Pruney and dark, the opening resembles port or brandy rather than bourbon, but you get the latter about halfway through and then a sweet, liquor finish. Tacky finish, definitely strong.

Extremely pungent, resinous, dry, woody. There are times when I appreciate a beer like this but I kind of wanted something drinkable?

Surprisngly simple for a Deschutes barrel-aged beer - but maybe that's just in comparison to the Baptista. I t's somewhat thin in mouthfeel with a sweet but not syrupy liquor-forward flavor. Some high-key bitterness in the finish.

You get a hit of that mezcal right up front - smoke, a little brine. This is otherwise a balanced stout, not too sweet, a bit tacky on the finish, with a mellow vanilla-chocolate flavor that results in a long finish. Strong!

Sweet coffee, not syrupy, a decent amount of pumpkin spice, but also a very vegetal component that might be the coffee bean, or maybe the pumpkin. Nice to taste real flavors though.

A nice Oktoberfest, sweet, a bit metallic, but there’s a juicy hop sheen that is a little off for me.

It's fine.

Bitter and effervescent

Not as awesome as I hoped, but fine.

Both a dry lager and a mildly sweet pumpkin ale, cola-like, lightly spiced. Very drinkable.

Indeterminate sour flavor, mellowed with buttery funk. But really nice.

Extreme strawberry jam character, with a tart finish. Has some funk but is primarily fruity. This all leads to a pleasing opening that becomes a bit hard to endure through an entire pint.

Sweet but drying, cloudy, cereal, brackish finish. This isn’t toasty, and the color is light to match - a wiesn maybe?

Quite nice - comes across more in the Kolsch camp than IPA. It's fragrant but not overly fruity; there's a lager-like turn to the flavor that finishes slightly uric. I liked it.

Very delicious. Not too sweet, just a hint of maple, a nut-butter overtone. You can definitely feel the strength over time but it's balanced, not over-the-top.

Blueberry-forward, slight butter-bitter funk. Evocative of pie.

Mellow sweet grapefruit, slightly herbal finish.

Definitely a Bavarian flavor profile, but decidedly less sweet (watery?) than expected.

Vinous, ultra-dry, apple-grape, butter-bitter finish. Just exactly the right amount of funk. Gorgeous beer.

Like an extra strong version of the Icicle Helles I had earlier today but with a touch more banana. Finishes dry, bitter, tacky.

Grassy, lightly sweet, somewhat buttery/tacky/metallic, it's been a while but I wouldn't be surprised if this was fairly similar to the Hofbräu Original Lager.

I admire that Urban Family is always around to do offbeat sours. This is characterisitically tart but otherwise light and festive. Not sure if there's anything specifically pumpkiny about this but the pie spice is light but present.

Bracing; clean; fragrant. Piney without any other over-the-top qualities. This was great!

There’s something really off-putting about the fragrance of this beer, it’s like vegetal and herbal and sour and bitter like a sanitary puck. Flavor-wise it’s … fine? Pine-lemon, acrid bitterness. But I can’t not smell it.

Banana, slightly smoky, sweet finish. Nice example of the style.

Lemon-pine, thin up front like a soda. Finishes more Pilsner-like, brackish, grassy.

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?

Spiced, dark, caramel. It’s a lot drier than I expected, finishes like dried stone fruit. Thin in body.

Lightly sweet, lightly smoky. Definitely less smoke than other rauchbiers I’ve recently had.

Don’t know if this was mislabeled but it felt way less than the listed 12.3%. There was, however, a bit of whisky on the nose. Fruity, mildly sweet ale.

Extremely creamy pour. Lightly sweet, caramel cream ale with just a hint of cold fizz at the end. Perfect for what I wanted.

Pine-lemon IPA with a cloudy flavor and mellow finish. Bought it because of the name; worked better than the Redhook IMO.

Peach, lemon, very mellow, surprisingly unbitter. Kind of found myself actually wanting this to be more of a hop bomb.

Pineapple-forward, juicy, slightly tangy going to a high herbal bitterness. Clean finish.

