(draft) Clear brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of molasses and spices and malts. Creamy mouthfeel. Very nice spicy and malty flavor. A good beer.

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(draft) Looks like Budweiser with a minimal white head. Aroma of old grass with a touch of smoke. Coating mouthfeel. Sweet flavor with a touch of smoke. Sweet coating finish. Good.

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(bottle) Hazy light orange. Decent head that faded to a thin film. Light aroma and flavor of assorted spices. Nothing notable, but still a good combination.

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A nice copper color with a decent head. Starts out a little bitter but has a sweet finish and aftertaste. Works out to be very well-balanced. Another winner from Juneau.

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(bottle) Beautiful dark amber color. Fantastic malty and spicy aroma. Fizzy mouthfeel. Flavor of wheat and yeast and apple peels. Fucking yummy.

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(draft) Clear reddish bronze. Nice white head. Aroma of spices and maybe pumpkin. Medium mouthfeel. Tame flavor of assorted unidentifiable spices. A good beer.

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I spent the entire pint trying to decide (a) if I liked it or not, and (b) what the heck I was drinking. Apparently Anchor changes the recipe for their Christmas Ale each year, and they keep that recipe pretty secret. If I had to guess I'd say the best way to describe this year's version would be "smoky nutmeg" but I could be way off base about the nutmeg part. There was definitely some smoky something in there. At the end I decided I did like it, but more than one in a given session would probably be too much.

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(draft) Much more malty than last year's version. Also a little bit of a chocolately feel to it. Not my favorite but still quite drinkable.

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(draft) Pretty damn good. Higly malty, with a touch of coffee. No chocolate or licorice at all, but still a good beer.

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(draft) Dark ruby in color, almost black. Nice head and very nice lacing. Fruity and spicy aroma. Fairly thin and highly-carbonated mouthfeel. Flavor of tingly dark cherries, a little sour even. Finish is tingly. Better than decent, barely good.

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(draft) Cloudy dark brown. Minimal head, minimal aroma. Flavor this year reminds me of dark fruits and coffee. Tastes like it has more alcohol than it really does. I doubt I'll bother to have any more of this.

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(draft) Very dark brown. Decent tan head. Aroma of malts and spices. Duh. Flavor more of the same. A little subdued. Good.

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(draft) Black with a nice tan head. Spicy and nutmeggy aroma. Almost Pumpkiny. Thick mouthfeel. Flavor of malts and fluoride and punpkin and light spices. Decent, bordering on good.

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(draft) I had high hopes for this one. Blueberry flavor in a beer would definitely be something new and unusual for me. This actually ended up being my least favorite beer of the weekend. It tasted to me like an IPA. If there was any berry component to the flavor it was too subtle for me to detect it behind all the damn hops.

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(bottle) Looked like grapefruit juice except for a huge white head. Citrusy aroma. Slight citrus flavor, but not so much that it became disgusting. Fizzy and other than that, a fairly mild flavor. Too many ingrediants in this beer, none stand out. It's a mish-mash.

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(draft) This might have been sweet and syupy or it might have been all the blueberries floating up and down. I couldn't finish the glass. Those things hitting my lips were just too strange.

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(draft) A light brown ale (think Newcastle) with a wedge of watermelon in it. Once I removed the offending fruit I couldn't detect anything noteworthy. Maybe a bit of a hoppy finish.

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(draft) No aroma whatsoever. The first couple of sips reminded me more of cranberries than cherries. About halfway thourgh the glass I decided that it wasn't too bad and ordered another pint. A little sour, a little sweet. Really quite drinkable though.

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(draft) Hazy brown. Huge white head and good lacing. Light aroma of spices and hops and malts. Creamy mouthfeel. Flavor hard to describe. Sweet with a slightly bitter finish. Damn good.

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(bottle) Clear light amber. Large whitish head. Not much of an aroma or flavor with this one. Everything was very subtle - too subtle. I don't think I'll bother with this again. Decent is all I can say.

