7

Dark amber body medium foamy off white head. Nutty bready aroma. Dry nutty bready earthy flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/4/7/3/14 3.5

5.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Pint can - clear gold, lively pour, thick and cream head - looks quite inviting, really - nose smells like rice, hay, and grass - creamy texture up front becomes watery through the middle and finish - flavors of rice, white grape, grain - finish has some peppery hops and lingering grain notes, along with a light acidity - tail end is all American light corn lager - it isn’t without it’s merits, but it’s not substantially better than the macro brands it clearly seeks be a craft alternative to, aside from how it looks.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Clear gold, ring of white head. Nose is herbal and limey, some grist and corn. Flavor follows. Lime and oily hop over grist. Slick, dry, easy drinker. 7 3 7 4 13

7.5

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

Mango, papaya and passion fruit. Certainly a dose of amaretto almond like flavour here. Pours golden orange with some lasting head and a little lacing. Caramel. Not sure I like this as much as some of their lower ABV West Coast entries. But it's still competent and capable--a lot more than you can say for most people who lean more hazy. Bittersweet end, some booze. Tap at brewery.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Big Nelson here. I get the yuzu they mention, and nectarine, as well as big grapefruit from the Nelson. Hazy yellow pour with pretty nice head and lacing. A little light mango as well. Light bitter end, a little hop citrus tang. Very nice. Tap at brewery.

7.1

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

Raw barley grain, snappy and bitter. Some hint of roast in this. Dark copper pour without much head. Full bodied here. Great example of an uncommon style. Quite a bitter finish, more than many maibocks I've had. Tap at brewery.

6.8

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

Straw and a hint of tin. Golden pour without much head retention. Snappy bitter end. A lot of body for such a light beer. More like a golden mild. Tap at brewery.

8

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

Super hazy bright glowing golden body with a very nice tan and off-white two centimetre tall head that stays afloat for a long time over the 90 per cent opaque raw honey body. Aroma of oranges, mangoes, papaya, light oats, some noticeable sugars and a strong alcohol scent, too. Full-bodied; Super rich oaty and wheat notes really bring out the pungency with oranges, mangoes and papaya quite strong as well, with a deep crisp and resinous, sweet & fruity flavour throughout that does show a good deal of alcohol, but also a lot of sugars. Aftertaste is rich across the board with a deep tropical fruitiness here, with a lot of sweetness, almost at the cloying level, with bunches of oats making this feel like it's full-bodied throughout, and a lot of alcohol notes that show close to 9 per cent, but perhaps hiding a per cent. Overall, a nice, but quite rich beer throughout that has a very nice fruitiness, a lot of oat maltiness and bunches of residual sugar - great to have local, but be ready for how rich it is! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from The Perfect Pour in Elk Ridge, Maryland on 25-October-2022 for US$6,75, canned on 09-February-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 23-May-2023.

7.5

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

Mango and passion fruit. Murky yellow pour with decent head. Light sweet finish with some hops tang. I dont detect much of my beloved Nelson here but it's still a good beer. Nelson is just buried. Tap at brewery.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pretty sharp crispness for rice. I feel like I get a sense of jasmine rice but I dunno. Golden pour with decent head. Light bitter end. Pleasant lager. Tap at brewery.