16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy deep golden/amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/white chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, vanilla, cream, frosting, cookies, honey, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of fruit, wood, pepper, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of bready malts, cocoa, coffee, lactose, vanilla, cookies, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/white chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, vanilla, cream, frosting, cookies, honey, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of fruit, wood, pepper, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/white chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, vanilla, cream, frosting, cookies, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, fruit, wood, pepper, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts, cocoa, coffee, lactose, vanilla, cookies, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 7.9%. Overall this is an awesome flavored white/sweet stout. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts, cocoa, coffee, lactose, vanilla, cookies, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Awesome balance between rich malts, cocoa, coffee, lactose, vanilla, and authentic cookie flavors; with balancing earthy hops. Lightly sweet with lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Liked this just as much as the session version.

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy medium golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and creamy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big marshmallows, white chocolate, vanilla, cream, frosting, cracker, cereal, white bread dough, oats, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of lemon, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of marshmallow cereal, lactose, milk, pale malt/oats, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big marshmallows, white chocolate, vanilla, cream, frosting, cracker, cereal, white bread dough, oats, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of lemon, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of marshmallows, white chocolate, vanilla, cream, frosting, cracker, cereal, white bread dough, oats, lightly toasted biscuit, lemon, pear, red apple, herbal, wood, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of marshmallow cereal, lactose, milk, pale malt/oats, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is an excellent flavored blonde ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of marshmallow cereal, lactose, milk, pale malt/oats, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink, with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Perfect balance of marshmallow cereal, milk, and lactose; with classic American blonde ale flavors. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive base style example; great overall hop presence against sugars.

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but was just released. Pours moderately hazy deep ruby red/orange, light pink/purple color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/fairly tart/tangy raspberry, strawberry, fruit jam/skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla frosting, cream, wheat, white bread dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of jelly donuts, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/fairly tart/tangy raspberry, strawberry, fruit jam/skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla frosting, cream, wheat, white bread dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness and fruit tang on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy raspberry, strawberry, fruit jam/skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla frosting, cream, wheat, white bread dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of jelly donuts, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/sugar/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no cloying/puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an awesome flavored sour ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of jelly donuts, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/drying finish, not overly lactic. Very flavorful for the ABV. Awesome balance of jammy fruit and Lacto complexity; with nice dough, sugar, and pale/wheat malt sweetness against acidity. A really enjoyable offering, and awesome style example. Nailed it for an experimental beer.

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but was just released. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, fudge, cookies, cake batter, roasted nuts, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, oreo cookies, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, fudge, cookies, cake batter, roasted nuts, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, spicy hops; and roast/charcoal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, fudge, cookies, cake batter, roasted nuts, toasted dark bread, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, oreo cookies, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance. No cloying, and minimal acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.9%. Overall this is an excellent flavored imperial milk stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, oreo cookies, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Awesome balance of rich malt complexity, lactose, cocoa, and authentic oreo cookie flavors; with balancing earthy hops against sweetness. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. A little too bitter/drying than what I expected, but this was still delicious.