Definitely what I was hoping for- really bright cucumber and a puckery but not lingering acid tartness, passion-fruit like?

Sweeter than I expected, an orange agua fresca quality with almost a hint of watermelon (that could be lingering from the cucumber sour). Spicy in the end.

Simplistically sweet, a standard barrel-aged stout. Milk chocolate / toffee are the primary flavors.

Fits the previous descriptions. Chocolate, pumpkin spice, lingering burnt bitterness.

Definitely the strongest of the bunch. Strong booze, thick, complex stouty flavors and a general overtone of cherry and wood. That said, this didn't punch me in the face, it was overall still very nice and managed to be the least sweet of the bunch.

Follows the mold of the previous year's edition: an unexpectedly mellow, barrel aged stout, with light toffee and hints of liquor. The first few sips are really, really good. However, and maybe this is stuff settling to the bottom, there's an unpleasant wood bitterness that gets strong quickly, and by the end of the glass I was having a really hard time. Could be a bottle vs. draft thing?

Maybe it was time and getting over that ancient bottle experiement, but this was a lot better than I was expecting. Smooth and easy, and creamy and not too bold on the coffee.

Feels a little flat overall. Has a weird sourness that covers most of the flavors. Good roasted flavor.

Light-tasting, light bodied stout with definite chocolate notes. Bit of a sour aspect to it. Very drinkable, but not especially memorable, which is kind of par for the course with this brewery.

Standard IPA but has a nice rye spice note. Not bad.

Strongly amber-hoppy-caramel winter ale. No winter spices, just a hearty, warming beer. I did like it, but it was nothing to get excited about.

A very subtle flavor compared to, say, a Parabola, but cleanse your palate enough and this is a very pleasant, balanced, bourbon stout. Not at all what I expected given its name. (just a sip)

The smoke is a strong, mesquite like flavor that comes on oddly just as the yeast is starting to express itself. It got better after I had food, but...

A bit tainted by cigar, but a solid tasty amber.

Lots of coffee but otherwise not particularly flavorful.

Fine. Super boring.

That bit of honey gives it a mead-y note. This could be a good thing, but it caught me a little off guard.

Smells very promising, with pleasant amounts of pumpkin spice and a nice roast. This is a fairly thin porter with an initial hit of pumpkin and smooth spice flavor, followed by roasty chocolate, all well-balanced with each other. If not for the hugely burnt-bitter finish I would have loved this, but that last five percent will get you. At least it wasn't sour.

Fermented spiced cocoa smell. Roasted cocoa start, bitter dark chocolate finish. For as strong as the flavors are the body isn't that big, which is nice as it could have been syrupy but it does lack some beer malt characteristics. Leaves mouth a little tacky. Love that the label includes ingredients-- more beers need to do this!

Somebody had to finally drink it. The aging process definitely helped this bottle. The coffee flavors are far more bold than I remember.

Malty like a lager, with an excellent sunny crispness from fragrant hops. Refreshing and balanced, with a slight bitter finish that lingers only a little too long.

Sometimes you don’t drink for pleasure, sometimes you simply drink out of obligation…

Thin taste, slightly bitter sourness.

Somehow this is more mellow and less sour to me today than previously. This may be an off-day.

I think I might like Rye.