Red fruited nosing begets alcohol-drenched citric tongue as juicy grapefruit-orange-peach tang counters sharp juniper-creased floral hop bittering and charcoal-stained wood-burnt harshness of hazy golden liquid. Beneath, roasted barley-oats and toasted almond provide rich bed. Serve to hop-headed gin lovers.

Dry muted fruitiness (unripe grape, green apple, pear, orange) and subtle nutty dissonance cut through diacetyl lemony hop fizz and slim barleycorn backbone of clear straw low calorie lightweight.

Enormously successful reddish copper pale ale bursts forth with juicy orange-peach citric punch after cascading amber bubbles settle at top. Perfumed hops match piney notes for alcohol-thickened bitterness, countering gorgeous floral yeast bed, sweet barleywine legs, and butterscotch variance.

Exquisite citrus sweetness, toasted barley persistence, and piney piquancy inform totally consistent ruby-hazed English bitter. Floral backdrop deepens spruced hop surge and candied malt purge. Upon ’08 re-tasting, astringent earthiness distracted lightened yellow-fruited meander and mustard seed twinge.

Original British version differs slightly from Sam Adams’  copycat Traditional Pale Ale by way of drier barley flow, better sourdough yeast penetration, minor wood seepage, and deeper amber hue. Bitter mocha presence absorbs sweet Scotch ravine, banana-bruised orange-fig slip, lucid clove-nutmeg dip, and piquant pecan-praline-cocoa nip by light-watered finish too metallic for serious consumption. Nascent sorghum astringency and mucky honeyed butterscotch souring intrude upon scruffy spiced-hop coarseness.

Golden-hued butterscotch-sweetened pale ale relinquishes slight malt tingle and clean water texture to mellow cracked wheat insinuation. An understated brew in need of better up-front assertion.

Serene butterscotch-chocolate malting fades quickly to soapy tobacco-tea-mushroom scourge, dragging dry fruited esters to copper ale-like anonymity by dull finish. Brewery defunct: 2007.

Famous baseball legends sport labels-caps of these inconspicuous lagers. Sour malts fade to muted orange-peeled apricot midst before phenol nature gets best of dreary finish.

Ill-defined coppery pearl-headed English-styled pale ale lacks assertive resolve though roasted barley, buttery malts, and bitter-spiced floral hops compare favorably to Breckenridge’s similarly toasted Summerbright Ale. Watery finish dissolves sharp peach-grapefruit-tangerine array and wheat bread subtlety.

Fluffy eggshell-headed pale-hazed bone-dry softie drops phenol aromatics into peppery hop-spiced orange peel bitterness juxtaposing sour fruited malt prowl. Melon, kiwi, and tangerine hints echo rising grapefruit tide. Straw wheat and toasted oats backend lithe soft-watered simplicity.

Satiable clear auburn ale with pleasant malt-roasted brown chocolate overtones and brittle banana wisp goes down smooth. Though fizzy carbonation nearly overwhelms, polite caramel notes fill out earthen grain backdrop, retaining only some up-front thickness. Down Under brew will ease amateurs and captivate veteran drinkers.

Wispy chocolate-scented spice-hopped medium body gains initial luster from polite nut-roasted barleymalt sweetness and murky citrus infusion. Disturbing astringency flat-lines boring mocha finish.