Orange, hop oil, intensely fruity aftertaste.

Orange, hop oil, intensely fruity aftertaste.

Started off great, a little murky, dark citrus, smooth finish. By the end though I felt like I was sucking on grapefruit rind.

Not that different from the Fresh Bois, a little more lemon, more bitter, uric tackiness. Pretty good but love the can.

Fragrant of melon, lightly sweet. Other than that, a bit like a malt soda, I could hardly detect alcohol.

Orange-forward and very not-bitter. Slightly drying finish with not much cereal at all.

Definitely a beer in the lemon-pine strata-sphere. But very good example of that. If I have any complaints it's that it's overwhelmingly in the juicy-fruity arena with not much counterbalance

It's deifnitely spice-heavy, so if that's not what you like about pumpkin beers you might want to avoid. But it does seem balanced by the overall strength of this beer for me. This might appeal more if you're in the mood for a spiced liquor rather than a beer though.

A much better experience than the Evasion. Bright, only a hint of orange, lots of banana, finishes spicy. Kind of wish there was a stronger orange quality but at least this tastes like a beer.

Only learned after the fact that this is a gluten-free brewery. Maybe that's why it's missing any trace at all of cereal? Starts with a perfumey orange-flavor, a little candy-like, and then proceeds straight into bitter oils. Did not like.

A nice, earthy coffee flavor up-front followed by caramel. I don't really like how this finishes though, very tacky and a bit metallic-tart.

Starts with Apple-hop dryness, finishes with pithy bitterness. I liked this, but a little less than the Lumberbeard.

Early pith bitterness, with a lemon-pine flavor that carries straight on through. Finished clean. Brian thinks the opposite though.

Light, chocolate, caramel. Really excellent. Enough barrel to show itself but not in your face.

Light and fragrant. There's the typical rice sweetness, but also a little more of a bitter edge than I was expecting for the style.

Bright up front, citron, pine, without that sweet lemon cleaner sheen. Finishes closer to the Kolsch than I was expecting: cereal, yeast. Very clean though.

Yeasty, lightly estery Kolsch, finishes with cereal funk. Just one step removed from an American hefe. There's not a traditional fresh hop sheen on this, but it does seem to give a clean, bright crest to the flavor wave.

Lager with a drying, apple/cereal opening. Very light, clean and tasty, but the opening salvo of flavor is welcome. It does get increasingly tacky in the finish as it goes on.

Unlike last time I very clearly tasted the taro in this, which was super interesting. That said, there was also a very strong, musty smell about it which wasn't at all carried through to the flavor but was somewhat off-putting.

It has nice, Thai character, star anise, clove, coriander? But I've been making a lot of homemade phở lately, and I can't help but think of phở broth when I drink this, which isn't a great association. There's also a quality of Orange Crush too.

Bitter pine and hints of lemon. This is oilier than the beer from earlier.

It's fragrant all right. High-alpha, juicy citrus oil and a uric finish. Just a hint of acridity.

My palate may be muted today, but this seems exceedingly pleasant. Grassy, cereal, bit of toast on the backend. Finishes dry and clean. Not sure I’m getting fresh hop, but it is tasty.

Nice Asian-style lager. Goes well with modern Korean.

Fine for a hazy - nothing extraordinary

A little bit more sour than expected. Goes well with mussels done every way. Will have to try with Snackachangi Chips next.

Really nice. Lightly tart, clean (if a bit candy-like) strawberry flavor. Just a touch of funk on the finish tempers the drinkability a bit, but if you're in a fruity mood this is a good one.

A robust milk stout, lots of bitter roast and lots of lactic tackiness on the finish, but this isn't exactly sweet. Pretty good.

A robust pilsner, but also the kind that if you don't log it for eight hours you won't remember anything specific about it.

There is so much going on here. It's like a racecar in my mouth. Not everything in a racecar tastes good. The cherry cough syrup is out of control. Man. The non barrel aged is so much more on point. But at least it's not used coffee grounds in bad beer.

