Cloudy lighter orangey gold body and minimal foam. Seems like a tart peach aroma, which doesn't make sense for a pale ale. Taste is a fruity caramel, vague peach notes, finishing wet. I've had this dream where I'm in the Arctic, in Iqaluit, going to a bar approximating the one there. Folks are huddled around bare wood tables, staring at newcomers. Beers are served reluctantly to them, and they winge as they drink them. So here we are - dreams really do come true.

Cloudy orangey gold and okay foam. Good aroma of tangey piney hops, orange zest, solid malt. Taste is okay pine and malt, maybe some orange zest, ending smooth with lingering grain notes. More or less okay, a little amateur.

Hazy deep yellow body and minimal foam. Nice piney tangerine on the nose, inviting. Taste is tangy breadfruit, finishes chalky, mostly smooth. Feels more hazy than west coast, but a step above the usual fare here.

Has a nice deeper ruby copper body and okay foam. Smells of weak biscuit, vague caramel. Tastes of sweet biscuit, caramel, very heavy handed. There's soft lingering smoke, which is from bad brewing skills. This is the bare minimum for the style, even notwithstanding the plasticky smokiness.

Has cloudy yellow body and modest foam. Aroma is nice grain character, crisp hops. Taste is tangy hops, modest citrusy grain, all kind of weak and wet with lingering sweetness. This is very tepid, a weak attempt at the style.

Purplish and hazy, thin head. Sort of tart, then sweet with vanilla. Vague berries and then it finishes with quite a bit of bitterness. Not really coming together for me.

Dark brown, nitro foam. Light acidity and toast. Juicy. I’d love a little extra something on the palate…ok this is something to pint not sip from a taster but even then…it’s almost too on the mark, capturing the emptiness of the modern Irish stout. Slava Ukraina.