Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Hazy gold with a large white head that left great lacing. Bitter with faint honey, orange, grapefruit and leafy hops. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.

Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Can 3$ from giant eagle, the large bird of prey in calcutta. Pour is clear hay colored pale. Nice white head goes craggy after a while. Friendly fresh clean lager nose with just a tad of cream corn, not bad. First taste is just a little more personality than I'm used to in a macro pale lager. Seems to have just a little more bitter hops and I don't think they're noble. Goes down fairly easy and its quite well behaved. That slight hop bitterness builds toward the middle and even gets a tad sharp. Session ending is not bad, that hop bitterness does not last, it fades rapidly after the finish. Pretty good co2 throughout.

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 2.5

From a pounder can for 3$. Hazy pale with a white head that fades. Nose is certainly jalapeno peppers, the kind from a jar. Medium strong IPA feel with heat as an afterburner. In the middle, I think the pepper has tamed this back from its IPA intent, its more like a stronger APA than an IPA. Yea, I really don't care for IPA but I find this almost tolerable. I do like brews with heat in them ans this is a good example. I bought this mostly for a tick and I'm finding it better than expected. Medium hoppy finish and heat lingers nicely! Not bad for an IPA pepper beer.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Pounder can from chalet for $3. Serious big black pour with a choco moose tan head. Head goes craggy and remains. Nose is strong coffee, even on the head. Initial impression is a fairly flat coffee with a warming sensation. Yes cool strong somewhat burnt black coffee. Think the coffee you get as the last drop from a pot that has been sitting on the burner all day. Big bad ass flavor that cannot be mistaken for anything else. Reminds me a little of that whisky coffee my grampa used to drink when he was watching studio wrestling after dinner on his black and white TV. Beer? I really don't get any beer in this, its simply overwhelmingly unbalanced coffee in yer face. Long bitter finish There, you have it. Its way to much for me.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ the Hudson location (Jan 2025). Clear reddish gold with a very small frothy off-white head, faint orange peel aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter orange peel taste with faint piney flavor, alcohol undertones, smooth body, long finish with throat burn at the end. Decent DIPA.

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

Red brown with a medium sized white head. Malty, bready, fruity and a bit smoky. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy orange with a medium sized white head. Tart, dry, funky and musty with vinegar and peach. Long finish. Medium body. Disappointing.

RB score 3.85