12 oz bottle purchased at Lukas in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a cloudy orange golden, with a one inch white head. The aroma is lightly citrus fruit, along with clove yeast notes, a general earthiness and wheat grain. The taste is lightly sweet pineapple fruit, followed close behind by the clove yeast notes, a green pepper note, and the husky wheat grain. There is also an odd, almost peanut buttery taste very faint in the long finish. The palate is medium to light bodied, unfiltered mouth feel, and the long slightly dirty finish. Easy drinking.

Parkville Fest 2013. Made my way to Mother’s soon after the Blvd tent. Something about cucumbers and beer that really interests me. My only prior comparison is the Cigar City cucumber Saison. This golden colored beer did not have a cucumber nose. Just a light Belgian aspect, no strong esters, not sweet, pretty clean for a Belgian. Just airy Belgian character. Same in the flavor but a small but strong cucumber flavor rounds it off. Not a cucumber bomb and very well done, imo. Would love to buy this in a 4 pack.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 11/8/2012. Pours slightly hazy orange amber color with a nice 2 finger dense cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tangerine, grapefruit, orange zest, floral, orange rind, pineapple, bread, light honey, and herbal earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of hop notes. Taste of tangerine, grapefruit, orange zest, floral, orange rind, pineapple, pine, bread, honey, and herbal earthiness. Fair amount of piney citrus bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, pineapple, floral, citrus rind, bread, pine, light honey, and herbal on the finish for a good bit. Good balance and complexity of hop notes; with a good hop/malt balance; and minimal cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy and sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice IPA. Good hop complexity and malt balance; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Pour is a bright gold with a small whie head. Aroma has that nice bready pils malt with a little alcohol. Flavor is a nice pils malt with a heavy mouthfeel. It’s not that heavybut more chewy. Deffinatly gets some pils aspect and les off that malt liquor aspect. I would get this again.

Pour is a clear brown with a small white head. Aroma on this thing is amazing. Lots of the barrel show up. Nice vanilla with some brown sugar and an overall char oak. Flavor is more of a brown sugar with a nuttyness. Finish has some thick caramel. Kinda loses the barrel in the flavor but there is enough things to look for. This was super tasty.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled 9/25/2012. Pours hazy reddish brown color with a nice 2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of caramel, toast, toffee, apple, bread, grass, light chocolate, light citrus, light nuttiness, and herbal hops. Decent aromas with good strength and decent balance; too fruity. Taste of caramel, toast, toffee, bread, grass, light chocolate, roasted grain, light citrus, and herbal hops. Light herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, toffee, bread, grass, light chocolate, roasted grain, light citrus, and herbal hops on the finish for a short bit. Good flavor balance, but the flavor robustness is definitely lacking; zero cloying flavors are present on the finish, and quite dry on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a slightly creamy, crisp, and lightly prickly mouthfeel that is ok. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a decent brown ale. Very drinkable with solid flavor balance; but definitely could use more robustness of flavors, and a finish that is not as dry. A fairly enjoyable offering.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 8/12/2012. Pours lightly hazy golden straw color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings to the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, pear, grass, cracker, floral, bready grain, wheat, and black pepper spiciness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of lemon, apple, pear, cracker, grass, floral, bready grain, wheat, herbal, and peppery spiciness. Lingering notes of light fruits, cracker, grass, floral, bready grain, herbal, and peppery spiciness on the finish for a bit. Nice flavor balance with solid hop flavor complexity; more hoppy than malty; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with almost zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a good blonde ale style. Light, yet nicely hoppy and flavorful; and extremely smooth to drink as expected. Typical well executed blonde; nicely enjoyable stuff.

Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, orange - citrus, riped fruit, oxidide hop notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. orange, hoppy, light sweet alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20121128]

Pours golden with a fading white head. Aroma of sweet malt, nutty, fruity hops, pine, smells alittle old. Flavor is rather sweet with malt, caramel, fruity hops, pine, ends on a more bitter note. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, alcoholic finish. 281112

Slightly hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hop, pine and grapefruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, medium sweet, grapefruit, pine, notes of alcohol and medium bitter.