Swerving medicinal-iodine opening affects dull fruited sourness and arid honey spicing of copper-hazed Belgian pale ale. Zesty orange tang enhances oaken-dried pale malting of lighter, less effective version of brewers’ Reb’Ale.

Promising Belgian-styled pale ale reminiscent of winter seasonal with its high spicing (coriander-sage-thyme) and rosebud flowering retains apple-orange crisping to corn-breaded cereal bottom. Sweet butterscotch saunter at tart citric finish recedes slightly.

Advertised as summertime seasonal, but much closer to winter ale styling with its black-peppered clove-nutmeg-cardamom spicing, tangy citric tropicalia, fresh mint stimulation, and yeast sinew. Softly nutty malted rye get-up receives top billing for highly carbolic, uniquely complex, cola-like Belgian strong pale ale. Peculiarities may offend soft-toned amateurs.

A bit unassuming and lighter than Belgian strong ale category would suggest, lacking anticipated honey theme and leaving tons of brown sediment across bottom. Candi-sugared honey-spiced malting fades away as musty grape ester souring, distant orange peel bittering, nebulous cinnamon toasting, and teensy herbal nuance fight for space. Simply put, the lack of body and resolve debunk ill-gotten ‘strong’ tag.

Elegant cocoa-buttered butterscotch succulence caresses delicately carbonated dry-hopped honeyed malt foundation. Hints of almond, grape, and dried prune come and go. Clumped clusters of sour yeast add velvety sinew. Tangy fruitiness illuminates backend of full-bodied Frenchie.

In milky white 11.8-ounce bottle, robust Begian-styled amber ale retains sweet fruity aroma complementing peach-apricot-quince insistence, mild burgundy illusions and latent fig-raisin snips. Creamy caramel malts slightly enrich busy spice-fruited finish.

Ample rice milk sweetness sustained above honeyed yeast pertinence and mild sake umami countering tartly soured orange tang. Gentle hop-grained bitterness overcomes acidic citrus nose of fine Belgian pale ale knockoff.

Oaken-dried white grape esters reign mewled sourness upon honeyed orange-coriander web, languid peach tang and unripe fig stead of inconsequential French Alps brew. Spoiled citric tartness corrupts vinous center before appealing brandy and Chardonnay illusions strike a chord. Hard candied acidity undermines squandered herbal-floral nuance.

Inspiringly debonair golden-clouded soft-toned Belgian pale ale pours out swirled yeast sinew with zesty citric effervescence, settling to a buttery French-breaded core. Candi-sugared banana, clove, and lemony pineapple provide tranquility to mildewed cellar dankness and carbolic floral-hopped champagne fizz before mildly creamy cotton-candied butterscotch finish offers unsurpassed elegance of a triple bock. Best of class.

Coarse-tongued Belgian-styled ale allows acrid oak-aged cherry waft and unripe white grape mouthfeel to glower tart candy sweetness. Blanched orange rind bittering and terse pineapple squint reach oats-toasted backend of inconspicuous 10% alcohol-doused dessert. Upon 2011 re-tasting, detected improved cherry-pureed orange bruise, funkier Belgian yeast peppering, and thicker malt liquor-like alcohol blast. Ripe peach, cantaloupe, melon, and banana illusions stretch across buttery caramel malting (with a hint of cornmeal in backend).

Stanky sour malt stench, lime-parched clove mouthfeel, and oily hop flow settle into diffident corn-husked malt liquor palate of peculiar blonde. Barley-rice backdrop recedes to chaffed wheat finish lacking expected floral highlights.