Complex. lots of corny corniness and cornish cornundrums cornucopiating

Stolen from Jet. It's like someone took burnt motel coffee, watered it down, and added it to a mediocre Marzen. Smells like you took some used coffee grounds and put them in a lot of water.

Ummmm it’s like used grounds of a burnt coffee were poured into my lager.

I started to like this but as the lemon hits there is this kinda unpleasant waft of almost medicinal scent that disagrees with me. that and the mango was undetectable which is unforgivable in a product with the word mango in the name haha

This is pretty close to canonical.

I cannot believe i’m saying this but this might actually be too stouty too bourbony too barrelly

Wonderful sweet cherry dark chocolate smell. Syrupy stouty chocolate cherry taste. My only hesitation is that I suspect this will give me a headache if I drank too much. (Otherwise I'd rank it higher. )

Really complex and well balanced. nutty but also sweet. toast. a little char even forest floor. it expanded my perception of what a dark lager is.

Sweet and caramel, actually a lot like a Marzen.

really balanced light lager. good flavor, a little herbal. goes down easy

Sour yet a bit sweet. Puckering but effervescent. It's good.

This is good. It's like sweet version of a Czech Pile.

It’s like having a chocolate covered frozen banana. Only it’s liquid. And fizzy.

Dark wheat and some sweet. They say banana and chocolate, and that's not too far off. It doesn't quite get all the way to banana, but it is close. After a few sips, it does start to feel a little watery like a European dark, but still pretty decent. High end of decent, close to solid.

A little too bitter on the first impression. And there are hints that it could get complex and maybe even a bit malty but then it kinda dies out and is just meh.

It's a little like a combination of a Marzen and a red ale. Some of the Marzen flavor with a bit of the harsh bitterness of a red. I'm torn between Hmmm and Decent.

Clean, unsweet lager. A little bit of a metallic tang. Not sure I was able to identify any taro.

Fruity, fragrant, mellow Light citrus and apricot.

Smells way more tart than it actually is; nice, tart, vinous. Very tasty.

Buttery.

Probably influenced by the wide swath of flavors in today's tasting, but I definitely tasted the gochujang this time. It's still good, although it's definitely more eyebrow-raising.

Much less sweet than the AleSmith (anything would be), and nicely spicy. Some fruit body from the habaneros, though I would say there's not a ton of vanilla here. Really quite tasty.

Very, very, very, very sweet. Vanilla and chocolate, mostly. It's not unpleasant but I cannot imagine drinking an entire glass of this.

Quite tasty and clean, although it didn't scream "margarita" to me. No real hints of tequila and there's very little salt contribution (unlike what I remember from Savage last week). It is a tasty lime-forward citrus sour though.

A nice easy Kolsch with a bit more body than usual but nothing too special. Some light orange zest vibes and a hint of spice.

Well-balanced hazy IPA, pineapple-forward juicy character and devoid of any bitterness. Finishes very clean for the style, IMO.

Much sweeter than expected, thick, pungent, boozy, slight licorice flavors on the top.

Drinking a campfire, but in a good way. Lightly caramel, sweet, smoky, but completely balanced.

A very enjoyable light dry chocolate stout, and while there's just a hint of light gochu in the aftertaste which turns into a lingering heat, there is little to no discernible jang.

Starts with a really tart white peach flavor, almost candy-like, but resolves into a bit of drying bitter lemon, ensuring a clean finish.

Thick and goopy, citrus (grapefruit) concentrate.

Fruity, hazy, hops up front and on the nose. Clean finish, although this definitely is closer to an IPA than a pilsner. Sweet fruit lingers on the aftertaste.

Booze bomb, sweet and syrupy but not quite at the level of the Slow Burn from yesterday. Notes of chocolate syrup, pineapple, caramel.

Sweet, roasty, not at all over the top. A really nice example of a beer that evokes a chocolate pastry.

Syrupy, vanilla. Extremely hard to take in quantity.

Very sweet but not syrupy. Vanilla, cinnamon.