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(bottle) Clear bronze. Good head and lacing. I got hints of several spices and unusual flavors, most notably of vanilla. Very easy to drink. Very good.

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A very dark red. Bourbon aroma is very faint - almost not noticeable. The flavor is that of a very mild stout with only the slightest hint of bourbon showing up in the finish. Not too bad. Quite good actually. Yummy, in fact.

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(draft) Clear brownish amber. Little head, nice lacing. Aroma of malts and fruity spices. Flavor more fruity than expected, and a little sharp. Not as good as I was hoping, but still good.

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(draft) Very dark amber/brown with a lasting white head. Nice aroma and flavor of malts and spices. Maybe some vanilla. Good.

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(bottle) The color of hazy wheat, with a few visible chunks of sediment. No head whatsoever. Light aroma of wheat and I guess agave. Flavor pretty damn good, albeit indescribable. A nice beer.

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Color of dark hazy cola. No appreciable foam. A nice light vanilla aroma, and a very nice and smooth vanilla flavor. No undertones that I could detect. Finish was a little drying. Pretty damn good.

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(draft) Black. Large brown head with great lacing. A nice chocolately flavor behind the bourbon, which shows up mainly in the lingering finish. Pretty damn yummy.

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(draft) Slightly hazy golden. Looked like a lager. Aroma and flavor of, as the name suggests, orange lolipops. Mouthfeel was smooth and creamy. Not nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be. Actually decent.

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(draft) Lord, why hast thou foresaken me? I thought this was crap. I only drank about two sips and then I threw the rest away.

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(bottle) Slightly hazy orange. Nice aroma of pumpkin and spices. Flavor much more tame than the aroma led me to believe, but still very good. The expected pumpkin and spices, leaning a but more toward the former. Very good.

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(draft) Clear amber with a nice tan head. Malty and spicy aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Flavor of spices and pumpkin. Quite good.

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(bottle) Black with a nice beige head. Aroma of malts and bourbon, mostly bourbon. Thickish mouthfeel, creamy, coating. Flavor of chocolate and vanilla, with a very nice smooth bourbony finish. Quite good, albeit very sneaky with the 11% ABV.

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(bottle) Hazy orange. No head. Strong pumpkin aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Flavor pumpkiny and maybe a little peaty. Weird. A good beer.

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(bottle) ruby colored. No head. Smells like peppers. Mouthfeel smooth and creamy. Flavor that of a neutral beer with a hint of smoked peppers. Decent is all I can say.

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(draft) Black, with a dark tan head. Aroma of mostly chocolate and roasted malts. Flavor chocolately and something else, something unusual. OMG, it's coconut! I'm allergic to coconut! So I didn't drink but the one sip. That one sip was actually pretty good.

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(draft) A murky weird orange color. Decent head and lacing. Aroma of citrus and wheat. Flavor was decent, but then a bitter finish came out of nowhere. Almost like a rye beer. Life's too short to waste on beer like this. I only had a little. Barely decent, if you're into the style.

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(mixture) I mixed 1/2 Bells Cherry Ale with 1/2 BBC Dark Star Porter, and ended up with something greater than the sum of its parts. The too bitter porter balanced very nicely with the too sweet/sour Bells, and it was just excellent. I, apparently, am a frickin' genius.

(mixture) I mixed Bell's Cherry Ale and Young's Double Chocolate Stout in a 1-to-1 ratio. Just a fantastic combination. A nice deep red color. Chocolate flavor that's followed by a slightly sour finish. I'd definitely buy this if it was available commercially. Yummy.

(mixture) I mixed 1/2 NABC Tunnel Vision with 1/2 Rogue Smoke Ale. For whatever reason, I figured that the honey sweetness of the Tunnel Vision and the smoky bitterness of the Rogue Smoke would play off each other quite well. I was right. I would drink the stuff if it was available commercially.

(bottle) Pours the color of cola with a ridiculous (about 98%) head. Aroma of smoke and a hint of pepper. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor a little bourbony and weird, which was a surprise. Drying finish because of the pepper. Decent is all I can say.

