try to get yer hands on some bottles of SAMICHLAUS! its THE kick-ass winterwarmer beer :D swissmade, so you know it cuts nicely :D
http://www.schloss-eggenberg.at/site...laus.asp?id=87
"According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the strongest lager beer in the world with 14 % alcohol"
or ... try some german BOCK beer ... any will be better than an US brew *coff*