Yo, it's a Guinness. More than anything, we just needed something to reset the palate after the chilies.

Starts up front with cacao and a bit of burnt sugar, and then the heat comes. The chili is actually quite fruity (the habaneros?) in a way that isn't super enjoyable IMO. Sits tacky in the throat afterwards.

Mellow roast, not explicitly briny but measured in a way that manifests as super-balanced. Really liked this, and it seems that oyster stouts remain on an all-time winning streak.

Citrus, smooth, cereal. Sunny D? Smells like a hop bomb but it isn't, and in fact isn't bitter at all. Very enjoyable.

Unsweet IPA, lightly grapey, turns to a nice cereal right when you think it’s going to turn bitter (which it never does).

yum

I definitely seem to have evolved since I last had this, nine(!) years ago. Brut, grape and wood, some light bitter funk, sparkly. A hint of licorice on the finish? Only thing holding it back may be its lightness.

Starts out great, citrus, malty… but the citrusy finish gets cloying after a while.

Less citrus, more herbal than the Carpool Lane. This one's not sweet. Still oily, quite bitter.

Lemon pine backbone with a light, bright, lager finish. Bracing bitterness but it's not unpelasant.

Sweet, hint of tang, bright fruit; I know this is mango but there's a beautiful POG-like quality. Clean finish, definitely not cloying.

Citrus, a bit acrid in its bitterness, oily. Wears its alcohol plain on its sleeve.

Fantastic rice lager IMO. It's floral, sweet, light, but also brackish, cereal, almost a little salty. Great balance.

Brackish, lightly sweet, a bit uric and tacky. Faintly floral, alcohol on the finish.

Toasty amber, lightly tart and dryingly bitter in a way that recalls a Brett saison? Not exactly what I expected but it was enjoyable. Finishes bready and clean.

apparently firestone walker can make a beer i don’t like

Extremely delicious, I feel like this may have been the best straight peanut butter stout I've had, maybe?

Intense but actually also well-balanced. Chocolate on the nose, notes of plum, cacao, toffee, caramel. Finishes clean. Comparison: Stickee Monkee?

Very floral, slightly tart, but so, so clean. Pith backbone but without some of the oily aftertaste you'd get from, say, a hazy IPA.

Clean dubbel character. Caramel, clove, and... licorice? Maybe not, but the flavor is hinted at for sure. Two exemplary beers so far.

Wonderful. Opens light, caramel, wood smoke that blends into a sweet but clean finish. Perfectly balanced.

High alpha hop bomb that is tempered considerably by a drying fruit finish. Lemon-pine-stonefruit. I think I sense a theme in the yeast here?

Quite tart, vinous. Apricot-grape. A little too sour for me to love, but it’s only a little funky and finishes clean.

Starts with a candy bar kind of sweetness but has a touch of the same tartness that was in the blonde that dries it out fast. Almost briny.

Lightly sweet, wet hay, light cinnamon and vanilla with a tart, drying kind of finish.

Smells a bit minty after the Quintessence. Too sweet! Almost fruity, with a candybar quality that is not unusual for this type of beer, although the mint herbality is different.

Smoky, sweet with a burnt sugar/campfire 'smore quality. Based on my memory of the Breakside Oligarch variant, that's the candy cap, with some umami. Coffee and vanilla follow. Normally I'd class this as too sweet but the flavors are so interesting!

A clean, lemon-pine IPA that leans toward the pine/spruce family of flavors. Very dry. There is something slightly acerbic in the smell.

Sweet, nectary peach flavor. Almost reminds me of an Asian soda in its candy-like fruit flavoring, although the finish is definitely tart. One of those sour peach gummies, maybe?

Sweet up-front but with a bitter, grassy finish that gives it an assertive character. The only thing that hurts it is a bit of a dishwatery aftertaste.

Definite coffee porter, light, creamy, the coffee bean flavors come through as vegetal and earthy.

Decent amber. Malty, lightly floral, medium roast. The hops build in bitterness the more you drink.

