In context, this was a very weird followup to the other beers. The increased fruity hop character was jarring. Lots of caramel. Definitely prickly.

Very nicely balanced, roasty stout. There's a vegetal/earthy coffee base here with a sweet cream finish. I don't know if you can taste purple, but aside from that (this just looks like a stout) it did make me think of an ube latte for sure.

Sweet, tart, jammy, with a butter cookie-like aftertaste. Very much tastes like the filling of a blueberry pastry.

Caramel, lightly roasted. Coffee. Carbonation's a bit spiky, but this is really pleasant to drink with a very dry finish.

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.