7.3

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

Draft. Deep dark amber color, medium off white head. Aroma of lightly spiced citrus. Taste is spiced white bread, bitter finish. Tasty.

4.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Tap bocktown. Clear pale. Clean crisp slight sweet aroma. Probably a little more like an old country pils. Yes a tad sharp.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a murky yellow color with a medium sized foamy white head that left decent lacing. The aroma was mango, apricot, rum and a bit of perfume. The flavor was tangy wit tequila, papaya and mango. Long finish. Medium body.

7.4

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

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 3/9/2016. Pours hazy golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of juicy mango, melon, peach, honey, wheat, cracker, and light herbal/grassy hop earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of mango and pale malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of juicy mango, melon, peach, honey, wheat, cracker, and light herbal/grassy hop earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness and fruit tanginess and on the finish; with lingering notes of mango, melon, peach, honey, wheat, cracker, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of mango and pale malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness/fruit tang as well. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is a nice fruited wheat ale. All around good robustness and balance of mango and pale malt sweetness; and very smooth, refreshing, and flavorful to drink for the low ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.

7

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

Draft sample. Dark amber. Citrus dominates the aroma and rye dominates the taste.

7.6

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

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 12/17/2015. Pours slightly hazy deep golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of honey, cracker, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of bready malt and moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big honey, cracker, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, cracker, biscuit, light nuttiness, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and minimal astringent hop flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness, that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Very clean on lager flavors with minimal yeast ester notes present. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very good Helles bock style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Maybe just a bit too hoppy overall, but tasted very traditional to style otherwise. A very enjoyable offering.

6.6

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

I got a beer from Detroit as a souvenir yesterday, yay! Made with a Michigan cherry concentrate it pours an inky black with a thin beige head. The aroma is maraschino cherries, some cinnamon like spicing and very mild chocolate.

Light bodied with a prickly carbonation. The taste is tart black cherries, a bit of roastiness and some chocolate. A decent enough beer though the cherry flavor verges on the artificial.

7

Rip city in the warm months. First of many beers before the fight to London.