I’ve been trying to buy local beers while we ramble through Arizona. This was my second beer found at Uptown Market in Sedona. 19.2 oz can now open and headed inside of a cup. The color is gold-orange compete with a slowly receding head of absolutely white foam. I smell tangerines, hops and grain. A drink gives me orange peel, grapefruit, crackers and a bit of pine. The beer is slightly sweet and slightly more than that with bitterness. Okay enough.

This stovepipe can came from Uptown Market in Sedona earlier today and tasting now at the Kachina Lodge on the rim of the Grand Canyon. The body is a substantially clear, dark gold finished by a long lasting top of fluffy solid white foam. The scent is citrus, nectarines and grain. The drink gives no surprises but delivers a decent and proper account. Lemons, melon, clover, malt, pine, candy and a small hops bitterness at the end. Nice enough to appreciate considerably on this trip.

This 750ml bottle was located at Trader Joe’s in Santa Fe early fall last year. Slightly cooled, I remove the cage and cork and pour into a Straffe Hendrik tulip glass. The view is a dark brown body topped by a heroic head of creamy tan, very fine bubbles. The smell is stewed dark fruit, malt and grain. I lift the glass for a taste. I get plums, cherries, malt, candy and white bread. Subdued in its flavors and easy to drink, not blazing any new trails.

I acquired a pint can from the nice retailer, Half Time in NY. My way of staying in IPAs. My tulip glass from Cowtown Brewing in Ft Worth is ready to go, I make the pour of a cold beer into a cold glass. I see an unclear lemon yellow liquid with a properly representative head of ice white foam. I smell and get some tropical, some kiwi fruit and perhaps a whiff of hops. The drink is decent, actually not bad in the style. Yes, there is hops assuredly this time and an accompanying small bitterness, orange zest, a touch of papaya, apricots and crackers. A nice sensation, I attribute that to the moderate abv level, sort of an okay fullness. Not great, not bad to drink and a colorful label to boot.

I open a 12 oz can acquired from Half Time and have it tilting inside of a Teku glass. Nice. A milky light yellow body, minimal skim of fully white foam. The nose is good. Orange peel, bread and hops too. The taste goes a bit different to the scent. Hops, oranges, crackers, malt, a spot of grapefruit. Rather decent imo.

Long sought, finally got a 12 oz bottle from Half Time Beverage. Cooled off considerably on this really warm May evening. I will have my Teku glass ready for this pour and I move forward. A dark brown body finished by a creamy cover of parchment tan foam that dissipates promptly to a skim. I smell ripe dark fruit, cherries, some yeastiness and a bit of toast. A taste, geez, this was worth the wait. A nicely subdued sweet cherry taste, malt, a touch of chocolate, grain, booze, figs, toffee and some oakiness. Often a brew with cherries as an addition is overwhelmed by the taste. Not the case this time. Cherries enough but this is a well-rounded quadrupel.