and delicious beer for the holidays.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why I selected Mad Elf:<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m a big fan of Troeg\u2019s brewery and feel this is one of the best Christmas beers out there. I rarely purchase a six-pack of any beer but generally get several of Mad Elf each year. It\u2019s a huge, tasty, full bodied, holiday treat for the palate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9842\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hucks-BeerBuzz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hucks BeerBuzz\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hucks-BeerBuzz-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hucks-BeerBuzz-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hucks-BeerBuzz-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hucks-BeerBuzz.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/>About Huck\u2019s Beer Buzz:<\/strong><br \/>\nHuck\u2019s is mostly about places to go a drink some good beer. We try document each beer destination as we beercation around the nation so those that follow can enjoy the pleasures we find. We recently started a new brand, \u201cHuck Was Here!\u201d with funny t-shirts, stickers, and beer items available on our web site. Just click on the \u201cHuck Was Here!\u201d logo to get to the store. We are going to be the five-diamond style rating for craft beer places. Videos of our travels are in the near future!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9844\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9844\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9844\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/troegs-logo.jpg\" alt=\"troegs logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/troegs-logo.jpg 150w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/troegs-logo-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>About Troegs Craft Brewery<\/strong><br \/>\nEstablished in 1997 by brothers Chris and John Trogner in central Pennsylvania Troegs brings good craft beer to the mid-atlantic coast. The brewer is located in Hershey, PA in view of the hershey park. It\u2019s a great brewery to visit because not only does it have excellent beer, including their signature numbered one offs, it also has a restaurant with a bunch of german style pretzel bread, cheese sauce, and brats. Nom nom!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9845\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9845\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9845\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Huck1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@hucksbeerbuzz @jtroegs To celebrate the Holiday Season, we have teamed up with beer bloggers and craft beer enthusiasts around the country to host the fourth annual beer bloggers advent calendar. This is the season of sharing and we intend to share our love of beer with you. During the 31 days of December, we will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1730],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Huck1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9840"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9853,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9840\/revisions\/9853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}