Exactly what it says, a light wheat with clear honey notes. Not a lot of backbone but it's very drinkable.

Toasty, cocoa, light and dry with just a hint of tannic red wine. If you didn't tell me it was barrel aged, I wouldn't have immediately guessed, but the hints are there and it's very nice.

Chcolatey, smooth, sweet but not thick. A little prickly despite being on nitro, which honestly is a plus for me.

Haven’t had too many of this style. Not too different than a porter with a bit of stout coffee flavors. Very dry, maybe a bit too much.

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.

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.

A hoppy dark lager, smooth, roasty, caramel. Bit of a brackish mouthfeel.

Juicy opening, medium mouthfeel, unsweet. Bitter backbone.

Coffee, roast, round, earthy hop flavors. Leans towards a CDA, nice sweetness from the honey though.

Juicy opening, medium mouthfeel, unsweet. Bitter backbone.

Super clean Hefeweizen, bright banana and clove. Dry, crisp, beautiful finish.

Really solid west coast IPA, not too fruity, good amount of malt. Pine, clean finish.

Roast up front, creamy/lightly sweet finish. Drying aftertaste.

I don’t know if it’s my mood or if it’s that different out of the bottle, but this was waaaaaaaaaaay over the top for me this time.

bavarian wheat beer in bavaria. on a beautiful summer night. the only thing missing is you.

just a little hint of orange peel in a typically wheaty wheat beer. Perfect after a long arduous day of shopping and chocolate tasting.

it’s better this time. but i’m also really thirsty and tired so pretty much anything was gonna be at least decent

It's kind of weak. A little bitter, maybe some fruit. There's really nothing there.

Bitter. Certainly an IPA. Good thickness (which I note because I just had a thin POS), but it really doesn't have a lot of flavor (I like the juicy IPAs). It's fine I guess.

Bitter, citrus, but it's rather thin. I guess it's adequate, but it's certainly not good.

Not bad. Slightly sweet, slightly sour, effervescent. For some reason it doesn't quite taste like an honest sour.

Coriander, banana, somewhat bracing yeast bitterness followed by a dry backend. It's summery!

Pretty good, fruity wheat ale. Apricot, clean, a bit of a musty cereal finish. I don't know how much the Ferran Adria name is influencing my reaction, but if it is, it's working.

A strong whiff of skunk upon pouring. Not too offensive in flavor, although there is an acrid, metallic aspect to the finish.

Creamy, sweet-bitter. Tastes somewhat strong. I liked this.

Light, piney, hoppy, refreshing.

Grassy and sweet, wet hay. A little bitter. Leaves a prickly feeling on the tongue.

Similar to the Mahou but without the bitter buildup. A little bit of resin but overall it's clean (I could see how this might seem astringent if I wasn't in the right mood).

Grassy, lightly fruity, not too bitter. Reminds me of Estrella Damm, maybe?

Blackberry, juicy, medium tart. Not funky, but also not vinegary. Pretty good, altogether.

Solid, roasty, coffee stout. Creamy finish, faintly sweet.

Strongly lemon-pine, sweet. Finishes light, but laced with strong herbality. Hard to take in quantity.

Thin, cereal flavor, lightly sweet. A bit over the top on the finish, reminded me a little of Hi-Fi's weirdly funky yeast. But not bad.

Strongly-flavored pilsner. Got more and more bitter as the glass went on and I can't say it felt very refreshing on a very hot day either.

I can't find any reference to this beer online. Tastes like a malt-forward red IPA; can't tell if I'm imagining chili pepper or if it's the patatas bravas I just enjoyed.

Doesn't taste particularly Belgian and I wouldn't know what myrrh tastes like. if I had to guess, a honey amber ale is what comes to mind. There is a berry-like dryness to the finish though.

I guess "demi-sec" brings this in line with the Brut IPA style? This one tastes Belgian, like a vinous saison. Grapey, bitter, lightly sweet.

A very pleasant caramel lager, with some prickly hops at the end.