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(bottle) Black with a firm brown head. Strong aroma of licorice and chocolate. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor of about a million things, chocolate and licorice and bourbon and oak among them. Just a bit overwhelming. Good, though.

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(bottle) Black with a huge brown head that lasted forever. Aroma of dark fruits and vanilla. Thick and coating mouthfeel. A surprising alcohol burn. Decent is all I can say.

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(bottle) Cloudy brown, with a fizzy beige head. Aroma of hops and caramel. Sweet, almost cloying flavor, with a surprising alcohol burn. Decent.

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(draft) Clear bronze. A thin tan head that faded quickly and left nice lacing behind. Besides the unusual (for me) pumpkin flavor, there was a strange bitterness that came and went before the finish. Once my tastebuds had become numb to the bitterness this was a pretty good beer.

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(bottle) Pale orange, slightly fizzy. Minimal head that went away before I could tell what color it was. Floral and malty aroma. Flavor lightly fruity. There's a bit of sourness that surprised me. Not too bad. Decent, I'd say. Maybe it would be better on tap.

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(draft) Looked like a lager. Nice white head. Very unusual aroma that I never could place. Flavor was mild and maltier than I was expecting. Finish a little bitter, because of the chiles I suppose. Stronger than it tastes. Decent.

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(bottle) Had this because it's all there was. Clear dark gold in color, No head to speak of. Also no aroma, certainly no honey aroma. Flavor was tame and safe, and the honey additive finally showed up in the finish, which was sweet and coating. A decent beer, but nothing I'd ever buy.

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(bottle) Clear dark orange. Nice head that lasted forever. Balanced aroma of pumpkin and spices. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor starts with pumpkin and finishes with spices. Just a hint of bitterness. Very good.

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(draft) Cloudy dark yellow. Nice white head. Smells like grass. Tastes better than it smells. Medium mouthfeel. Citrusy and wheaty flavor. Actually good.

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(bottle) Pours very dark red with a small brown head. Balanced aroma of roasted malkts and alcohol. Maybe a touch of blueberries and smoke. Creamy mouthfeel. Nice mild and smooth flavor typical of imperial stouts. The blueberries at the finish cancel out the usual alcohol bite. Very smooth and very good.

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I was expecting something different, and perhaps even better, from this beer. What I got was, to me anyway, a bland, somewhat dirty tasting belgian. I certainly don't understand the hype.

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(draft) Hazy very dark brown. Minimal white head. Indescribable aroma. Maybe light chocolate and light malts. Thick mouthfeel. Amazing and indescribable flavor of nuts and chocolate and roasted malts. Very very good.

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(draft) Clear dark brown. Nice lumpy tan head. Aroma of dark fruits and maple. Mouthfeel a little gritty, but still smooth. Flavor like the aroma. Sweet and sharp and dry. A damn good beer.

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(draft) This really sucked.

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(draft) Had this a year ago and didn't see anything special about it. Had it again last night and really liked it a lot. I thought I detected roasted nutmeg but don't see that mentioned anywhere. Very much a Winter ale, and very much a good one.

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(draft) Clear copper in color, with a huge white head. Aroma is mildly sharp, if that makes any sense. Creamy mouthfeel. Oh wow, this is really good. Spices mostly, but with rye undertones.

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(draft) Highly recommended by all who'd had it at Rich O's. Definitely a Christmas Ale - all sorts of complex flavors. I thought the fruitiness was a little bit too much but I suppose it was needed to mask all of that alcohol.

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(draft) Not at all what I was expecting, as it was listed as "chestnut amber" on the beer board at Rich O's. Clear reddish amber in color. A pretty decent head that lasted throughout the glass. A faint fruity aroma - maybe cherries. Mouthfeel was medium-thick and clean. Flavor was very well-balanced. Malts and dark fruits and a tinge of hoppy bitterness. The finish was surprisingly fruity. A damn good beer.

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(draft) I've never been a big fan of oak aged brews, but the oak undertones of this are subtle enough that they're hardly noticeable. Just enough chocolate and coffee flavor to almost mask the alcohol burn, but not quite. Pretty good.

