Splendid cream soda essence highlights alcohol-stricken sharpness while butterscotch and almond wine illusions enhance dry ginger ale-like sweetness. Mellow flow softened further by buttery finish without disrupting up-front ebullition.

“First brewed by Belgian monks,” foamy dark amber brings soft-watered freshness to prickly-hopped fruit-drooped red ale bitterness for a fine American knockoff. Only drawback is malt creaminess subsides too quickly at vague finish. Seasoned drinkers will get bored after a few gulps.

Extraordinary mahogany-hued Trappist ale features curious turpentine-like caramel malt entry, brandy-soaked maraschino cherry theme, and brutish raisin-prune-plum scheme above dewy peat moss. Creamy molasses consistency, velvety Muscat grape mellowing, and candi-sugared nutmeg-cinnamon spicing subsume alcohol warmth. Strong medicinal finish carries forth highly complex offering.