From a 16 oz can. Pours a clear pale gold with a thick white head. Light lemon nose. Flavors of citrus and toast. Bitter finish.

Pours bright gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Baby aspirin aromas. Soft with lemon and spruce upfront turning to bitter earth and aspirin in the medium length finish.

Taster pours at Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America (2016) and Powder Keg Beer & Chili Festival (2019). Aroma is strong fruit--lemon, grape and stone fruits?-- with some piney resin balance. Appearance is deeply hazy, light yellow with no sparkle and small white head and light lacing. Taste is much like aroma, fruity sweetness with some bitter citric balance, mild alcohol and hint of herb. Palate is medium side of light-to-medium bodied, smooth, thin texture, crisp and clean, soft carbonation, finish is slightly more sweet than bitter balance. Overall, very enjoyable with some interesting mix of things going on.

Taster pour at Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America and can pour into nonic pint glass from Redstone Liquors. Appearance is mildly hazy light orange with nice sparkle, thin white head with poor retention and light soapy lacing. Aroma is spruce with a tart element and light fruity sweetness. Taste is lightly sweet--tree sap and spruce with some tart, cracker, and hint of smoke. Palate is medium bodied with thick, foamy texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, right mix of spruce tips without going over the top nor too mild. Flavors really shine when allowed to warm.

Tap at whole foods Bedford. Solid black color opaque with a stingy tan head. Huge roasty coffee with bits of caramel and chocolate on the nose and flavor. Really tasty rich stout.

Bottle shared by someone tonight, thanks! Slightly hazy deep yellow with a decent off white head. Earthy spicy with some bready maltiness to back it up. Not bad.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Tom L. Hazy yellow with a white head. Fruity hops aroma, a bit lemony. Flavor is quite dry, with mild to moderate bitterness, slightly sweetish fruity hops. Quite light-bodied.

Draft at Churchkey. Chillhazy golden color, white edge head. Aroma of light citrus. Taste is bitter citrus.

5/3 canning batch drunk 5/9 and 5/11/16.
Lovely pale, white golden with straw/hay tones and a white head atop showing modest retention. Slightly hazy (the second can definitely sat cold for a few days).
White grape, nectarine, honey, cracker and light lemon all blend seamlessly. Ok, so far so good....
Diving right in to the beer, the carbonation is ample and mostly engaging. Again with the light white grape and with a big angel food cake-like maltiness to balance. Honeysuckle, delicate citrus and such with black pepper and various herbal qualities lingering. Wow, this is quite a unique beer and a lot to take in. There’s some slight sourdough/dough-like character that I think is from too much yeast in suspension, so I actually bought a second can and let it sit very cold for three or four days. Didn’t really help. So that’s my only real problem. Otherwise, it might have just a bit too much body/maltiness for me. But the hop flavors/aromatics are incredibly unique and enjoyable. Definitely want to try this on draught. This is definitely more of a Premium lager in the sense of what this site goes by, so I’m rating it to that. This is obviously not trying to compete with yuengling and corona (I assume that’s what wicked bueno is doing).