3.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2

From a 3$ can at vintage estate. Despite the description as golden, the pour is darker brown but not black like a milk stout. Virtually no head. Mildly smells like chocolate milk. Taste is very boozy for a 6.5% brew. It almost comes across like a mixed whisky drink. It also has a warming sensation. From the experiences, I'd swear this is more like 8 er 9%. Getting some malted milk in the middle. Difficult to enjoy, its such a mess. Not sure where the coffee is. Maybe this should be styled as a pastry stout, its bull-shitty sweet and cloying like those. To call this a beer may be a mistake. I'm not picking up any ale nor lager in this bomb. Finish is rude poorly made affogato tiramisu, without the coffee, blah.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Black with a large foamy brown head. Maple, nut, sugar and a strong boozy presence. Very artificial in flavor. Long finish. Full bodied.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Black with a large foamy brown head. Boozy with caramel, vanilla and nut. Strongly artificial in flavor. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Black with a large foamy brown head. Almost, chocolate cookie, vanilla and strong booziness. Strongly artificial in flavorings. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Tavour. Pours very dark brown with a tan head that did something of a Guinness, but quickly left. Aroma of dark rosst malt. Med body. Flavor is dark roast malt, a bit of chocolate and definitely a little coffee. Not very sweet / coffee bitter. Nice schwarz.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Refrigerated 12 once slim-line can (batch 2) poured into a a glass. Black with medium/smalll beige head. Aroma is spicy chocolate, thick body, and some lacing. Taste is chocolate, cinnamon, and brown sugar.

6.6

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

Can from Tavour. Pours clear, dark ruddy amber with a moderate tan head. Aroma of caramel and dark fruit. Med body. Drier than expected. Not very bitter. Flavor is toffee, dark fruit, and something else. Pleasant flavor.

6.8

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

903 Brewers Oktoberfest 5.4%

Nice amber color with thick light beige foam but it vanished fast leaving zero lacing behind.

Malty sweet grape aroma with lightly toasted malts. It’s medium bodied with a scratchy carbonation and sweet malty flavor with an ashy undertone. Meh, ok.

Can for $2 @ chalet. Pour is off pale hazy. Thin white head. Yes, a sweet cake nose fer sher, pleasantly fascinating, yet sensory alarming. For a pastry brew, which I typically can't stand, when I taste this, this stuff comes across rather interesting. It is sweet, but its not cloying, at least on the commencing taste onslaught. Rather smooth texture with decent, rather well balanced, civilized carbonation. In the middle I'm rather surprised by this stuff. Here, I was expecting a cloying incendiary mess, but it seems to be well thought out. How about that? Getting some cake flavor, maybe some cream cheese but the the cinnamon is muted and hard to find. On the finish, its still intriguing and rather well behaved for what it is. In the end, I think this is a quite unique and well balanced for a pastry style brew. It's what brewers should strive for when they make an otherwise in yer face over the top cloying sweet nasty brutal mishmash. You just don't dump tons of sweet straight up ass sugary bullshit into a beer, you check, taste and refine it before you sell it. JMHO

6.8

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

Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours clear orange with a moderate white head. Aroma of pomegranate and orange. Med body. Light carbonation. A bit sweet but mostly orange zest bitterness. Pomegranate is a bit submerged.