Bottled version brewed by top shelf Old Dominion wraps toasted barley around bright tangerine-apricot-grapefruit ripeness, piney resin, and brief floral nuance. Anchored by pleasant spruce hop bitterness and mocha malt efficiency, this hazy straw-hued medium body finishes with a resplendent butterscotch-almond linkage.

Taut English-styled ale maintains well-balanced integrity as toasted grains and muted hops reach out to cocoa nuttiness in subtly soured orange-apple recess. Dry tea vagary at declining finish slacks off.

Body and character may lack, but fizzy phenol tedium will please sweaty lawn-mowing pilsner heads. Toasted bread dampness eats up corn-husked parchedness, dried rice morsel, and astringent orange tartness.

Easy drinking Brit with bitter hop moderation regaling lingered honey nut finish. Just the right blend of grainy malt punch and pleasant citric-fizzed watering. Well-calibrated and firm-bodied.

Rich mocha malting and piney dry-hopped char secure docile front end of copper-toned English-styled ale. Musty cocoa nose brings out chocolate creaminess above dirty grain presence. Distant fruit tang recieves unexpected wood-burnt bittering to biscuit-y baked bread spine.

Cozy dark amber augments subtle rye dryness with spruce-pine buffer and pleasant lemon-hopped spicing. Juicy orange-ripened red grapefruit tang entwines sugared malts countering oncoming raw-honeyed black tea bitterness.

Aromatic malts beget cracked wheat, honeyed biscuit, and sweet Scotch insinuations leveraged by sour yeast undercoating.

Mild musty fruits, peaceful organic hops, and sourdough yeast reminiscent of delicious Wolaver’s Pale Ale. Flowery citrus notes enliven soft-grained crisp-watered finish. Brewery defunct: 2001.

Astringent dark amber English pale ale inconspicuously soft-bodied enough to be labeled ‘session bitter.’ Vegetal barnyard waft informs earthen nature as dry-hopped grassy wheat formality, husked barley aridity, and meager tangerine hint deplete toffee malting. Undesired diacetyl acridity ruins bland finish.

Light-bodied top-fermented copper-toned bitter gains deep grain pungency, hop-charred bitterness, and dry malt ebb abruptly countering sinewy yeast sweetness. But indistinct finish lowers appeal.

Highly regarded, widely touted amber-red ale with formal, efficient palate novices will appreciate alongside professionals. Rich caramelized grains embolden long lasting bittersweet (never harsh) finish confronting dry hop relief. Hidden beneath creamy butterscotch fizz lies subdued black cherry hints. On tap, its silky flow, sinewy yeast pleasantness, and sweet malt overtones rate a perfect five. In the bottle, yeast residue is lost. Canned version relies on ester-y apple nose, burnt sugar frontage, and dry grain backbone, turning tinny by caramel finish.

Immediate dry wheat husk tempers mild hop formality, iffy barley strand, and sweet tobacco spell, picking up slender lemon-orange bitterness and banana souring by light Scotch finish.