Unsweet brown but with a really mellow caramel that rounds out to the finish. No spice profile, lightly estery. The effect is kind of like a nut bread, warm and wintry.
Much thinner than other variants; clear cinnamon that I also think turns into a spice bitterness that dominates the finish. Maybe the least successful version I’ve tried.
Piney, hop oil; very little fruit or body. But a nice, bracing, grassy bitterness. For that flavor profile, this is actually pretty good.
Intense coffee, maple, whiskey. Sweet and roasty and thick.
Grape-forward, fragrant and hoppy, A little on the sweet side, and finished quite bitter.
Roast, thick, lightly sweet. Been a while since I had the non-barrel version of this and it's actually a relief (in the past, I might have thought this was too roasty).
Light plum, toffee, thin mouthfeel but lots of whisky.
Fruity, unsweet, light. Drying and tart but not at all funky.
A tropical IPA that is absolutely overwhelmed by sweet vanilla/lactose. It tastes like dessert, but it's really not at all what I'm looking for in an IPA.
Sweetish, soda-like, tastes of mandarin orange and grapefruit. That part is pretty nice, but there’s a high alpha bitterness on top with something’s unpleasant going on, like plastic fumes.
Flavorful, sweet cereal. Grassy, bitter finish. Works really well with the lime wedge and holds up to it.
Unsweet roasty coffee porter, a bit lactic. Quite drinkable.
Spiced, hoppy amber lager. Sweet up front but has a strong resinous dryness that comes in fast.
Definitely jammy, but there's something very uncanny about the "peanut butter" in this beer. Vegetal, green, it's not creamy and it doesn't meld at all into the flavor.
Malty, roasty, creamy stout. Somewhat tart and finishes with the same hop florality as the Hyphen.
Extremely light, peach forward, interesting floral bitterness. Might be mistaken for a seltzer, but there is the barest hint of cereal on the end.
Two extremely pale beers in this flight, although this one has strong pine hop florality. Just fascinating.
Light and bone dry, very clean. Apple, apricot, pineapple, but in more of a Kasugai Gummy aspect than fresh fruit. Long, lingering cereal. Not at all what I was expecting, but I really like this.
Really nice raspberry balance. Just tart enough but not pucker tart. lovely
Slightly chalky texture, lightly sweet but also roasty-bitter smooth stout. You can taste the caramel, but it also a little disjoint.
Assuming this is the rum barreled Guava Dawn. A little disappointingly the flavor never really comes together… On the one hand, you have a bright, tart, clean sour, and then you just have rum. It’s not melding for me tonight.
Dark winter ale with bright, bitter, spices (anise? clove?). Underneath there's a gingery cola-like caramel fruitiness.
Roasty and lots of barrel character. Remarkable that this is still good 9 years after coming out of the barrel, but it also hasn’t transformed into something remarkable either.
Fair Isle Bolete (unknown release)
Both farm-funky and surprisingly sour. Kind of the definition of a challenging saison.
Malty, slightly roasty. Interesting that I can’t pin this down, but I’d say somewhere between a Schwarzbier and a light porter. Nice.
Sweet, tastes pretty good but it does kind of you in the face with peanut butter in a way that other beers of this description mange to find more balance.
Very light, tastes like an earthy coffee but notably watered down. It’s ok.
Very forward woodsmoke flavor. Beer is good though slightly less sweet than others I’ve had in this style. Finishes very clean.
Alesong Bière de Noël (2025)
Bright, clear, up front maraschino cherry with overtones of cinnamon and other holiday spice. Very smooth, and if it’s less complex than other “prestige” beers, it’s not any less enjoyable.
Reuben’s The Crows (2025)
Port sweetness, so smooth, actually delicious and I lament that I just missed the keg blowing here.
Tasted weak, but to be fair, it was after a bunch of strongly flavored things.
So creamy. Cream everywhere. Even creamier on nitro.
The smell is very strongly of hot cocoa or fudge, which is interesting because there is no hint of chocolate in the description. I like the flavor, which is reminiscent of a pineapple sundae with chocolate syrup.
Fascinating - definitely tastes like realistic watermelon juice followed by sourness. As that comes in you get hit with assertive spice - tastes like someone mixed this with habanero water. The heat lingers, and may be a little too strong to be higher-rated.
Whatever they did to add the blueberry to the Hazy IPA has tempered both flavors really nicely... It's actually quite a dry flavor, quite good.