Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a glossy semi-transparent sort of bronzed golden to yellow color with a finger’s worth of quickly dissipating white foamy head. Messy lace.
The aroma had a nice blend of sweet corn malt flowing evenly into some grassy hops.
The flavor was mainly sweet through the malts. Hops seem barely there. Chewy malty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt where it was projected.
Overall, pretty crushable blonde ale for the most part, I could see myself coming back to this. I wonder what it would do like in a \"black & tan\" styled bar pour, just wondering.

On tap @ Beer Culture. This is a cloudy looking yellow golden one. A nice white little lacing head on the top. Smells really good, fresh citrussy. Lemonic zesty, wheat sweet and a little bit of apples. More apples in the taste. Red and yellow ones. Soft oily on the mouthfeel and it's just below average on the carbonation. It's kinda Apply with lime zest and a nice grapefruitty bitterness. No sourness though, not that I was expecting that. More dry than anything else, but superbly refreshing and a wonderful quenching moreish beverage. If the menu was empty of things I hadn't already head, I'd easily have this again. 12.06.2015

Might be a Summer seasonal, but I get what’s going on here.
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a nice looking semi-hazy burnt orange color with a sly transparency about it. Mild carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace to fill a bubbly to foamy white head. Head dissipates within less than roughly thirty seconds. Extremely low lacing.
The aroma had some sweet wheat with sly citrus sweet to bitter hops. Delicate refreshing grassiness moves in to touch the base of the aroma.
The flavor tries to bring the aromatics together but it seems incoherent and stays separate in its flavor. Sharp citrusy aftertaste with a misleadingly sharp to bitter citric finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a refreshing crushability about it. Carbonation hits decently.
Overall, not bad for what it is, but would rather have in season and when fresh.

Thanks Andy. Growlette share.
My portion was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was mostly black colored with a thin white head that quickly dissipates immediately. Concave film of a lace.
The aroma starts with the sweet honey and sliding into the roast subtly. Sly chocolate malts.
The flavor leans sweet combined through the previously mentioned aromas. Same sweet aftertaste. But a little bit of a dry roasty and then sweet finish.
On the palate, this was about light to medium bodied with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation feels fairly low allowing sweet chocolate malts try to stick but still enough roast helps balance and let’s the feel come across just as it should - good.
Overall, I believe Upstate did what they wanted to do. Definitely a sweeter porter than some may expect.

Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can poured into a glass. Hazy deep golden with medium white head. Aroma is nice light herbal hops, medium/light body, medium carbonation, and pretty good lacing. Taste is herbal hops, floral hops, and citrus hops.

A deep dark porter with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with light grassy hops, light coffee grind, OK. In mouth, a sweet chocolate malt with light honey notes, light grassy hops, a bit boring. On tap at CNY Brewfest 2016.

Ever so slightly hazy golden and copper coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall just off-white head. Aroma of fresh grassy and herbal hops with a lot of perfume noticeable, some flowers and a touch of light malt as well. Light-bodied; Strong herbal and very grassy hops with a very light malt body and a touch of light sweetness from fruits. Aftertaste shows some grassy notes, a little hops and a pleasant malt flavour with some cardboard and caramel noticeable. Overall, a decent beer with more hop flavours than malt, but a good rich finish of the grassy and herbal hops and some light complexities. I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Beer Culture in New York (Midtown), New York on 27-November-2015 for US$3,50 sampled at home in Washington on 01-February-2016.

Draft at Pony Bar. Clear gold-orange with a white head and fairly heavy lacework. Mild aroma of citrus, straw, and wheat. Balanced hellebore has some light sweetness and bitterness that work well together. Palate-wide it has plus carbonation, a decently clean feel, and a somewhat dry close. Good, solid beer. The aroma is a little muted, but otherwise I liked it quite a bit.

Sampled from a 16 oz can this beer poured a dark caramel-brown color with an enormous creamy-fluffy off white head that lingered and left incredible lacing. The aroma was tangy and sweet with notes of corn, faint fruit and a yeasty presence. The flavor was tangy, bready, yeasty and a bit fruity. Medium length finish. Medium body and smooth.