Quarantine Beer #109 sampled at home on 05/03/2020. Black pour with some brown around the edges and a medium beige head that dissipates steadily to a film. Sparse patches of lace. Chocolate, malt, coconut and spice in the nose. Full-bodied with flavors of chocolate malt, toasted coconut, coffee and sweet maple. The finish is sweet with a cinnamon pancake syrup aftertaste. Good beer all around.

Super hazy golden coloured body that looks like both straw and raw honey, all with a very thick and dense three to four centimetre tall tan and off-white head - very beautiful. Aroma of orange juice, mangoes, resin, perfume, fresh cut grass, grapefruit, kumquats, tangerines and even some lemongrass, all with some noticeable along (of course!) and a good dose of malt - very nice and not pungent or cloying in the nose. Medium to Full-bodied; Very strong orange juice, mango, resin and citrusey flavours dominate with a lot of resin, fresh grass and lightly floral hop flavours show through, that all sit upon a nice, slightly pungent malt backbone with a very sweet, syrupy finish and a hint of alcohol at the end, but not too strong at all. Aftertaste is very citrusey, quite deep and full in terms of the body, but very well balanced, as the malt is just as strong as the super pungent hops and sweetness is nice, slightly syrupy, but not cloying and gives in a little bit with the noticeable alcohol, but this feels closer to 8,5 per cent than more than 10! Overall, a very nice, 'true', Imperial IPA that has a very nice set of flavours, is complex, drinkable and balanced - drink fresh if you can find this one at all! Somehow it goes down relatively easily, especially for the sheer alcohol percentage! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 21-August-2020 for US$6,29 sampled at my house here in Washington on 30-August-2020.

Can from Holiday Market. Pours a glowing hazy gold with a finger of white foam that lingers. Great lacing down the glass. Tropical fruit bouquet of a nose with tangerine, passionfruit, mango and pineapple all standing out. Pillowy on the palate with a soft, fluffy mouthfeel. Dangerously drinkable for 10% abv. Lingering peach, pineapple and passionfruit on the finish with light pine and pith to cut the sweetness. Great stuff.

Can from Holiday Market. Pours a pitch black with pieces of coconut floating with a finger of brown head that dissipates. Big coconut forward nose with milk chocolate, coffee, marshmallow and Swiss Miss hot chocolate powder aromas. Smooth and rich on the palate. Full bodied with the abv being hidden pretty well. Lingering milk chocolate, marshmallow and coconut for days. Thick and decadent. Seriously good modern imperial stout.