Looks like grapefruit. Tastes like it a bit too, mixed with sherry. It's odd, but pretty good.
Edit - Okay, Mike identified the apricot flavor. I was having trouble.
Pure cocoa and espresso, with a late aftertaste that reminds me of a barrel aged sweetness .Dark, more than roasty, and not as light toned as advertised.
Ok so the problem here is that i want a stout to be smooth and dark and roasty and woody. Brooding if you will. The addition of fruit while innovative just seems too different, it changes the character, the whole point, of a stout.
The cherry is just a subtle modulation of the stouty character of this beer .It ends up tasting sweeter, but still with a roasty stoutish flavor. But honestly, a stout purist would not like this.
As I get further down the glass, I'm getting more of this sour cherry taste that does not go as well with a stout .
Caramel ale, slightly thinner in texture than expected, with a nutty, grassy finish. Definitely wears its alcohol content on its sleeve, both in fragrance and flavor, but all of its other flavors are robust enough to match it. One to sip slowly.
Bottled in December 2013, so I don't know if that makes this 2013 or 2014. Directly after the Two Hearted, this stuck out in ways that weren't to my taste. A little more resin, and noticeably boozy on top.
Much better than I remember it, and right after the Oberon the familial connection is quite clear. Grapefruit-leaning IPA with a good malt. I didn't detect it as being any more bitter than the Oberon, though the hops were otherwise more pronounced.
Light, good wheaty cereal flavor, scented faintly of grapefruit with a overtone of peppery yeast. More complex and a bit more bitter than I'd expect from a summer blonde, but still easy to imagine drinking often.
Thinnish porter with some chocolate and fruit in the offing but with a strong burnt flavor that sits like a vengeful beast, on top of everything. I guess it's appropriate for the name, bit I didn't really enjoy it.
More subdued and smooth in about every dimension than the Hi-Res. I appreciated the smoothness but it did seem a bit one-note. I think my favorite of the trio was definitely the Hop Suplex. Thanks, Keith!
Not really what I expected from an IPA. Clear, golden, and hop-fragrant but also malty with a hint of some kind of round fruit on the nose. Summery and drinkable but didn't make a huge impression on me.