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Another winner from this excellent brewery. Very complex but well balanced. Starts out sweet, with a complicated blend of spices that I won't try to describe, followed by a surprising bit of cinnamon heat at the end. Nothing overpowering. Yummy.

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(draft) A nice spicy aroma that led to a fairly tame-tasting beer. There was a slight mustiness to it that didn't exactly thrill me. By the second half of the glass the head had dissipated so both the spice and the must had gone. What was left was good but not great.

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(bottle) Cloudy brown, with a smallish off-white head. Aroma of juniper and other woods, with a very faint smoke taint. Flavor is almost overwhelmingly of juniper and other evergreen flavors. Finish is a little dry. The first few sips weren't very good, but the this beer began to taste pretty good to me.

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(bottle) Hazy dark orange. Smallish white head. Nice aroma of wheat and pumpkin and spices. Fizzy mouthfeel and flavor. A very dry finish. Decent.

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The web page says cinnamon and nutmeg. I got none of that. What I got was ambrosia. The most unusual beer I've ever had, and it took me a while to pin down what I was experiencing. Copper colored, good lacing, and an actual flower aroma. The flavor was incredibly indescribable, but I'll try anyway. Take a beautiful woman, have her bathe in lilacs and Mr. Bubble. Now perform oral sex on her. That's how good this beer was.

UPDATE 12/24/07: I've been able to have this in bottles recently. The aroma is as I remembered, the flavor is very good, but maybe not quite the orgasmic experience I remembered from before. Very much a session beer. One of my favorites.

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(draft) The first few sips, understandably, brought to mind a beer with ginger ale poured into it. By the end of the glass I'd decided that I did like this beer, and that I wished that it was even a little stranger than it was. Very unusual, and very drinkable.

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(draft) Hazy orange. Bubbly white head. Smells like turpentine and pumpkin. Tastes like turpentine and pumpkin. Barely decent.

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Hazy gold in color, with a small white head. Malty and pumpkiny aroma. Medium moutnfeel. Flavor more sharp than I was expecting, spicy and pumpkiny. A good beer,

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(draft) Very dark red, with a light pink head that shrank but lasted. There was some discussion as to what the aroma was, and it was decided that this smells like Luden's cough drops. Flavor is cherries and cranberries. No alcohol burn at all. Quite good, but also quite strange.

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(draft) Cloudy brown. No detectable head. Spicy aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Spicy and malty flavor. Pretty good. Maybe too many spices.

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(bottle) Hazy dark brown, with a sizable beige head. Aroma of alcohol and molasses and honey. Chewy mouthfeel. Fairly intense flavor but no burn at the finish. Good.

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(draft) Clear dark copper in color. Good head and lacing. Strong spice and malt aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel seemed a little watery at first, but it seemed to thicken as the glass emptied. Flavor is nutmeg and cinnamon and a touch of citrus. A lingering slightly hoppy finish. A yummy beer.

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(bottle) Black with bubbly tan head. Malty aroma with licorice. Flavor much like the aroma. More malty and spicy than licoricey. Good.

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Despite the name, this is an oatmeal stout aged in used Jack Daniel's barrels. The bartender says that every beer in the place is "lager-style" which to me means yeast. Whatever they call it, this beer is yummy.

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(bottle) The color of very dark cola, with a medium tan head. Aroma of everything. Roasted malts and coffee and and bourbon and wine and dark fruits and even chocolate. Smooth mouthfeel. Very busy flavor with a lot of different flavors all fighting for supremacy. A touch of alcohol burn from the sip through the finish. A very yummy beer. Also, this is my 800th rating!

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(draft) Clear brown. Zero fizz. Smells like a pine tree - must be the mugwort. The flavor is very weird, and very good. I like this a lot. Tastes like it should have more alcohol than it does.

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(draft) Color of clear light bronze. Light agave aroma. Medium mouthfeel. Very light flavor, slightly spicy at first, then nothing. Good, but could use more of everything.

