Intensely boozy, intense. The smell is almost harder to take than the flavor, which is good. Made it easier to drink.

First impression is that the tangerine is dry and essence-y. This isn’t a juicy radler, and makes it a less-refreshing experience. That said, the flavors are pretty good here.

Actively sour. Not fruity. I guess I appreciate that, but it's slightly much.

Will say: this is accurate. A strong, puree-like raspberry-ish flavor -- not gonna lie, couldn't tell you what makes a boysenberry a boysenberry -- but overall this was a lot heavy, thick, syrupy. Sweet enough to give me a headache. Not the best in a series that hasn't really wowed me.

Fake cherry syrup and chocolate flavor. Sticks in the back of your throat. I've been pretty disappointed with this whole series so far, and from a brewery that's usually quite strong.

Way too tart to enjoy. Lots of qualities you'd like in a gueuze, medium funk, apricot-stonefruit, clear look and flavor and a bit of salt left on the lips. But the sourness was unrelenting and got worse over time. I was more pucker than sip by the end.

The aftertaste kills this... A bit like fake pound cake. To be fair I had significantly better stouts today - eight of them.

This is for sure primarily a strong wheatwine. Hop-fruit, slightly tangy, with a ton of liquor on top. Not really sure I got chocolate or vanilla here, but it was surprisingly smooth given how much... everything... it was. Glass was certainly too big.

A forward, sharp tartness, some followup chocolate, and a whole lot of authentic blackcurrant flavor. This was very good. I don't quite remember what the original Tart tasted like, but I have the strong feeling that this was better.

Bracingly tart, but clean; emphasis on dank pineapple flavors with some sweet wheat funk right at the end.

Don't smell or taste bergamot, which is most disappointing. Honey-like sweetness, some bready, tripel-like Belgian body. Pleasant but forgettable. And not Earl Grey! For that, try Breakside.

Lightly tart, peachy, with lots of sweet wheat cereal to finish. Fragrant and refreshing. The server mentioned a bourbon barrel, but I didn't really taste that. A really delicious beer from The Bruery.

At once richly malty, like a holiday-spiced dark banana bread, and also very yeasty-dry. This beer feels like it wants to be sweet but doesn't quite get there. Finishes tacky. I liked the flavors but it stuck in the throat.

Medium tart but with a very dry quality and a ton of funk, almost cheesy, on the back end. A while lot of raspberry and some cake like cereal sweetness. Somewhat of a chore to drink.

Yup, this is pretty much what I'd want given a beer with this name. Forward flavor of dark chocolate, with buttery, toasted coconut. Dry, lightly-roasted finish. Tastes exactly like a dark chocolate haystack or truffle. I can't say I picked up a lot of whiskey flavor though.

Wonderfully balanced creamy chocolate stout. Just enough vanilla to smoothen and sweeten the stout to a remarkably clean finish. No notable rough edges. Only thing kind of missing in action is the orange flavor, but I didn't really care. I kept waiting for this to get worse, but it didn't.

Like dark, molassesy zucchini bread, more bready than sweet. V. slightly on the thin side but a really good, smooth, flavor. Tastes like autumn.

I don't actually much like raspberry, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised I didn't love this beer. But the real problem was that this was pretty much straight sweet, and on top of a malty Belgian spice profile. No acid that I could really latch onto.

Puckeringly tart sour. Tasty, as expected from this brewery, but not world-changing. I did easily finish the whole thing though.

Poured weirdly opaque, like a grapefruit juice. A really clean, refreshing sour, with just some forward bitterness and a citric sourness. In fact, grapefruit is a good word for this.

Good, though it does the opposite of growing on me.

Super tart, sustained from start to finish. Sour stays on the lips. Subtle chocolate slips through on the finish.

This is very tart, which normally would be bad, but you happened to catch me in a transitional period. So like Sam Jackson, I'm gonna go easy on this.

This time it seems more classically sour than tart .Roy says it's very barrel aged, but I'm not noticing it . Also, Jet got a pour and shared, and his was totally tart like the first time I had this .So apparently it's totally variable .Which is weird .

Really like the vanilla flavors. Might be a little bit sweet.

The flavor was... um, curly, is the best word I can come up with. Sweet coffee and vanilla that, well, curls into wood smoke.

A lot of lactic sourness at the finish marks the milk more than any sweetness. It's at the point at which I remarked that this was probably the closest thing to turned milk that I've ever enjoyed drinking.

A sour Belgian style milk stout.

Has quite a boozy smell. Sweet and a little sour. Weird mix of flavors.

Almost sour, thatch-and-molasses Belgian with some dankness from the pumpkin. This wasn't the all-around winner I remember back from my early beer days. But it's still overall on the positive end.

Pure burnt coffee grind aroma (as well as some radish daikon ones?) Heavily burnt coffee and wood flavors. Maybe a little too strong tasting. Great in small amounts.

I think this suffered after the Event Horizon - the first smell was off-putting, like daikon and caramel. Flavor-wise, the main impression is burnt caramel coffee, which overpowers the thinnish, sweetish body somewhat. Over time this got a lot better, but it never got as great as I'd hoped. It's possible this turned during aging?

