Murky brown. Medium head. Buggy, bretty nose with some blackcurrant. Full body, lots of sweetness underneath the buggy, tart stuff. Fruity, I guess that would be the currant. The other goofy shit not coming through much. The usual fun, sloppy stuff.

Dark brown, thin head. All cold brew on the nose. Sweet, thick body with rich coffee, toffee, i mean it’s coffee syrup, really.

Looks ugly, brown and murky. Thin head. But it does bring a nice cherry note, light bugginess, albeit with a bunch of yeastiness too.

Dark brown, looks a bit flat. Lol the aroma is all over the bloody place - whiskey, vanilla, roast. On the palate same - leads with vanilla, is sticky and sweet, a bit of that maple in the finish. The base stout seems sweet and not all that complex…yeah I wasn’t nuts about their impy last year. The vanilla makes it seem graham crackery esp as the maple takes the role of the honey. I want to like this more than I actually do…

Cloudy, light amber. Thick head. Sweet kveiky body, really estery, just a touch of hop...herbal and very lightly bitter. That's the thing with fresh hop beers, of course, you need about 17x the normal amount of hops in them to get the same bitterness. It's not bad, just a bit too sweet for me.

The first few editions were given numbers, but this one wasn't. I'll try to log them by ingredients. I actually don't know if this is sort of a solera thing or if they're all built from scratch. The soapberry version of Celebrating Sisters has a dullish colour, pale but with a slightly purple hint. Thin head. Tart, refreshing, with just a touch of berry accent. It doesn't feel like a rye pale, but the original was a rye pale aged in wine barrels so maybe they're continuing with that theme. Good beer, if you're not looking for a rye pale. And at Jackknife, I recommend not taking styles too seriously.

Dark brown and hazy. Medium head. Berry aroma. On the palate it has a full body, light berry, and thick malts...but it's not that sweet. There's a touch of tartness late. Balanced, and there's some nuance in there, too. The barrel isn't overpowering, just lending accents here and there. I'm digging it. I haven't had Arcane since the brewery first opened because I wasn't nuts about it. This doesn't have much Lithuanian character - the yeast is the only element that bears resemblance to those beers, but it's a quality sessionable dark ale that doesn't fit neatly into any traditional style. This is definitely where Jackknife shines - doing things that are entirely unconventional. There's extra levels they could hit (they're not HotD or anything), but where they are now, stuff like this is really enjoyable.

Slight haze. Pale. Sort of a yeasty, somewhat doughy aroma. Lots of lemon on the palate - meyer lemon always tastes good. Some tartness, and again a bit of a yeastier character, but the citrus cuts the sweetness down quite a bit, bringing the beer closer to balance.

Opaque pale purple. Thin head. Lactose and blackberry. Fairly simple. Not bad, though. Good body, and the fruit is clean - not always easy with blackberry.