Tepid amber-clouded mocha-scented lager with unassuming hop fizz fades gently to mild pale malt finish.

Simple, easygoing straw-cleared lager maintains stalwart gluten wheat stickiness, fresh-cut barley earthiness, and bread-y yeast continuation. Corn syrupy finish picks up dry rye enhancement.

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?

Fluffy white-headed gold-silken malt liquor-strengthened Pol more memorable and enjoyable than macrobrewed Budweiser. Pungent yeast-wafted barley-breaded entry receives moderate dry-spiced hop bittering not nearly as brawny as 6.2% alcohol volume indicates. Tepid carbolic fizz and corn-husked astringency hinder soapy metallic finish, hurting its chances with serious drinkers.

Glaring barleymalt dryness combines with soft hop bitterness for perfunctory Northwest lager. Zesty fruitiness and mint backdrop can’t help watery, flat, bland, inorganic finish.

Cloudy moderate-bodied Czech-styled pale lager with barley-roasted malting accentuated by floral hops stays delicate, yet efficient. Brewery defunct: 1998.

Subtle wheat-grained cereal opening integrates sweet caramel corn, toasted barley and baguette illusions with muted fruiting of bohemian-styled lager. Lemony orange souring overrides tidy apple spicing, minor coarse astringency and backend acidity. Honeyed Scotch malting creates sinewy mouthfeel. Basic ingredients connect the dots well.

Moderate pale golden dry body imparts flashy hop-spiced citric-quince tang to crystal malted alacrity and nut bread toasting, finishing thin.