Some beers to find between binge eating and binge spending:
Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome 2006 – 2007 [alternatives: a malty "winter warmer" like Red Hook's Winter Hook or Young's Winter Warmer]
and
Anchor Christmas Ale (AKA “Our Special Ale”) 2006 [alternatives: a spicy dark beer like....Full Sail Wassail, maybe? This one's tough...]
‘Tis the season to watch animatronic caribou look from side-to-side in your neighbor’s yard. Let’s drink like it!
I would say it’s especially tough with Anchor varying the recipe every year it would be tough even if you had a different year beer to duplicate the experience, but then that’s what makes it a great beer.
About 10 years ago I found a shop that ‘forgot’ about there excess stock and left it in a basement until the next holidays season. That years had been overly licorce flavored I thought but mellowed nicely after a year, too bad I couldn’t get more.