Pale-toned medium body with charred wood palate enhancing remarkably expansive honeyed Scotch likeness. Extremely dry rye backbone and lessened lime-hopped briskness further assure bitter alcohol-stricken finish. Single malt whiskey snobs may sing its praises but less adventurous lagerheads will be put off.

Formerly nicknamed “Natty” when Baltimore-brewed, this cheaply sour-doughed, phenol-hopped, cumulous-headed pale lager slips into fizzy insignificance, maligning paper thin fresh-cut grass nose, sweet grain minerality and piquant peach-tangerine conflux.

Swampy sour astringency overwhelms dreaded corn-y malt liquor-like acridity, devouring sugared oats of weary hop-fizzed moderation.

Okay pale-toned earthen-grained sour milk-wafted sedation gains peculiar ginger ale dryness ahead of prominent sourdough funk, but as musty yeast heft subsides, little else shines through at watery sugar-sweetened finish. Couldn’t find label so used brewers’ Frog ‘N Hound Cream Ale as reference. Brewery defunct: 2003.

Tedious fizz-watered travesty with undetectable guarana (a natural caffeine source). Clear-toned pearly headed dread picks up minor phenol bittering from slenderest maize jot and barnyard earthiness. Where’s the damn Kick?

Sympathetic dry-fizzed dull-hopped bitterness and mild Scotch malt tangent hide creamed wheat influence for yeast-licked cardboard-like grain musk on par with Michelob, perhaps.

Sole native Haitian beer comes in pudgy brown bottle and tastes no worse than Jamaica’s Red Stripe. Palest straw hue, billowy pearl head, and sweet corn aroma introduce medium-bodied mediocrity. Sour malting picks up maize tinge usurped by sharp lemony grapefruit hop bittering.

Named after local Andes penguins, roughhewn pale-toned Chilean fades hop-grained corn malted astringency into barest wood burnt intonation, retaining no head or body to sulfuric finish.

9.1-ounce bottle of light, simple African beer. Pronounced malted grain sweetness enhanced by brusque hop sharpness. Lean barley roast and shades of fruit found at watery finish.

Doughy hop-fizzed beer from behind (what’s left of) the Iron Curtain. While visiting China, Tsingtao had more noticeable grain frame and gentler water flow. Sweet rice snip furrows into delicate yeast sinew. Floral hop spices caress crisp, easygoing finish. Try it with a lime.

Swell maple-malt aroma initiates complex Euro-styled premium. Up-front bitter grains enjoin dark cherry tartness and syrup-y maple sweetness for excellent well rounded brew reminiscent of Sierra Nevada ales.

Toasted hops and moderate barleymalts combine for lager-like appeal. Orange rind and nectar add dimension to lingered bitter-grained finish. A reliable session beer.