Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of musty pine and grass with a grain backbone. Flavor has bread and grass up front with a bit of a pine bite supporting.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of earthy grass with a touch of pine with a light nuttiness. Flavor has sweet grains up front with grass and light pine backing.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of earthy grass and grains with a hint of bitter citrus underlying. Flavor has bitter citrus and resin with notes of grain and grass underlying.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours near black with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has lots of dark grains with some earthy roasted malts. Flavor has a nice dark grain and roasted malt combination with a bit of bread underlying.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a deep brown with a tan head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has musty grains and some dark bread with a bit of chocolate. Flavor starts full of musty dark bread with growing grain and a bit of straw.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear yellow with a gold hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy grains with a light wood note and some straw underlying. Flavor has a touch of biscuit with straw and grain as the backbone.

Can. Deep brown body with no head. Light aroma of roasted grain and coconut. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Thin to medium body, watery texture, moderate carbonation. Taste of light roast, coconut. Off-putting metallic finish.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but was a fairly recent release. Pours hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of lemon, orange peel, coriander, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, light honey, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of fruity yeast, spices, and pale malt notes; with decent strength. Taste of lemon, orange peel, coriander, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, light honey, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange peel, coriander, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, light honey, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Good balance and solid robustness of pale malt, spices, and fruity yeast flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium bodied; with a very smooth, fairly crisp, and slightly creamy/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a good spiced blonde ale style. All around good balance and solid robustness of pale malt, spices, and fruity yeast flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.

22 ounce bottle into snifter; no bottle dating, but is a recent release into bottles. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light nutiness, raisin, plum, fig, apple, light roast/smoke, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, apple, light roast/smoke, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light amount of herbal hop/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light nuttiness/smoke, raisin, plum, fig, apple, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very nice scotch ale style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

On tap at MBGSF 2015. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head. Floral hop aroma. Floral and citrus hops with some biscuity pale malt. Solid.