Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Black with a beige head. Roasted malts, sweet malt, oatmeal, earthy. Medium bodied. Finish was lingering and lightly dry. Really liked this beer.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

Last one on this stop.

Mostly see through, protein hazed, nice lingering lace.
Sweet apricot, onion, sweaty tropical, perceivably sticky nose.
Taste is bittersweet & semi-dry. Very frothy, pithy, nutty & herbal, sharp but thin malt, black tea bitter finish. Has some age. A little too round for me.
Incredibly thin, super deceiving abv.

Okay to good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

At the source with my wife on our last day in Cali.

Clean, sticky lace, medium gold pour.
Very leafy, dusty dry malt, some perfume-y citrus, aeresol.
Meaty malt, lots of pine, sharp thin malt, potent herbal & citrus hops, lingering white pith & cilantro, warming abv, weak plastic in the distance, hidden big acid that burns my esophagus.

This is good.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Dry-hopped rye lager

Bright, lacy, pale gold goblet at the Chula Vista source.
Peppery & soapy nose.
Soap, plant matter, lots of black pepper, some mushroom, chewy extra dry malt, nicely crispy, lingering astringency.
Really clean & amazing brew.

Roasted, chocolate and bitter. For a smoke beer I miss the smoke, but maybe it's a beginner smoke beer

Tropical, grapefruit peel, bitter and a bit malty

Tropical, piney, citrusy and bitter

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at 3 Punk Ales, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of piney and resinous hops, woody notes, and sweet cereal malt. Flavour is full of resinous hops, some pine; and sweet cereal malt. Resinous, sticky and lightly sweet. Reasonably balanced. It's decent.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at 3 Punk Ales, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma has resinous hops, piney notes, and sweet malt. Flavour is oily, with plenty of resins, some dankness, some pine. But it's kind of clumsy and doesn't really come together. Oily, sticky finish. Okay.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Last one. San Diego, February 2024. Hazy, frothed over, orange honey pour. Minerally, astringent nose with a touch of funk. A touch sweet. Pithy bitterness upfront, with a bittersharp, earthy, twang, more apricot & less guava, some apple sweetness. Like a flavored IPA. Minerally, earthy, light twang, plenty frothy & doable abv. Good.