Really tasty... Clean guava, strawberry, maybe apple? The impression here is of a slightly puckery fruit punch. Very summery and nice, and unusual for guava notes to come out so fruity in a beer, but MAYBE THIS IS NOT EXACTLY BEER-LIKE?

Pepper, clove, coriander, banana, yes, this is a Belgian pale. Slightly sulfuric turn before it finishes.

Mango, lemon-pine. Lightly dry and clean, very drinkable.

Brackish and hoppy, mildly sweet. Good enough. A bit put out that this taproom told me I could bring a cat in a carrier to the patio (over the phone) and then reneged when I showed up. I had to correct for this negativity after the fact.

A tart, puckering lime flavor with a hint of vanilla and wood on top. I ended up buying a crowler of this to go so watch for a better review later.

Fruity, round plum flavor is dominant, rounded out with caramel bourbon. Definitely sweet, and I think you'd want to be in a sherry/port mood if you were going to drink this. Great fit if you were, though.

Starts roasty but develops into a weirdly fruity sweetness. It's almost pineapple, in that I do get pina colada flavors. I normally like that! But it doesn't meld very well with the porter. Did not enjoy.

Not a liquor barrel, but seems more like an amber that's been mellowed out in wood for a while. Smooth, caramel oak notes with a bit of a metallic, dry backbone.

Sweet bourbon with a bit of caramel; otherwise, this is a classic SoCal hoppy IPA with a bit of sap-like resin sourness on the finish.

Really nice, buttery, lightly toasted cereal. This was a much more enjoyable all-around experience than I remember the regular pale ale from bottles.

Pretty much an IPL. A malt-forward lager with some upfront resin drying out the flavor. Tacky on the tongue; nice hop flavors that seem to balance the malt rather well. Not sure I like this trend toward 11.2 oz cans though.

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.

Quite good. I don't always like Sierra Nevada beers, but their rotating Oktoberfest collaboration series has been excellent so far.

From way back in the log. Can't remember anything.

Simply aged, no barrel, lots of concentrated resin in an otherwise smooth, slightly molassesy ale. Wouldn't call it sweet. And it's so hoppy - on the edge of burning.

Drinkable on a fall afternoon.

Surprising, an octoberfest that I actually like.

Solid beer with hints of caramel + Heineken, but a bit more rich and full in taste

A very tasty, malty and toasty Oktoberfest. Wouldn't be sad to drink this again, anytime.

Basically a tootsie roll in a glass. Very boozy and delightful. Highly recommend.

Goes down smooth with a quick hint of malt. Finishes with loads of hop notes. Very enjoyable.

This aged utterly fantastic. Loads of brown sugar throughout with a delightful grapefruit finish. 1998 vintage.

Not much in the way of fresh hop flavor. Way to sweet and no real true IPA finish. Disappointing.

Great fragrance, and a nice grassy opening to this beer. I was let down by the lack of any real cereal presence and the finish was a bit prickly and a lot bitter, in a way that built up and masked any nicer aspects that may have been there.

This was my intro to craft beer. And it's still as good as I remember.

Caramel, with mildly bitter hop notes. Kind of boring, although it might have been stale for how long it had been sitting in the refrigerator.

Resinous hopped smell. Cereal sweet body, pleasant follow through. Cereal taste sticks around afterwards.

Surprisingly not bad. Of the Vienna-style caramel-hop IPL variety.

Spice forward Belgian pale with a surprisingly overt hop character. Body was almost nonexistent and there was a weird musty odor to it as well.

Lighter cereal body. Acidic fruity floral hopped finish.

Sweet and bready like you'd expect from an amber bock, but with a lot more fruity overtones and bitterness from the hops. The flavor is surprisingly evocative of pineapple and passionfruit, which is impressive, but I wonder if using actual fruit instead of relying on hop-yeast magic would have helped make for a more adjustable flavor balance. As it is, it seems like they sacrificed something to get the effect they wanted.

The wit component is heavy on cardamom and peppercorn, with no small amount of wheat funk. The combination with the fragrant, floral hops is not entirely harmonious.

Strong hop notes on the nose. But smooth citrus notes makes this a noteworthy brew.

Smells promising, banana and spice and yeast. The flavor is empty, with no malt body detectable, and a sudden wall of simple bitterness. Alcohol is fairly unsubtle as well. So far ,this Beer Camp Across America box has been a bust.

Basically in India Pale Lager, with some additional rye spice and a touch of wheat sweetness in effect. Way too hoppy for me, though. Piney and super-bitter on the finish.

Ok

Slight, toasty malt character with a bit of sweetness followed by rounded hops and moderate bitterness on the finish. Drinkable and slight, if not a style I particularly enjoy.

Nice session IPA - good floral hop flavor leads, leading to a not-too-bitter tasty cereal finish.

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.

Perfumey smell and on the palate, but a pretty well rounded pilsner otherwise.

Hint of floral perfume starts early and keeps on going, masking a lot of what appears to be a solid underlying pilsner. Good cereal is all that pokes out before finishing bitter.

More obviously hopped sierra pale

Some brown sugarish sweetness on the palate, bitter finish

Does not in any way taste like a Scotch Ale or yams. More like a sweet IPA with some resin that's been watered down and then allowed to go stale.

Not bad, but it was a little strong on the coffee and the sweetness was turned up to compensate. Covers the same territory as Split Shot, and much less effectively.

