Bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a hazy dark orange with a half finger of white head. Aroma of some dark honey and a hint of bourbon. Taste follows aroma. Light sweet and very watery. Meh, not even great for what is is.

Pours a cloudy straw from a bottle, quick-dissipating thin white head with no lacing. Smells saccharine sweet, tastes like soda. Meh.

Yes, from a bottle there is this whim of whisky then the honey pokes you in the olfactory. First taste is quite odd watered down whiskey and honey, a ropey honey. Not sure if I detect any wheat in there but then it sticks up a few rough edges. Unconvinced. Honey bourbon cask eh? Looks like a hefe.

Can. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity sweetish raspberry aroma. Fruity wheat malty malty sweetish raspberry flavor. Has a sweetish fruity raspberry finish.

Anyone who knows me knows I’m loathe to drain pour a beer. It just feels like hard earned money going down the drain. Reminds me of a story of my friends Peter and Valerie, who tinkered with homebrewing back in the 90’s. I don’t think they were interested in crafty beer so much as cutting into their alcohol budget which explains why they once tried to brew an extra strong beer that came out tasting of bubblegum and fusel alcohol. They called it chiclet in tribute but they didn’t like it. But I loved it and would drink a bomber of it every time I came over for a visit. This was way before I ever knew much about beer, so I didn’t even know it was an accidental Belgian strong ale. But what if they didn’t have me? Poor chiclet might have sat in their basement til they decided to pour it out and move on. A more extreme example is another friend who tried a recipe that failed and ended up feeding it to the dog. I’ve heard of old ladies who salt their beer but I never heard of a home brew experiment going wrong to where salty, buttery diacetyl, acetaldehyde and vegetal DMS all came together in just the right way to make granny think hey this tastes like the salty beer I drink with my pretzels, but what if there’s no granny? Can we just sell it as pretzel beer? You know what I don’t like? Those buttered popcorn flavored jelly beans. This beer tastes like that. And its ugly too.