12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big white chocolate, vanilla, cream, honey, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lemon/pear, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of white chocolate, pale malt, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big white chocolate, vanilla, cream, honey, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lemon/pear, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Very mild herbal/grassy/spicy hop bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of white chocolate, vanilla, cream, honey, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lemon/pear, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice robustness and balance of white chocolate, pale malt, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious flavored American blonde ale! All around nice robustness and balance of white chocolate, pale malt, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the minimally bitter/drying finish. Really great balance between the white chocolate and pale/wheat malt flavors; with just enough hop presence to balance the sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent local release. Pours slightly hazy deep reddish brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, cocoa, and coffee; with light notes of nuttiness, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A bit fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, cocoa, and coffee; with light notes of nuttiness, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.9%. Overall this is a delicious English brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich classic brown ale malt complexity with balancing earthy hops, and not too roasty. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent local release. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big peanut butter, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toasted dark/brown bread, light coffee, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, peanut butter, lactose, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big peanut butter, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toasted dark/brown bread, light coffee, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal hop and roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of peanut butter, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toasted dark/brown bread, light coffee, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, peanut butter, lactose, and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious peanut butter milk stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, peanut butter, lactose, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich for the ABV, with great balance of all flavors. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

Different and really good

Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a two centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of citrus, bright apples, pear and assertive herbal and grassy hops - nice throughout with a decidedly grassy and tropical fruit flavoured hop bite. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and herbal flavours with a dose of pine, grain, tropical fruits, citrus and balanced nicely with a good deal of malt and some pleasant sugars, mainly all from the fruits. Aftertaste shows a lot of hop flavours without much bitterness, no real pungency and more of a sweet tropical fruit flavour than anything else near the end. Overall, a nice and refreshing beer that shows like a lighter APA, but has some good hop qualities and complexities, just no real bitterness from hops, which is a surprising fact, but a good one! I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased by my Dad at Siciliano’s in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 13-June-2017 for US$2,09 sampled at home in Washington on 28-August-2017 - Thanks Dad!

12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy pinkish golden/orange color with a 1-2 finger foamy and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart raspberries, fruit seeds, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt, raspberries, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart raspberries, fruit seeds, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop bitterness and light fruit tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of lightly tart raspberries, fruit seeds, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt, raspberries, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this a nice fruited blonde ale. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt, raspberries, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Was hoping for way more fruit presence, but it hits the blonde ale style really well. Perfectly balanced and very flavorful for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Dark black bod med foam brown head. Roast choc and nutty. Roast choc nutty flav. Med full bod mod low carb. 7/3/7/3/15 3.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a sturdy brown color with a slight transparency about it. Hard to see through when it was held up to the light. Finger’s worth of white foamy head, gently subsided.
The aroma had some sweet to subtle roasted malts, light nuts, some caramel/toffee development. Some dried leafiness at the end.
The flavor blended the previously mentioned aromas together somewhat sweet with a fair dry after effect in the aftertaste, acceptable to me. Slightly roasty sort of finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Good carbonation and the ABV felt fine.
Overall, pretty good brown ale worthy of having again.