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(draft) Wow! The regular Bob's 15B is decent, if a tad bland. The aging has transformed this into a fantastic beer. A dark brownish-red hue, very little head, some lacing. Very strong bourbon aroma at first that subsides about halfway though the glass. The thing I like most about this beer, aside from the wonderful aroma, is the nearly instantaneous finish. There is no aftertaste to taint the next sip.

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The Bourbondaddy is a stout aged in a used bourbon barrel. I had this last year at about this time, and I remember liking it, but I don't remember much else about it. This time around I actually paid attention to what I was drinking. It's a little bitter at first, but after that it's very good. Nothing extremely special, it tastes the way it should - a medium stout with a little bourbon flavor added.

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(draft) Black with minimal brown head. Very nice aroma of smoke and chocolate. Thick mouthfeel. Flavor malty and chocolatey, with a touch of smoke. A very good beer.

(draft) Hazy amber with a nice white head and good lacing. Aroma of apples and spices, smoked caramel. Medium mouthfeel. Very nice flavor, like the aroma, and very nicely balanced. Quite good.

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(draft) Dirty gold. Zero fizz. Has a sweet aroma, if that makes any sense. Flavor is quite sweet with some odd undescribable undertones. Pretty good, but dangerous because the alcohol is very well hidden.

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(draft) Hazy dark amber. Flavor and aroma were both fairly light. Cinnamon and vanilla and nutmeg, if I had to make a guess. There was absolutely no bitterness and no citrus, so I liked this. Could have used more of whatever it had.

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(draft) Clear light reddish brown. Minimal beige head. Aroma of spices and pumpkin. Creamy mouthfeel flavor quite spicy, flavorful not hot, with a very smooth finish. Quite good.

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(draft) Dark gold. There's an unidentifiable (by me at least) aroma and flavor, both reminiscent of evergreen shrubbery. The finish is drying and long-lasting. It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid and I'd chew on Sassafras leaves. The finish is the most notable characteristic. A decent beer.

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(draft) I've gone ahead and updated this rating as this beer has become one of my favorites. Very little head, and the beer is a little flat. But the rye and honey play together quite nicely. One of the few semi-strong beers that I can get my swill-drinking friends to drink.

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(draft) Clear dark yellow. Decent white head. No appreciable aroma or flavor. Nothing wrong with it, and nothing right with it. Decent.

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(bottle) Hazy light golden. No appreciable head. Musty and spicy aroma. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor malty and creamy, and a little spicy. Good.

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(bottle) The color of clear cola. Nice white head that faded quickly. Aroma of spices and wheat. Flavor more of the same. Pretty good.

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(draft) Cloudy almost black. Decent tan head. Light aroma of roasted malts and spices. Chewy mouthfeel. Very nicely balanced flavor of various spices and roasted malts. Pretty damn good.

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(bottle) Fizzy reddish brown. Minimal tan head. Fairly light aroma of dark fruits and oak. Smooth mouthfeel. Fruity flavor of pears and raspberries. A slight oaky finish. Too gimmicky for me.

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(bottle) Clear, the color of iced tea. Minimal head. Very faint aroma of hops and coffee and spices. Creamy mouthfeel. A little flat. Fairly flavorless and tame. Decent is all I can say.

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(draft) Clear brown with a fading white head. Nice aroma of pumpkin and cloves. Creamy mouthfeel. Nice pumpkin flavor, with a touch of spice at the finish. Good.

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(bottle) Hazy brown. Light beige head. Aroma of apples and dark fruits. Fairly mild flavor. Slightly bitter alcohol finish. Quite good.

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(draft) Clear dark orange. Decent whitish head. Aroma of malts and orange peels. Wow. Very malty and spicy flavor. Not at all what I was expecting from the aroma, must be the honey showing up. Nice, though. A fairly mild alcohol burn at the finish. A good beer, but one would be plenty.

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(draft) Black with no detectable head. Enticing aroma of dark roasted malts and spices. Medium mouthfeel. Yummy flavor of roasted malts and smoke and spices. Flat-out yummy.

