Deschutes looks to be getting in the 19.2 oz convenience store single can business. Give the market what people want to buy these days it appears. No problem to me. The stovepipe can I have came from a QT convenience store in the area near the stadium where the Texas Rangers play baseball, brought it home to sample. Severely chilled in a bucket of ice water, I open the can and pour a touch into a small clear glass. Basically clear in color, certainly no strawberry influence here. There is a strawberry smell and citrus too if I try really hard. The taste is actually pretty good in the universe of malt liquors. Strawberry certainly and I get more lime than I do lemon. Still citrus in any case. A beer that is easy to drink. Not overly sweet, tastes similar to a strawberry margarita and there is the 8% abv to show itself later.

I have a 16 oz can delivered by Half Time in upstate NY early this year. Great Heights tulip glass in place and I take the pour. I see a mostly hazy yellow-gold body with a moderate top of completely white foam. I take a sniff and find fruit, citrus and tropical, in varying amounts. A drink now, not bad really. Grapefruit, pineapple, a spot of papaya and hops to a lesser degree. I get a plush and full mouthfeel from this beer. Pleasant IPA.

Another Voodoo Ranger IPA from New Belgium, geez they produce a lot of them. 12 oz can that came from the nearest large supermarket. I begrudgingly bring out a snifter to go with this beer, usually the VR brews don’t justify one. I pour to see a pleasant looking, clear gold liquid finished up by a creamy head of unquestionably white foam that steadily settles. I lift the glass and smell citrus and some tropical and am not surprised. A taste gives oranges, a hint of pineapple, grain and minimal bit of hops. Sort of thin in sensation. My expectations have been met.