tap at JW Marriott in Marco Island Florida. Solid light blonde ale - easy drinking

Pours a dark amber color with a small khaki head. Fair lacing. Light caramel malt aroma. Sweet and smooth caramel malt flavor. Tastes like a Vienna lager to me. Easy drinking. Medium body. Low carbonation. No bitterness.

16 oz. can from Total Wine - Naples, FL. Pours a crystal clear yellow-gold color with a white head and decent retention. No lacing. Tangy malt aroma. Light bread, honey, and lemony malt flavor. Medium body. Light, soft carbonation, in spite of the active bubbles. Not bitter. Okay, but underwhelming.

A friend has a place near Sanibel Island, brought back a four pack of tall boys for me to try. I’ll use the Great Heights snifter on this tasting, the pour shows a promising dark gold liquid with a foamy, totally white head. I call the nose promising also, hoppy, grassy, along with citrus and pineapple. The taste is a pleasant throwback. I get pine needles, turpentine, some dankness, lemon and pineapple. A nice diversion on a nice early fall afternoon.

[On tap at the brewery.] A glossy dark coffee brown pour with a thin beige head; aroma of resinous, piney hops; taste of well roasted chocolate malts, dry and rather thin; with a deep resinous bitterness. Nicely balanced and well made.

[On tap at the brewery.] A bright pale amber pour with a ring of white head - hence the NEish description as it's not hazy; tropical fruit aroma; smooth lactic body with a grapefruit taste; and a clean bitter grapefruit finish. Rather good - I much prefer this to the cloudy style.

[On tap at the brewery.] A glossy black pour with a ring of cream head; aroma of oats and coffee; smooth and rich in the mouth with toasted oats and chocolate; then a smooth lingering coffee finish. An excellent stout. Better head retention would have given it a near perfect score.

[On tap at the brewery.] A bright reddish copper colour with a ring of white head; sweet grainy aroma; sweet biscuity malt taste; with a light grassy bitterness. Rather light and easy drinking.

[On tap at the brewery.] A deep cola brown colour with a ring of white head; glorious vinous blackcurrant aroma; really sour in the mouth with blackcurrant and damson flavours and a rich fruity body that's smooth and velvety; then a slightly earthy finish. Excellent.