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(draft) Dark cola in color. decent head and lacing. Nice and smooth. More complex than the first few sips indicate. Spices and hops and nutmeg and molasses are what I think I detected. A good beer.

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Somehow combined bland and rotten in the same glass. Tasted like fermented Mazola Corn Oil, and not in a good way. Blech.

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(draft) Slightly hazy amber. Smallish white head with good lacing. Aroma of pumpkin and nutmeg and other spices. Smooth mouthfeel. Spicy flavor and finish. A very good beer.

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(draft) The color of hazy dark tea. No head. Aroma of alcohol and spices, notably cinnamon. Flavor like the aroma, but more intense. Good, a little over the top.

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(draft) Much blander than I was expecting. Just a beer, neither great nor horrible.

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(draft) Cloudy brownish-orange. Small white head. Vague clean aroma of various fruit peels. Creamy mouthfeel. Very mild flavor of something I don't really want to think about. Decent, though. I've put this in the Belgian category because that's the kind of glass it was poured in.

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Very faint peppery aroma, with a little smoke thrown in. Not much taste until the finish, then a little pepper heat. I was expecting more pepper, so I was expecting to dislike this more than I did.

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(draft) I just had a small sample glass of this, as I was not expecting to like it. I was right. Very watery tasting, but sort of a thick mouthfeel. Hard to believe that this comes from Rogue.

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(bottle) Very pale yellow with at least 90% white head at first. Once that dissipated, about an hour later, the beer revealed a grassy aroma. Watery mouthfeel. Flavor of a very mild American wheat. Just a hint of rose. Barely decent.

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(draft) Very dark cherry revealed when held up to the light. A lot of complexity, but most of I think wasted as nothing stood out at all. I did think I got a little cherry at first but even that subsided by the second or third sip. Good, but not very memorable.

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(bottle) Fizzy black with a huge tan head. The primary aroma is that of bananas, though chocolate is also detectable. Creamy flavor, mostly of roasted chocolate and some dryness that's probably the peanut butter. Not as flavorful as I'd have liked. Weird and decent.

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(bottle) Fizzy amber with a large white head. Strong aroma of maple syrup and a touch of smoke. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor of maple syrup is pretty much overpowering anything else that might be there. Weird, and just barely decent.

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(draft) Dark bronze. Very light foam. A strong aroma of whatzit and orange. The flavor was mostly whatzit, with some light orange peel thrown in. Despite the citrus, I did like this beer. I just wish I knew what the whatzit really was.

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(Draft) black with absilolitely zero head or fizz. Aroma of roasted malts and alcohol and vanilla. Thick mouthfeel. Flavor of roasted malts with a touch of vanilla. Smooth finish hinting at the 10.5% ABV. Very good.

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(draft) A very nice surprise. Dark clear amber. Minimal head. No detectable aroma. The yummy malty and fruity flavor came out of nowhere. There are supposed to be citrus adjuncts but I couldn't detect them at all.

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(bottle) Fizzy yellow. Nice white head that fades quickly. Light aroma of spices and some pumpkin in there, too.watery mouthfeel. Very light flavor of pumpkin and mild spices. Decent is all I can say about this one. There are a zillion better pumpkin beers out there.

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(bottle) Fizzy gold with a smallish whitish head. A pretty nice pumpkin aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. A definite pumpkin flavor, with notes of malts and dark fruits. A very slight alcohol burn upon swallowing. Very good.

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(draft) Clear black with a smallish beige head. Definitely smells like a pumpkin ale. Pumpkin and spices. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor mostly of the pumpkin with a little of the imperial stout heritage at the finish.

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(draft) Clear pale amber large white head. Light floral and malty aroma. Thick mouthfeel. Very nice flavor of light malts. Much more dry than I was expecting. Dry finish as well. A very good beer.

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(draft) I blew the keg. Oops. Black with a huge brown head. Enticing chocolatey aroma. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor of roasted malts and nuts and chocolate. Finishes with a smooth alcohol burn. Quite good.

