Shared 12 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Very chocolatey aroma. Taste is dark chocolate, dark malts, nuts, vanilla notes, sugary. Very sweet and chocolatey. Almost like chocolate milk or a chocolate shake - well, a very thin chocolate shake. Probably the most chocolatey beer I’ve had, but overall, it’s too sweet and sugary.

12oz bottle. Unfiltered copper-orange body with lots of coagulated artificial additive stuff at the bottom. Steady attractive off-white head. Thick and yeasty, in no way a session beer. This is a bad fruit beer. Really not capturing any essence of a Session IPA. Mild distant soapy hops. Murky. Weak offering.

Hazy deep amber and muddied brown coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of light grain, a touch of caramel and very little else. Medium-bodied; Assertive malt and grainy flavours with some earth, caramel, toffee, light hops and smooth nutty flavours. Finishes with some fruits, earth, alcohol, caramel and mellow cereal and no real complexities. Overall, a fairly subdued beer all around with only a handful of flavours noticeable throughout the entire beer and more of an earthy and biting malt than anything else - not really enjoyable. Not worth grabbing when there are other options in Michigan and not worth lugging anywhere far, either. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 10-December-2016 for US$2,39 sampled at home in Washington on 29-January-2017.

Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a dark brown with no head. The aroma is roast, nuts, caramel. Thin body, chocolate, earth, bitter roast finish, good.

Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt, vanilla bean, cocoa. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, light dry finish, good.

Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a hazy gold with small white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is wheat and citrus. Medium body, wheat, citrus, clove, light finish, good.

Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a cloudy copper with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is earth, grass, citrus. Medium body, sweet hop, toasted malt, light bitterness, decent.

12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 11/5/2016. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lightly tart cranberry, raisin, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, toasted oak, dark bread, light bourbon/smoke, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roast/bready malt, cranberry, and light-moderate bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart cranberry, raisin, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, toasted oak, dark bread, light bourbon/smoke, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/roasted bitterness and light fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of cranberry, raisin, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, toasted oak, dark bread, light bourbon/smoke, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, cranberry, and light-moderate bourbon barrel flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from roast/hop bitterness and fruit tartness; lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is a very nice fruited imperial stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cranberry, and light-moderate bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Very well balanced between stout and fruit flavors; lacking on the bourbon presence, but you still get nice overall oak character. A very enjoyable offering.

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/20/2016. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/light copper color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of honey, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A bit of fruitiness, but not too much. Taste of big honey, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, pepper, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal yeast notes present. Slight dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this is a very nice Bock style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Rich on malt complexity, with balancing noble hop character. A very enjoyable offering.

Very hazy golden and copper coloured body with a thin off-white head. Aroma of grape, light hops, a touch of grains and a little grapefruit and citrus. Light-bodied; Strong hoppy flavour with some grapefruit and a bit of earth and citrus, while showing some light malt and a touch of sugars. Aftertaste is mild and only malty notes really show with some mild hops and not much else. Overall, a decent and enjoyable Light IPA with some moderate citrus notes and a smooth finish. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased at Meijer in Allen Park, Michigan on 08-December-2016 for US$1,79 sampled at home in Dearborn, Michigan on 09-December-2016.