Can: Poured a coppery orange with a white head. Aroma is raspberries, wheat, straw. Taste is raspberries, wheat, dry finish.

White grape and plastic nose. Cloudy amber, medium head, good lace. Lemongrass, white grape. Medium body, easy carbonation.

12oz can from Total Wine & More, St Petersburg. Pours chocolate brown, muddy with a tiny uneven layer of tan/khaki head. Big toffee, molasses, carob on the aroma. Taste is dessert-sweet with a touch of umami and lot of big flavours: vanilla, sarsaparilla, raisin bread. Some bitterness in the short to medium finish. Soupy body, low carbonation. Delicious, if a bit odd.

On tap as part of a flight at Crafty Chameleon Bar. It’s a gorgeous clear, dark maple-syrup brown with no sparkle, finger-width off-white foamy head with good retention and soapy lacing. Aroma is moderately strong spice, caramel and dark fruit. Taste is strong dark fruit, fig, caramel, spice. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, good all around.

Decent saaz. Golden pour with ok head. Crisp finish with a hint of oak. Can.

Crowler: Poured a deep burgundy brown with a beige colored head. Aroma is dark fruit, caramel, figgy, spice, yeast, esters, malty. Taste is sugary, dark fruits, malty, spicy, yeasty, esters, boosty.

Pour is a black with a big foamy tan head. Aroma is a slight coffee and some bitter bakers chocolate. Flavor is more minor coffee but the chocolate turns sweet like syrup. Finish is more sweet malt then bitter coffee. OK coffee stout. Not much coffee but a whole lot of sweet malt.

Pour is a dark brown with a very small tan head. Aroma is treacle, dark fruit and molasses malt. Flavor is dark fruit and musty basement malt. Finish is a little sweet with dark candi sugar leaving a layer on the tongue. I have seen this beer on 100 beers to try before you die lists and I may not go that far but this is a wonderful quad, maybe not up to par with Westy 12 or St. Bernardus 12, a bit thin in the mouth is the only knock, but this was plenty flavorful.

Belgian pale. Interesting

Too much Christmas for me here. Marzipan, gingerbread. Some florals. Clear mahogany pour with ok head. Sweet finish with booze. Some marmelade. Tap at Kush.