Chocolate, mellow, sweet notes of rum. Slightest hint of coconut. Smooth caramel finish.

The spicier one of the two, with a slightly more cola-like character to the flavor, but still really good.

A smooth dark lager with lots of caramel. Lightly sweet. Just enough roast to balance.

Lots of citrus, lots of banana. It's really easy to see where the hybrid bits meet here, plus it's tasty!

Lemon-pine, cereal-sweet. This has a dessert bar appeal without being over the top.

Coffee, light caramel. This was really good (and seemingly better than last time). This is an exemplary flight overall.

Tropical, juicy, a little sharp.

Absolutely quintessential example of the style. Roast, caramel, light hops. Immediately filled with nostalgia and memories of fried foods.

It's decent beer. It's not any better, honestly, nothing to write home about.

Super clean, fruity, mango. A bit spicy.

Orange/grapefruit and pith, bitter finish, drinks very dry. The alcohol flavor pokes through very strongly in this one, especially later in the glass.

Bready, lightly sweet, caramel, just a little dry sourness at the bottom of the flavor which kind of enhances that “Cheesecake Factory dark loaf of bread” character.

You know there’s this weird subtle under taste here that doesn’t sit well with me. Otherwise it’s fine.

Light, creamy porter with fruity liquor overtones - cherry, caramel, slightly vegetal. The lightness really helps here.

Very pleasant double IPA, lightly fruity, with a round citrus flavor and pleasing hop fragrance. Avoids any hint of syrup or resin, which would have killed it for me.

Grapey, woody, lots of pith. Leaves the mouth feeling very dry. Unpleasant, musty, lingering aftertaste.

A pleasant IPA.

Weakly sour, with a raspberry-Tang flavor that sits between artificial and real fruit flavors. Not bad but feels more like a juice box than a beer. No hint of salt at all.

A nearly opaque hazy; looks and smells like POG with an emphasis on guava. Description says mango but I didn't really taste that. Dry finish.

I have a strong suspicion they poured me the wrong beer. This was very bitter, almost burnt. Good base chocolate-roast stout flavor but hard to enjoy greatly.

Started off nice as usual but seemed to go skunky fast in the sunlight of the patio.

Superb pale, piney, touch of Mandarin orange and buttery diacetyls. Super mellow finish.

Pungent wood-sap IPA. Good flavors but quite bitter.

Citrus and burnt licorice

Solid as always. Company made it better.

Straight, sweet bourbon finish on a thick, strong porter. Not refined, although tasty enough. Bit of cherry wood.

A very good IPA, bright orange notes, lightly buttery cereal middle and a finish that is recognizably bitter but feels perfectly balanced in context. My only wish is that it hadn't come with floating ice crystals from an overchilled mug.

A delicious IPA, round citrus and pine without being too sweet, super mellow finish. No bitterness at all. Not a surprise, from these two breweries. More like this, please.

Fresh, piney, hop flavors. Bit of forward resin, but the finish is not bitter at all and very clean. I guess for a long time I've wondered what makes an imperial pale different from a regular IPA, and, well... I still don't have an answer, but this beer seems to be an example.

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Hearty stout with a mild roast chocolate flavor and a touch of spice on top. This was very nice.

Dry yeast tang to open with strong notes of toasted barley. Light grapefruit and rind bitterness close out as the tang fades. Good though a bit disjointed.

Hoppy, malty red.

A creamy, mildly roasty porter. I think I'd call this excellent for the style.

A delightful heavy hitter. Brown sugar notes hit you up front. Heavy hop notes round it out. Yummy.

Malty malty goodness!

A very, very nice brown ale: malt and caramel, bready and sweet.. Believe the hype, I guess?

Think fruit salad. With hops. So tasty. Very well done.

Has all the kolsch flavors, but unexpectedly dry. I don't know if the yeast was tangier, or if there was less cereal sweetness, but ... it was dry. It still had a good amount of appeal, but refreshingly crisp it was not.

Light Sweet green-hop smell. Light body, sudsy hop finish, more floral than citrus hop but interesting nonetheless.

Sometimes you really just don't need another beer.

Dry pale with tropical overtones and a fairly pithy, bitter finish. Good cereal smoothes it out. Aromatic and slightly hazy.

Delightfully tasty take on a IPL. Perfect amount of bitterness and hops.

Citrus with a large malt presence on the palate giving it a decent body and cutting down on any bitterness

I haven't really liked the IPL style so far, truthfully. I don't know if it was my food, but this was a pleasant surprise. It's not apologetic about its India Pale roots - there is a spicy hop sharpness to the attack and it's dry and fragrant throughout, but there is also a caramel, sweet (but not too much!) body to match it. Bitterness on the finish, but the aftertaste is very nice.

Medium bodied, easy drinking but tons of coffee, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Enough hopping to make the finish clean.

Sweeter pilsner, no spiciness. Great cereal flavors

Pleasant IPA, no strong hops-- less character but increase in drinkability in the sun.

Somewhat sweet, not very hoppy, decent malt presence. Weaker than what I'd expect from an IPA, but very drinkable outdoors on a sunny day.

Nutty and Smokey. Very tasty.

Nothing like a hearty porter for a rainy day.

Hoppy with a strong citrus presence. Not too shabby.

My tip would be that this beer works best when drunk alone or with something meaty. Bread or pizza, not so much.

Fragrant, fruity, bready. Very drinkable, and a fantastic pairing with a Li'l Woody's Trotter.

Charity beer made 1/yr; released 5/14