Cheap can from chalet. Pop the lid for a big beefy peanut butter nose. Pour is big and black, large and in charge. Head fades to nothing immediately. First taste is burnt bitter peanut butter. That singed bitterness lingers for quite a while, whew. Yes, underneath the peanut butter flavor is some scorched coffee that supports the overall overdone attitude of this brew. Think about this: Burnt roasted peanuts mixed with coffee that sat on the burner all day mixed together in a food processor. Yea, thru the middle, this is heavy duty peanut butter and it does not hide its alky character well. Near unpleasant charred coffee finish. Very unique in the peanut beer arena. Fer Sher.

Can from chalet. Nose is raspberry backed with a little chocolate, a very nice aroma! Very clear pale with a giant white head that fades to nothing after a few mins. First taste is very disappointing, nothing like the attractive bouquet. Yea, this is first quite bitter, unnecessarily so. Something like a phenoilic or industrial bitterness. To call this a blonde is very misleading, this has got to be one of the slutty blondes of yore. Now in the middle, maybe I'm getting barely a little bit of reaspberry and just maybe some chocolate. Wow, the label of this says dark chocolate raspberry, and there is this picture of a raspberry dripping with dark chocolate. You think that looks good? Once you peel of this blondes nickers, this has got to be one of the most misleading labels I've seen in a while. Come on NH. This seems like somebody made an experiment of a brew that just didn't work, so they labeled it and sent it out anyway. Didn't somebody at the brewery taste this before it was released? Just asking.

OK, long before New Belgium started making the voodoo ranger series, there was this western PA brewer; Voodoo. I told those guys at voodoo PA to send a decease notice to NB but they were just a little company at the time and had no extra cash to sue. Oh well, now we know that voodoo NB is a fricken big deal with tons of variations, and voodoo pa keeps chugging along. Anyway, this stuff is dead on IPA with no frills, exactly what IPA should be. Simple, hazy, rude, and terribly on style. Nose is mello pine. Yes, taste is really bitter without being phenolic at all. These guys at voodoo pa really know how to make styles that are dead on style all over the style spectrum. If you ever have a chance to try some of their brews, pick em up, you won't be disappointed.

Winced when I saw another can of holiday brew in the tasting queue. Man, how many of these cheap beers did I pick up a few months ago? I guess you figure I'm not a fan of these domestic spice bombs; and yer rite! Got that rite! In these holiday BD specials, usually you can't find the beer due to the spices. Anywho, this can pours big and black with a large and in charge tan head that does not fade. Got to give it to yah, looks good! Nose is sweet and malty, surprisingly very little hint of spices within. But the first taste is oh my, not a lot of spices at first, but the candy cloying sweetness has such an impact on the buds. MY poor tongue, am I drinking some kind of artificial sweetened fake malt chocolate? Just asking. Hardly any co2, and it needs some to get rid of this thing's one sided nature. Nearly nasty sponge nellie. Well, at least its not overloaded with nutmeg clove and cinnamon, but it is loaded with simulated something cloying; aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, cyclamate, stevia, monk fruit, honey, maple syrup, xylitol - its syrupy & sweet. Oh well, Since it aint loaded with spices, I guess it is a little better than yer typical made in the USA holiday spiced alky mocktail, LoL. Comes across like a pastry stout rather than a spiced winter holiday brew.

Can, looks like rootbeer as well as a rootbeer foamy head. Nose is somewhat boozy, heavy spices. First taste is a clinging treacly spiced nutmeg bomb. Maybe I'm getting other spices in there but this is certainly yer typical domestic heavy duty holiday spiced beer blaster. Very difficult to enjoy such an in yer face brew. Come now, shouldn't I be able to sense or taste some aspect of beer in this? Very soft carbonation, needs more to help me not think about this blitz to the senses. On the finish I'm getting this warming sensation down the throat into the gullet. Oh schnitz, what was I expecting? Anyway, its a cheap ticking can and I'm not surprized about what I got.

Buy it in a cheap can from chalet to do tick. See the fairly clear slightly hazy pale beer with a nice white head. Smell the peach laced hop perfume. Taste the IPA bitterness. Note an artificial peach laced flavor. Try to prevent a gag reflex. Feel the mouth coating fairly flat palate. Observe that peach does not go well with a style you already detest. Force yourself to endure to the finish. Say blah many times during the experience. Be thankful the session is over. Look for a cold crisp macro pale lager for a chaser.