Hippie chic psychedelic bee label, citrus-y ‘Hempen Ale’ aroma, and fruited pale malts confront bitter-grained luster for rich frothy-headed complexity. Heavy Brussels lace coats the top as yeast sediment cakes the bottom of mellow Beatles-inspired curiosity.

Brisk roasted barley template receives creamy malt richness, absorbing well-hopped soda-like fizz of highly carbolic moderate body. Mild fruitiness sweetens polite grain finish. Serve to pilsner fans as an alternative.

Moderate amber-paled clear-bottled mediocrity brings modest crystal malting and mild corn sweetness to delicate off-dry bitterness. But watery flow lacks resilience of Wychwood’s much better Fiddler’s Elbow and autumnal Hobgoblin (though the bewitching scarecrow label’s a scream).

Bright citric nose enjoins soothing barley-oats confluence, dry pumpernickel-rye reminder, and distant piney floral hints as sourdough sways upward. Minor juicy grapefruit souring embitters cocoa malts, consuming dense alcoholic acidity.

Aromatic orange rind prominence and tangy grapefruit-peach-blueberry medley lead heavily carbonated bitter-hopped dry body. Prudent honeyed malt sweetness gains organic earthiness, animated floral accent, and meager kiwi-quince-melon hint to piney finish.

Fine sunset orange ale offers cracked wheat, doughy biscuit, and sweet tobacco triage to deepening raw honey bittering. Lingering spruce hop finish receives floral grapefruit-lemon twang and dried tobacco nuance.

Pronounced mocha malt creaminess and prickly hop spicing illuminate beguiling fruitiness. Concordant yeast-thickened sinew richer than lighter-bodied pale ale competition. Roasted barley-nut insurgence heightens exquisite backend.

Easygoing yellow-hazed pale ale maintains simple buttery-nosed pilsner appeal as pale-malted banana-orange-apricot dryness caresses barley-wheat mildness. Picture courtesy of www.ratebeer.com

Sedate buttery flow and casual spiced hop bitterness satiate floral yeast sweetening, but slight astringency at tempered finish knocks back initial warmth. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Coppery ale retains bittersweet malting, sour citric tartness, and grassy hop drynesss to rye finish as unexpected charcoal illusion thickens. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Mildly clouded amber appearance, oily mineral grain essence and dreary red fruited subtlety lack resolve. Sparkly carbolic fizz becomes phenolic. Blasé IPA similitude stays unengaging. Lively, refreshing, but undistinguished.

Just whiffing this cloudy, rust-hued, yeast-sugared pale body will convince you it’s truly organic. Smooth mineral water flow mellows sedate piney floral moodscape overlaying roasted barley sweetness and cornstarch-like usurpation. Off-dry hop finish imparts fresh citric-berry fruitiness.