Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz. can, sent my Church Street for comment. This pours almost solid black, with a stiff, parfait-like head. Smell has a little more roast than other schwarzes I've had. By the time I start writing about this, the foam has dwindled to the same scrum of suds as on many 5% lager beers. The taste is roastier, too. Still dry enough to count as a lager instead of a stout. It finishes off like a mild coffee, with a soda pop effervescence. Not too filling, it still lands like a regular beer.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz. can sent by Church Street for comment. A hazy, orange juice like pour, under a thick but fizzy head. Smell does offer some tangerine to the nose. Citrus makes the vanilla stay in the background, but there it does. The taste is indeed like a dreamsicle. Tangerine instead of orange gives it a juicier flavor. Only paring the score a bit because it's pretty sweet, but that's the risk with a cream ale base. Once finished, I can lick my lips and taste orange juice, so it serves its purpose.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled from the tap at Gillerson’s. Pours a slightly hazy yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has citrus rind and a bit of sweet orange with a hint of resin and sweet grains backing. Flavor has bitter citrus and bitter rind with a bit of sweet grains underlying.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz can purchased as a single at the Lukas Liquor Superstore - Martin City - in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is an opaque brown black with a ½ inch khaki head that crackles and falls. The aroma is roast and caramel malt, some grass. The taste is the coffee roast up front, faint smoke, pine, finishes with some soft ash and mineral. The palate is light bodied, active carbonation and the ash roast mineral finish - bone dry.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pour is a bright orange with a large white head. Aroma has some banana and clove with a big orange peel. Flavor is pretty much the same with a minor banana and clove with some sweet orange finish. This was fine. A bit sweet but other than that it's pretty spot on for the style.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pour is a hazy blonde with a average white head. Aroma is green apples and sugar. Flavor is white sugar with dry pils type malt with some green herbal hop. Finish is again very sweet, with 500 lbs of Belgian candi sugar it is expected. As a Duvel clone it was going in the right direction but the sweetness kind of took over and made this just ok.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pour is a dark mahogany with a thin tan head. Aroma is dark fruit, brown sugar and molasses. Flavor is a big dark fruit with dark candi sugar with some caramel and finishes actually quite dry. I appreciate any brewer attempting a dubbel and I really like it when they hit it out of the park like this beer. Super malty rich with some sugar and yeast.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can pour from Friar Tuck, Crestwood. Appearance is opaque pale yellow (somewhere between grapefruit and orange juice) with no sparkle, thin ring of off-white head. Aroma is pleasant white grape and mild yeast. Taste follows aroma to a T. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with thin, frothy texture, average carbonation and finish as taste with late mild bitterness. Overall, this showcases the Vic Secret but could be a bit stronger and there isn't too much else there. This would be good for the novice beer drinker who typically likes wine.