Orange with a fizzing, dissipating head. Cloudy with floaters. Mango and citrus aroma. Taste is tart with a dry but fruity and citric bitterness at the finish. Mango sweet underside the whole way through. Body to the full side of medium, fizzy, dense for the style. Can is expired but this has held up well. Not my favorite style, but the smoothie-like feel keeps it interesting. Not bad.

Bottle from the source. Reddish with a haze and a tall, foaming head. Aroma of lime, beets and peppers. Has an overall tone that’s both fruity and earthy. Taste is mildly bitter with lingering spice and a faint tartness around the edges. Medium bodied, prickly carbonation, relatively dry. Nice one!

Amber with a foamy, white head. Aroma of honey and latex with vague floral notes. Taste is bitter, herbal, peppery. Faint sweetness and a touch of apple around the edges. Finishes much the same with lingering pepper, but also a bit stale. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Decently chewy. Feels like an upscale industrial product.

Pale yellow gold with a frothy, white head and a deep haze. The tropical aroma is fairly subdued with vague hints of papaya, orange peel and banana. Taste is faintly sweet up front, then moderate citric bitter at the finish. Chewy but smooth, no sign of the alcohol, very easygoing. Pleasant.

Leftover from last year’s Adventskalender. Put it on the stove and heated to moderately warm, then poured from the pot. Black with a fizzing beige head that goes creamy. Big chocolate aroma. Vanilla. Berry jam. Taste is sweet with fruity, slightly tart hints around the edges. Bittersweet and slightly fruity finish with lingering hot chocolate. Unusual warm feel, boozy. Interesting one. Not bad.

Amber with a foaming, frothy head. Dank, caramel aroma mixed with peach and plastic. Taste is moderate bitter with dough-like sweet undertones. Moderate citric. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, decent chewiness, a touch clingy. Decent, but not particularly refreshing or interesting.

Virtually black with a frothy, beige head. Aroma of toasted grains, dark chocolate and blueberry syrup. Taste is bitter and strongly roasted. Finishes much the same, accompanied by a faint, blueberry pie sweetness. I like the subtleness of the blueberries here. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, warm to boozy at the finish, where the alcohol needs to be better disguised. Decent bock.

Golden with a frothy, white head and a light haze. Aroma of nectarines, butterscotch and grapefruit. Taste is moderate bitter with a big, malty sweet underside. Dry and mildly citric bitter at the finish, accompanied by a very faint spice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, very easygoing. Tasty.