Bubblegum and sweet amber malt with resinous hop presence but very thin. A watery Lagunitas Brown Shugga is what came to mind, which should tell you a lot about how I liked it. Alcohol is a bit too exposed.

High alpha / slightly citrus leads, coffee and extremely roasted malt (or maybe just high alpha giving that impression)

Too heavy to the caramel-ey malts and too little emphasis on the glory of the hop. If there were any hop citrus this would be "good" but there's none so it's just a boozy malt beverage.

Some very roasted malt aroma. Some coffee on the palate, and hints of licorice as well. Again, as with every sierra beer I've had the flavors are verging on "muted" and the envelope really isn't pushed at all. Sad.

Standard Sierra... really muted roasted malt flavor and not much else. Wholly unremarkable.

Smell and tastes of ripe banana and clove - although not as strong as in something like a Schneider weisse. The Keller process certainly adds a smoothness on the palate, although the tradeoff is a somewhat lingering sweet/heavy finish.

Citrus with an underlying sweetness smell. Medium bodied but not heavy on the palate. Citrus and fruity hops with a caramel-like sweetness behind from Sierra's standard malts. Finish is slightly, but not overpoweringly, bitter. When I buy a fresh hop ale, I want it to be the pinnacle of hop flavors. The should be deep, fairly obvious, bursting with flavor almost like biting into the fruit itself. This beer is none of those. If you want a real fresh hop IPA, buy a Stone Enjoy By. There's nothing special about this beer other than an enticing label and higher price tag. If this were marketed as a Pale Ale, it would be a tremendous standard pale ale. but it is neither an IPA not a fresh hopped anything.

Standard Sierra Nevada - target being a perfectly fine example of the style but don't push the envelope. Rye spiciness, earthiness from the rye malts. A bit of citrus from the hops but just a hint. Finish is pretty balanced between sweet and bitter.

Not as crisp as I remember.

This is a close second to Georgetown's rye. So smooth, crisp and tasty.

A decent go to without much to offend, but I've had so many of these the flavors seem a bit flat. Some hops, malt presence.

Cereal sweety body. No strong predominant resin bitter finish, mellow green bitterness instead.

Thick mouthfeel, with flavors like roasted dark chocolate and an undertone that makes me think of caramel. I'm enjoying it.

Seems like a very straightforward stout.

Scent of pine. Taste of pine. It's like a low bitterness IPA . . . with a little bit of bitterness on the aftertaste. I mean, it's fine and all . . . If you wanted to introduce someone to the flavors of an IPA who wasn't up to the bitterness.

Thanks, Zack! Wow, super plummy, Belgian and dark, with a ton of flavors very close to the surface. It got better as it warmed up, but still, it was mostly a kick in the face. Would be interested in seeing if this becomes more integrated with age.

Really, really plum-y. Not my favorite, as the plum overpowered everything else. Not terrible though, worth a try

Strong pine like aroma. Otherwise tastes like am extra hoppy Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

A strong roasty stout.

Strong, roasty, thick, balanced tart and bitter without coffee or any other gimmickry in play. And no nitro! (Yay.) Really enjoyed this one.

Solid but just a little too bitter for my taste.

"Narwhal", really? Narwhal's were trendy 4 years ago. Just sayin'... This was an interesting stout - less sweet than I was expecting. To me it tasted like a very mild and dark IPA. Dark, bitter, not very sweet...probably prone to holding grudges against seafaring gentlemen.

Did this have a weird perfumey finish, or was it just me?

This was my go-to six pack for a long time. Often still is.

Very refreshing. Somehow just right for that particular day.

I just had a really hard time with this. Kind of an anisey pine smell coming off, with a mouthfeel like espresso and an odd, rooty herbal sort of Belgian yeast flavor. Lots of flavors coming together in a sometimes appealing, sometimes appalling mix.

Sort of a watered-down Pine-Sol or some sort of evergreen smell/flavor going on here. With the taste I think of the holidays-- a sort of ginger or nutmeg effect.

Yep, that's a red IPA. It's really beautiful to look at and has quite a bite right out of the bottle. It's smoother after breathing & warming a bit. Pretty good, though I'm not sure of my wisdom in buying a six pack.

Rich, dark and complex, evocative of dried fruit but surprisingly much less sweet than expected. As surprises go, though, that was nice. If not particularly memorable, it was very, very nice.

Too much carbonation. The flavors come out after it warms up a bit.

Out of the bottle it shoots up with a huge head that goes down bitter. If you let it warm up and the head recede it's got a really nice mix of toasted caramel and deceptively huge hops with a touch of whisky barrel that is subtle but helps smooth it out.

Pour very slowly and carefully, this will foam like mad otherwise. Clean finish but middle like coke, caramel. Improves when it gets warmer, taste and smell.

First timer! Nice amount of floral hop flavor without the big bitter backend. Tastes like being in a forest.

Where's the hops? Something like Coke in here, might be the carbonation and flat "dark" taste, but at least not sweet.

Like drinking a pine tree wrapped in hops.

Hoppiness is welcome in a BarleyWine, but otherwise a fruitiness I didn't love

Not bad, not great. Pretty middle of the road. Expected more flavors out of a "Fresh Hop"

Pretty average, unoffensive stout. Some chocolate, some coffee, but nothing over the top.

Solid, crisp and refreshing Pilsner-style lager.

Always struck me as a bit watery. Like a souped up standard Pale, nothing all that impressive.