Extremely sweet if not syrupy, but ironically, tastes like syrup. Bit of burnt sugar, caramel. The syrup character is so accurate that it feels tackled on, surely these didn’t ferment with the beer?
Boozy for sure, and stronger than you expect even knowing the ABV going in. If you can get past that there’s a nice caramel coffee stout underneath it all. You probably want to call it one and done though.
Thin, strongly whiskey, flattish. Very sweet, but not thick. Not gonna lie, this is delicious but I don’t think I can take this more than two ounces at a time.
Somehow this isn't as satisfying today. Tastes a little insipid, though the aftertaste is kind of a nice cereal flavor. I think this is better than the Smithwick's though.
This is barely disguised bourbon; I guess without the strongly sweet flavors in the Maple Mackinac Fudge this one is more naked. It does have a light pleasant roasted coffee flavor and a bit of fizz but make no mistake, this one is all about the booze.
Normally this would be way too sweet for me but at least this beer came in advertising exactly what it was. This tastes like maple fudge, high, sweet, pretty darn alcoholic. Not thick, which comes from its KBS heritage and which I think helps in this case. Nice dessert beer.
Roast coffee, not too sweet, light but present bourbon. Did not seem nearly as punchy as 12% ABV would predict. Pleasantly surprised by how understated this felt after the strong sweetness of CBS.
A bit raw in its hit of whiskey but otherwise a pretty good barrel-aged scotch ale. If it's reminiscent of anything it's Goose Island's Cooper Project Scotch.
Smooth bourbon stout, not too syrupy or thick. Plenty of maple sweetness, although it does feel a bit slippery, extraneous to the flavor rather than a smooth transition. Not sticky, but it lingers. Maybe with age it will meld more.
Came to blows fighting over the differences between a glass from the end of the keg and a glass from a fresh keg. There is a lot I could say about the beer, but all that matters is I am right and Matt and Jet are wrong. Okay, apparently I'm totally wrong about the kegs but still don't care. I'm totes right about it being watery. Also, who drinks pink unicorn juice? Wrong people, that's who. Beer tastes like evil koolaid.
There's something off about the sweetness of this beer. It's got a fake quality about it, like the quality you'd get from an artificial sweetner; tied with the kind of juice-box fruit flavor it's not a good look. This is maybe the only beer where I've vastly preferred the nitro version.
Similar in basic qualities to the All Day, but with a bit more of a pungent, uric aspect. Or is it resin? Either way, this is danker and as a result less refreshing and pleasant. There's a bit of extra sweetness on top as well, which borders on too much.
This is a really tasty, light IPA - fresh, fragrant passion-pine hop flavors to start, solidly cereal finish balancing it out. No bitterness at all. Only negative is that if you squint, you can imagine this being slightly watery. But this is super, super drinkable.
This is a very nice Imperial Stout, roasty but not bitter, thick but not pungent. There's a really interesting buttery smoothness to the top of the flavor that is very, very pleasant. I could drink a lot of this in a hurry, which is not something I can say about a lot of imperial stouts.
Moderately sweet, caramel and toffee scotch ale with some strong Bourbon notes. This is not unlike Black Raven's Splinters, although the finish takes a turn towards an herbal / spice note... anise, maybe? A little odd, but quite tasty.
Smell is like a floral, piney IPA or pale ale, which is decidedly not what you want in a porter. This is followed closely by roast malt notes. Flavor is... basically what you'd expect based on that, although the roast side is more prominent. Not quite a Black IPA, but closer to that than what I'd call a porter.
At first sip, this tastes really nice. Sweet bourbon notes, some chocolate, and a really concentrated sweet blueberry flavor. Over time though, the whole combination gets really cloying, and the blueberry starts to taste more and more like candy flavoring, and it sticks to the tongue and lips. I couldn't finish the glass.
Fruit in this IPA felt a little less identifiable, maybe a touch sweeter (probably from caramel). Vaguely pineapple? Overall, a little less distinctive but maybe overall a smoother-flavored beer. Finish was somewhat prickly.
Raspberry. If almost think this was a cider except for am undertone that I guess is its claim to the beer family. And the fact that it looks like an Amber ale rather than a cider.
Opens like a dry, fruity soda or a framboise lambic - believable raspberry flavors and refreshingly effervescent. The finish is unusually funky and bitter and comes a little bit out of nowhere, which was a negative.
Smells strongly of raspberries. The flavor is surprisingly sweet, almost too much so, but mellows out very quickly into nitro smoothness and a breakfast cereally sweet finish (I thought... streusel? corn pops in milk?). Never allowed to get tart, the flavor is very much along the lines of a raspberry bar.
Sweet, like Bourbon County Coffee but with less creaminess in the mouthfeel. Plenty of roasted coffee, and a strong hint of toasted ... hazelnut ... on the finish? Really delicious.