Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Loses the unsweetened cocoa and dark apple notes and replaces them with milk chocolate and vanilla sweetness, and an unnecessary outsized floral bitterness on the finish. Black lagers are great because of their subtlety. None to be found here.

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

12 ounce can from Tavour. Copper, brown color. Small creamy beige head. Earthy, toasted malt aroma hints at sweet, buttery rum, oak and nutmeg. Flavor upfront is toasted malt, raisins, cinnamon and clove. Some warming alcohol in middle. Medium bodied with evident spicy hop bitterness. Spices are reminiscent of those you’d find in a quality egg nog. A really tasty brew that offers layers of complexity without being too intense.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Tavour. Pours dark ruddy amber with a creamy tan head. Aroma of bread with a hint of pumpernickel and a bit of grass/spice. Med plus body. Flavor is the aroma (minus the pumpernickel) with wood and grass/spice and heat. Sort of dryish. Bitter from heat? Bourbon notes. Good flavor.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Can from Tavour. Pours amber approaching mahogany with a transient tan head. Aroma is very rum with some spice notes. Close to full bodied. Flavor is equal parts rum and pie spice. The rum does not seem at all dilute. Not dry but not undry. Rum supplies the equivalent of bitterness. Thankfully the squash itself seems lost in good flavors. Wow.

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

On tap at Brewed, DFW. Clear orange with medium white head. Malty, citrus, pine. Bitter finish. Not much going on in terms of complexity.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

This is a pale lager, not a golden/ blonde. 12 oz. can from HEB, Boerne, TX. Pours a hazy gold color with a really small white head and poor retention. Zero lacing. Pale malt and sweet bread aroma. The flavor is basic pale malts with a light citrus finish, as advertised. Thin, light body. High carbonation. Low bitterness. Nothing bad here, just a very basic beer.

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

Banana, clove, milk, smoky wheat malt, and straw aroma. Hazy golden yellow with moderate head. Moderately sweet banana, orange, clove, creamy wheat malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body.

Not bad for an airport beer! Lemony hops and slight bitter finish.