Strong yeast bitterness that mellows of after a few sips.

Bit of banana esters before the yeast takes over, imparting an immediate drying quality and then some heady bitterness. Finish is a touch of clean barley. I think I liked this better than last time.

Lots of similarity with sticky monkey. Dark sweet fruit flavors buttery smell, very rich, the booziness is well hidden.

Holy crap, was this terrible. I like this brewery and these flavor components, so you know I mean it! This was basically like drinking a vanilla cinnamon Yankee Candle, and the flavor just kept on giving long after I stopped drinking the beer (well before the glass was empty).

Holy cow, it's like someone made a syrup out of Stickee Monkee. In fact, this is very much like the versions of that beer that hovered around 16% in the pre-bottle days. Butterscotch and plum and oh-so-intense. It was a lot to take, but I think this was pretty great.

Drier than I thought it'd be, with hints of hop dankness and perfume to open. Not a lot of the more exotic Belgian spice flavors -- instead, the yeast comes through as white pepper and a high-set bitterness. Mildly sweet cereal finish.

This is very much on the tart end of sours. Heavy, near-apricot taste.

I think I'm starting to enjoy sours! A sour more than a stout, it present a mild sourness for a sour. It has a light sweetness and presents faint flavors of dark fruits. Ends on light stout flavors.

It's booziness was a little bit overwhelming, but it's smoked flavors were quite enjoyable.

Very powerfull sourness presenting marked fruit flavors. Strong wild yeasts tang. Still not a fan of sour, but its nice to try one from time to time.

All the sours I've tried from The Bruery share a similar yeast profile, and this is no exception. Same smooth-entry, finishing tart bite as the Tart of Darkness, but without the plum sugar / malt finish. Not sure I detected what the rye brought, either.

A dry stout with some booze notes and a noticeable, but manageable, charcoal smoke flavor. Pretty good! I do feel like I've had this before, although there's no record of it.

This is definitely a sour first, and a stout second. Opens smooth, slightly sweet, before jumping quickly to a bite of tartness. It's faintly pruney, although I wouldn't call this a fruity beer, and it moves towards more stouty characteristics as it finishes, smooth and malty again. I wouldn't go so far as to call this roasty, however.

Good for a smoked beer, but I don't love smoked beers. Nowhere near as medicinal as an Aecht

Plummy quad, not very spicy. Hard to say anything stuck out on this for me, other than being drinkable.

Dry and hoppy, slightly sweet, with a hit of pith at the finish. This was for all intents and purposes a fairly tasty session IPA, but I was promised a rice lager, and this did not fill the bill at all for me. So that has to count against this.

Oy, that was tart & funky.

(Taster)

Like angel's share or fred from the wood but way sweeter. smooth on the palate and quite boozy, sweet and bourbony

Still sweet, still over the top, but easier to take on its own.

Incredibly boozy and much too much over the top. Lots of prune and did I mention booze?

Having really liked the base beer, I had high hopes, but I think the extra booze (now 13%) just knocked this out of balance. Lots of yam, maple, caramel and bourbon made for an oversweet, over-alcoholic experience.

Very bready, with plenty of molasses & a touch of gingerbread spice, I thought. I was looking for banana notes but didn't find them, although there was a strong hint of raisin or dried plum. Strong booze presence, but overall, very decent.

Vinous with a light spice presence, and surprisingly strong banana-like esters made me think weizen rather than Belgian here. Very drinkable and refreshing!

Muted hints of fruit & wine, pleasant but bordering on watery. Over time, more complex wood and metallic notes come out, making this beer more interesting, but on the whole it is harder-edged and not as enjoyable as the Saison Rue.

A great basic Saison. Fruity on the palat with a hint of yeastiness (but not so much as to make it funky).

Amazing. Soft and sweet wheat flavors on the palate leading into a perfect backing of bourbon barrel aged white. Like nothing I've ever had before, a must try beer.

Great saison with a distinct yeast character that's not overdone. Crisp, a bit fruity. Clean, if a bit bitter, finish

Intensely, puckeringly sour, like sucking on a ruby grapefruit, with an appearance to match. Not bad, but it seemed like work to drink it.

An appealing Belgian brown with nice spice, sweet vegetal yam flavor that almost masquerades as banana, and peppery sugar that dances on the tongue. The maple is just a hint of syrup the smell and a smokiness in the taste. A really nice substitute for pumpkin and definitely of the season.

Too spicy.

Fizzy, sour smell. Sour-ish taste. Maple taste on the inhale, effect like that of mint, like tasting a maple sheen afterwards.

A golden ale with an unusual finishing spice profile and a clear pineapple juice presence. It's not as syrupy as I feared, but the pineapple flavor ended up fighting with what I was eating. Might be best enjoyed on its own or as an after-dinner drink.

Rye-licious!

Dry & spiced. Wonderful aftertaste.

Another one from two years ago. No details, but I remember liking this one very much at the time.