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.

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.

Orange grapefruit, thick, opaque, extremely juicy. Oily bitterness on the backend but finishes clean.

Subdued cereal and wet grass and very, very brackish. The overall effect is pretty balanced, if not totally refreshing.

Slightly sour, not sweet, but very mellow and smooth. Cola-like but not at all fruity. I think this is pretty great, actually.

Highly bitter and brackish, typical of the style, but with a caramel fruitiness on top of it. Probably would have been better as a first beer rather than a third.

Plummy and dry, plenty boozy. It's quite good if in-your-face. Somehow they poured me a pint rather than 9 ounces!

Sour.

Clean lemon pine opening, sweet follow-through and a somewhat bracingly bitter finish.

On its face it seems like a sweeter than usual but thin, effervescent Oktoberfest. That said it has maybe a little of the watery syrup character of a macro light beer which feels off.