Keg at the Solana Beach taproom, 14/11/14. Chestnut brown with a decent beige swirl. Nose is banoffee pie, spice, banana, vanilla, clove, dark fruit whisper. Taste comprises bitter fruits, caramel, biscuit, light yeast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, bitter rinse in the close. Decent Dunkelweizen, not too sweet, nicely tempered bitterness.

Keg at the Solano Beach taproom, as 2XIPA, 14/11/14. Golden orange with a decent off white swirl and edgeing. Nose is bitter orange, pine, melon, tangerine, red grapefruit, light dank hop notes. Taste comprises bitter hops, grapefruit, pine, juicy citrics, orange pith. Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok DIPA, clean and fairly simple, drinks below the ABV.

Keg at the SB taproom, 14/11/14. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is coffee grinds, light smoke, citric rinds, light ashtray, coffee cake. Taste comprises more mellow coffee notes, citric sherbets, lemon rind, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent coffee sessioner, coffee is pretty much all on the nose.

Keg at the SB taproom, 14/11/14. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white swirl. Nose is mosaic hop, passionfruit, tangerine, fresh grass, mandarin. Taste comprises grapefruit, orange pith, mosaic tunes, melon, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with mosaic hop notes. Decent enough offering.

Keg at the taproom, 14/11/14. Clear golden with a moderate off white covering that stays for the show. Nose is orange pith, citric peel, tangerine, light pine, straw. Taste comprises orange pith, light pine, touch of grapefruit, light skunky hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lick of hops and bitterness. Solid enough SIPA.

Keg at the taproom, SB, 14/11/14. Clear golden with a decent off white swirl and edgework. Nose is earthy hops, light fart, lemon rind, citric peel, straw, rotting melon. Taste comprises floral notes, tangerine, straw, light bread dough, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness in the close. Ok easy drinking SIPA but I prefer more juicyhop presence.

Keg at the taproom, 14/11/14 @10.6% ABV. Black with a big old light tan covering that retains well. Nose is roast malt, woody oak effect, vanilla, light charr, chocolate. Taste comprises mellow dark fruits, vanilla essence, woody, chocolate hobnob biscuits, molasses. Medium + body, soft carbonation. Decent enough impy, drinks below its ABV and doesn’t get too sweet, roasty bitterness is well tempered agains the sweeter ingredients.

Draft at the brewery taproom - Solana Beach. Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head. The nose holds brownie mix, some spices, toffee. Medium sweet flavor with mellow cocoa, light toast, slight earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with modest baking cocoa, burnt toffee, hits of dark fruits. Tasty though not especially deep.

Draft at the brewery taproom - Solana Beach. Pours clear brown with a frothy off-white head. Burnt leaves in the nose, some pine, dark bread. Light to medium sweet with pine, earth, burnt bread, some cocoa. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Light burnt pine resins to finish, subtle cocoa and darkened toast. Decent.