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(bottle) Dark brown with a nice tan head. Musty aroma of stale malts. Creamy mouthfeel. Decent flavor. No smoke but a bit of peppery finish. More peppery than I was expecting. Not to bad at all.

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(bottle) Clean dark brown with a nice beige head. Mild aroma of roasted malts, smoke, and vanilla. Enticing. Watery mouthfeel. Flavor much like the aroma. Mostly roasted malts and vanilla. The smoke is evident at first, but disappears before swallowing. Quite good, though.

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(bottle) Color of clear burgundy. Light tan head. Aroma a little musty and slightly spicy. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor a little weird, and not in a good way. Finish spicy-bitter. Gets better after a few sips. A good beer, but not a great one.

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(draft) A very nice beer, with a good blend of various unidentifiable spices. I got no citrus at all, and I'm glad for that. Quite yummy actually.

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(draft) had a decent flavor, but there wasn't much flavor to it. I kept getting hints of spices and such, but the hints faded as soon as I started to detect them. Good, but not great.

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(draft) Cloudy yellow/orange. A nice head that faded quickly. This is a very citrusy Belgian when it first enters the mouth, but then the pumpkin takes over and coats the mouth with sweetness, then there were some nice spices in the finish. Just yummy. It seemed like it had a high ABV, but its 10.5% still surprised me.

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(draft) Kind of funky aroma, which was to be expected I suppose. A mild mustardy flavor, just a slight spiciness. Much much better than I'd expected. I will have more of this, definitely.

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Clear copper. Whitish head that faded quickly. Aroma of, duh, pumpkin and spices. Medium mouthfeel. Spicy pumpkin flavor that fades and leaves a creamy finish. More spicy than pumpkiny. Damn good, though, at least on draft. I've had a bottle as well, and it kinda sucked.

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(draft) Of all the beers at Rich O's, this one is perhaps the one that's been recommended to me most often. Frankly, I don't understand all the hype. It is a good beer, but not a great one. I think my main problem was the gritty feeling I got in my mouth while drinking it. It almost seemed like there was something that hadn't quite dissolved all the way. By the end of the glass it was better. Other than the gritty mouthfeel, this beer smelled and looked fantastic, and it had a really good flavor - one that wasn't nearly as sweet as I was expecting. A very drinkable beer, but any place that has this probably has something better as well.

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(bottle) Quite an interesting beer. Very complex, with flavors I don't think I've ever encountered before. The stuff was good, though perhaps just a little too fruity for me to say I really liked it. I will have it again sometime though.

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(bottle) Slightly hazy light brown. Looks watery. No head to speak of. Light pumpkin pie aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Spicy and pumpkiny flavor. Pretty good.

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(draft) Not as disgusting as it sounds. It tastes like Hawaiian Punch. this might be good with the blackened mahi-mahi with pineapple sauce they have on their food menu.

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(draft) It reminds me of the Great Lakes Christmas Ale that I enjoyed so much a few months ago. There was some fruitiness that I will call raspberry and some nutmeg as well. My only real problem with this beer is that it's rather strong and I cannot safely have more than one.

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(draft) Clear bronze. A very interesting vanilla and smoke aroma. Despite the name, there wasn't even the tiniest hint of bourbon. A nice medium mouthfeel, with vanilla and light smoke in the flavor as well. Pretty fucking good. I don't care who makes it.

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(bottle) Wow. I wasn't expecting a beer this special. The label says "Belgian Ale Brewed with Juniper Berries." There's not a whole lot that I can add to that description, but I owe it more. Very dark red, almost purple. Aroma of dark fruits and juniper and grapes. Indescribable flavor. Finish a little drying. Flat-out yummy. If there's a better beer on Earth, then I haven't had it. I want more right now and always.

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(draft) I was expecting more from this beer for some reason, but I should have known better. This is, after all, the brewery that touts their chocolate stout as "double" chocolate even though it's clearly the weakest of any that I've ever had. But enough ranting. A decent brown ale with a touch of something that I couldn't identify - there's not enough of whatever it is.

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