Supe - sorry to hear about your pending struggle. My ol man says that 'God doesn't give us many challenges we can't handle, but for those he does, he gave us beer to even it out'.

Yes and right now, there are some ASTOUNDING "seasonal" beers out. I love this time of year. Those doggone "seasonal" beers are just an excuse for the breweries to show off. Three pints of some of that stuff puts me on my lips. I particularly enjoy "Snow Cap" by Pyramid. I can drink that stuff all night, every night. And in fact that's exactly what I do.