not enough cherry. really kinda… i dunno. boring. musty.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As noted the other day, the blueberry is barely detectable in this. Side-by-side the main difference is that the aftertaste is fruity rather than caramel. They're both pretty great though.

Smooth up-front, some roasty bitterness. The finish strongly caramel with maybe just the slightest hint of nut and salt.

Have to admit, the blueberry is a minor hint at best here, but this is still really tasty. Next mission is to have this right next to the non-blueberry version to compare.

Less sweet, more roasty than I expect from this style, reminiscent of a lye pretzel or water cracker. Just a hint of grassy sweetness before bitterness takes over.

The smoothest of the three, unsurprisingly, but also lets more of the raw alcohol through. It's also slightly more simplistic in its sweetness, although, let's be honest. This is still awesome.

I think this was the best of the flight - smoother, sweeter, disspates in the finish and there's none of the bitterness that was present in the 2025.

A Thanksgiving flight! The youngest here is redolent of plum, caramel, date, and as always, quite smooth. Slight cola qualitites. Finishes a little bitter.

Flavorful porter, thin mouthfeel but roasty and hinting at licorice and blackstrap molasses. Bitter finish.

Quite flavorful, opens like a German Pilsner, but dries out fast. This is quite bitter, almost acrid. Decent but not easy.

It’s pretty sweet. And it’s a thick sweetness so the effect kind of accumulates in your mouth. I was really impressed at first taste but the more i have the more i’m kinda like hmmmmm. Would probably have rated one tick higher if i’d gotten the tasting size.

Quite sweet, reminiscent of Candi sugar, but it smooths out what otherwise would have tasted very alcoholic. Definitely one for a small glass after dinner.

Okay at this point it’s almost certainly me. Also metallic. An assertive dry bitterness to finish, Brett/horse blanket funk.

Just a little hint of citrus which is unexpected but good.

Starts off like a hef but gets funky quickly. I know I’ve said everything tastes metallic today but this one does too, with some bitter funk.

Very pleasant porter. Roast beef. In a good way.

Well the pumpkin is very subtle and there’s a bitterness that seems off… a weird like cherry cough syrup thing too. i dunno…

There’s just something a little off here. Tastes almost a little rubbery… of course I did just have a McRib…

Quite good. The pumpkin is not obnoxious. A little spice. Definitely whiskey barrel aged

Almost grassy at first taste but then it kind of mellows out with some dill and I dunno… fennel?

An ok porter with some slight smoke and metallic finish but aside from a light custard sweetness, I can’t detect anything pumpkin- or pie-like in the flavor. I think that has to count against it.

Roasty with some cereal, bitter finish. Mild tobacco? Slightly tacky finish that gives it that English feeling. I like this.

Really pleasant with a hint of chocolate, toasted almond but not overly sweet

Creamy, roasty, light coffee, lightly sweet.

Rounded, very hoppy red. Light roast. Some metallic quality actually balances the hops out and makes this interesting.

Kind of like drinking a pine tree. Dark and resinous, with a bitter buildup that gets pretty intense in the aftertaste.

Pineapple-forward ale, tart and a little murky, with some mild coconut sweetness and lime brightening the end.

Sweet with an almost fruit punch character. You can tell it's alcoholic but it very much does not put you in a beer headspace; in that way, this is not far off in my memory from some of the fruit ales from New Glarus.

Two years on since the last time I had this, it can only be mellower. It’s is extraordinarily mellow. Lightly sweet, the faintest hint of dried plum, a burnt toffee finish.

Malty, molasses, hoppy. Hints of herbal candy; medicinal. Smooth and homey.

Thickish, very chocolate, with a nice, after-dinner kind of consistency. Reminded me a lot of an Andes Mint without the mint, strangely.