A nice, earthy coffee flavor up-front followed by caramel. I don't really like how this finishes though, very tacky and a bit metallic-tart.

Decent, there's-nothing-else-I-want beer.

Very smoothed out, with a kind of caramel honey sweetness on top. Fairly prominent wood smoke flavor. Would have been interesting to compare with a young bottle. Very tasty, though!

Dry and yeast-bitter, somewhat flat. That said, this had a very interesting, green-wood flavor to it, and I think overall it was good. I wish it had been more easily drunk.

Light, fruity, hop-fragrant IPA opening but kind of dissipates into a light, almost watery, lager-like finish. Still, a pleasant Friday lunch beer.

Surprisingly robust - roasted, creamy, some Irish-like sourness. Finish is fairly clean, and there's some burnt-sugar sweetness as well. Pretty good!

A nice, pleasant Amber .

Almost savory coriander profile, like a medicinal chicken dish or something.

Peachy no, moderate hop finish. Light enough to not bog down in hopness. Dry hop finish.

Smells and tastes unidentifiably fruity - I think rather than cranberry, I felt more guava, maybe passionfruit or mango. The color is more in that direction as well, a vague red-orange. Remains fruity rather than tart, and ends with a sweet breakfast cereal finish. Nice, but only the wrong parts build up over the glass.

Really fragrant, piney hops with an unusually clean resin flavor. Bit of a woody tang, and very little bitterness.

Rich wheat berry smell with hints of fruity rye. Apricot hints with pleasant rye qualities all around.

Warm and mellow, with an anise cookie flavor and a piney-but-not-hoppy character. Yum!

Nice full bodied, smooth pumpkin and spice flavors in the forefront but still roasted malt and coffee in the background, pumpkin and spice aren't overpowering.

This beer takes the fragrance of both hops and jalapeno without the accompanying bitterness or spice and melds them quite well. A fair bit of caramel, too. The flavor at first is jarringly odd, but settles very quickly into a mellow, flavorful brew.

Some citrus and resin but not that much, a bit watery for a DIPA honestly.

Decent citrus flavor but no real bitterness, medium body

Pleasant spiced edge that doesn't linger like other "jalapeno" beers. Pairs well with the IPA hop finish.

Pleasantly sweet cereal with a light fruit-like character. Good fizz.

Sweet spruce and herbal body and the spruce lingers a bit. The spruce aspect is mildly fruity, like apple, but it's not subtle so it's a little distracting.

Sweet sprucey green cereal middle and subtle sweet hop finish.

How did this beer make me feel after screaming kids, not enough sleep, a stuffy nose, TSA.......? It made me feel pretty good. Pretty. Good.

I can't help but feel I might have gotten the wrong beer? This one tasted strongly of blueberries, which I don't remember at all from the last time I tried it. It was still good, I think... Just confusing.

A pleasant, comfy-tasting ale with a distinct feeling of honey graham crackers. Lovely mix of dessert spices and chewy, molassesy malt. Wassail!

Nice rye-peppery hop flavor with light resin, floral and a bit fruity (not grapefruit, something rounder), with a very pleasant, smooth cereal malt finish. Yum!

a lot of smokiness, which I initially disliked, then it grew on me.

Smells nice, effervescent and spicy but man oh man, is this a nutmeg bomb. It's like when you shake nutmeg or cinnamon on a latte and get it all in a concentrated film on top, that's what this tasted like. Otherwise, it was sweet and drinkable.

Brown sugar start, holiday spice cookie finish. Sweet but without being too tacky but does leave mouth dry feeling with residue.

Not a bad beer at all, although the spice profile was a bit more on the dark, wintry side than I expected. Once I got used to that I found it a balanced, appealing beer. Not a huge amount of aroma, but I was drinking it from the bottle (I know, I know).

Five-year old bottle. The wood, cherry and vanilla have smoothed out significantly but the overall flavor is more alcoholic and acerbic. I think aging hurt this one.

Smells like fermented raisins and some vanilla. Tastes like tamarind, I'm told that's cherry I'm tasting.

Mellow and dark with a nice vanilla barrel-esque character. Hints of cherry without being syrupy, and a wood finish that sticks on the tongue but is not overwhelming.

Malty, with a huge kind of sweet, grassy, wood-sap middle leading to a bit of a bitter finish. It was at once very nice and very confusing. I could drink a little of this anytime, and a lot of it maybe never.

Smells: like an effervescent sheep dog. Taste: slightly bitter start, rooty (i.e. of the wood variety) middle, finishes sweet

Nice malt smell but a fairly one-note, thin, slightly metallic flavor. Tastes like a... well, yellow version of Alaskan Amber.

Inoffensive, malty, light, slightly metallic.

The experience of sampling the Alaskan Smoked Porter is like drinking a camp fire.

Good smoke smell, too bad taste doesn't follow through. Empty taste even when warmed up a bit.

Not as acridly smoky as the Smoked Payback, but the base Porter is much weaker. So it evens out, I guess.