Roast, chocolate, strong alpha hop bitterness that lingers. Something a little burnt as well.
Fizzy, spice-forward. More caramel than roast, the impression is almost like a root beer.
A generally-mild tasting IPA with a very pungent apricot/resin nose and finish. Definitely gives the impression of an oily aromatic layer coating the surface of the beer.
Orange grapefruit, thick, opaque, extremely juicy. Oily bitterness on the backend but finishes clean.
Sweet caramel Scotch ale. Lightly fruity, bitter finish.
Samuel Adams Utopias (2021)
Smells like cherry; sweet, molasses, caramel. More subtle in flavor than expected. Dry, very strong alcohol. Warming like a whiskey. Tons of cherry molasses. I wouldn't buy this in a bottle full price, but it was nice to try.
Really nice, actually! A touch of dried fruit, cinnamon, some herbal bitterness, but also a drinkable, light, porter at heart. I think I prefer this to the more naked spice character of the Festivus.
There's a disturbingly accurate Tootsie Roll quality about the flavor of this beer. I can't say it's bad, but it also doesn't really taste like Joe-Joe's either?
Solid export stout although it's probably not as hopped as the style might demand. It's yummy, though.
Caramel, light flavor, what you probably want from a dark lager. Honestly, my taste buds are probably completely burnt out by now.
Light, almost watery, but not quite. Decent example of a simulated macro lager. I liked it, but I bet there would have been more nuance in this if this wasn't where it was in the order tonight! Will have to try again.
Threshold Barrel-Aged Jack Knife (unknown release)
Cacao, a hint of coconut. Much thinner than some of these other bombs. A really nice change.
Caramel, plum, spice. I'm running out of nuance in my taste buds, but this is delicious.
Fort George Matryoshka with Vanilla Bean, Cacao Nibs & Dates (unknown release)
Cacao bomb. Sweet and thick. But quite tasty.
Smells like vinegar but the taste is actually not so sour. Masa and salt... definitely getting a tortilla chip quality here.
Fabriek Juicy & Wild Muri-Elle (unknown release)
Sour and berry-like. I don't like raspberries, and this does taste significantly like raspberries (despite the fact that this is labeled as a blackberry lambic).
Tastes like a very nice coffee golden ale; not sure if I strongly detect pumpkin--and if there's spice, it's subdued--but maybe it's there in the fruity/sweet character.
Oversweet, intense vanilla is the leading flavor. Very thick. Not surprising for this brewery, but yeah.
Very sweet, boozy, mellow and buttery coconut, but this is definitely candy-like.
Fremont From the Vault (2022)
Thick, milky, light coffee. A bit too sweet, maybe. Finshes somwhere clean but with a sense of evaporated milk.
Woody and oily, slightly vinous. Quite dry. Nice finish: grape, buttery, clean.
In context, this was a very weird followup to the other beers. The increased fruity hop character was jarring. Lots of caramel. Definitely prickly.
Very nicely balanced, roasty stout. There's a vegetal/earthy coffee base here with a sweet cream finish. I don't know if you can taste purple, but aside from that (this just looks like a stout) it did make me think of an ube latte for sure.
Sweet, tart, jammy, with a butter cookie-like aftertaste. Very much tastes like the filling of a blueberry pastry.
Caramel, lightly roasted. Coffee. Carbonation's a bit spiky, but this is really pleasant to drink with a very dry finish.
Juicy and lightly fruity; apricot and citrus. Mild cereal finish.
Jet says this tastes like a Christmas tree and I can't disagree. It's like spruce tips and hps without any of the bitterness or resin. I cannot remember what Anchor's Holiday Ale tasted like but this is good.
A good czech lager that takes me right back to Wenceslas Square Aaaahhhhhh the sweet acrid smoke from the klobasa stands and $1 gallons of beer….
So mellow but just a tad of spice in there to make it lively. Perfect for a cold December night. Reminds one of the brighter days ahead. Liquid hope you might say.
It’s like I just brought home the christmas tree and there are pine needles all over the house and sap trailing from the garage all the way into the living room that I won’t get out until we sell the house years later. More bottle it and drink it.
Smells like Tabasco and tastes like watered down Sriracha
The coffee-est and roastiest of the three barrel vintages. More chocolate as well. The last one was Scotchy, this one has the most bourbon-caramel character.
Not as peaty as I thought I detected in Kenmore the other day, but this still has the "Scotchiest" character of the flight.
The alcohol burn has very much mellowed out here, and it's still light in mouthfeel but with strength. I didn't get this one in the flight last weekend, so I feel very fortunate to have gotten a second chance.