Slightly acidic English-styled strong ale brings molasses, maple, and cocoa sweetness to secondary coffee dryness as cigar-leafed tobacco crisping wavers. Coarse nuttiness and vegetal trifle felt underneath cornbread fleece.

Sweet and sour floral yeast sinew encounters bitter hop fizz at upper palate as hints of orange rind and raw vanilla peak through. Creamy, assertive, but un-involving.

Perfectly balanced sienna-hued hop-splotched strong ale. Rich mocha malt essence heavily influenced by earthen pine-hopped barley toasting and brown-sugared fig-spiced molasses sapping to pungent coffee-molasses finish. Robust, hearty, and truly distinguished.

Cork-dried dark ale with woozy 10% alcohol fervor and carbolic soda flow gains tangy orange juice essence topping ripe peach-honeydew succulence to pleasant bitter-hopped raisin-prune finish.

Heavily hopped spiciness and frisky carbolic fizz reminiscent of heartier red ales sets sail above 7% alcohol strength. Grainy earthiness and smoked barleymalts maintain luster to fine sour fruited finish. Reticent bitter nuttiness barely registers.

Pour slowly creamy-headed, butterscotch-hued, heavily hopped ‘eisbock’ seasonal or risk spillage. Heady 9% alcohol welcomes Scotch malt kick, wintry cinnamon-nutmeg-coriander luster, and marmalade-like mandarin orange-pineapple-mango perfusion. By mild vanilla-maple finish, astringent ester-y grape sourness overwhelms grassy mouthfeel.

Interestingly, original label features friendly caricature of renowned beer critic Michael Jackson. Foamy head and cloudy amber hue welcome strong, heavily alcohol-fueled winner. Sweet Scotch aroma, thick resin-heavy malt palate, pronounced hop briskness, and caramelized mocha nuttiness broaden full-bodied essence.

Tangy white wined Flemish-styled red ale burrows vinegary acidity below illusions of hard cider, sour citrus, tart cherry, and dry prune. By mid-palate, prevalent green apple overtones invade astringent oaken finish. On tap, barleywine chill recedes to brandied cherry jubilee whisk and cranberry-grape tannin sequel.

Viscous rust penny-hued ale (dotted by heavy yeast sediment) retains bittersweet orange-peeled lemon bruising above green apple, boysenberry, raspberry and peach tartness. Dry-hopped white peppering increases ancillary currant sharpness. Musty earthen herbal nuance and fresh cut grass leathering linger to mildly creamed fruitful finish.

Pour slowly this lively carbolic Belgian-styled brew. Sophisticated tan-headed, tawny-bodied Grand Cru calibrates brown ale, holiday ale, and barleywine tendencies efficiently. Brisk orange-apple fruiting, floral cinnamon-cardamom-nutmeg spicing and subtle black licorice snippet bedeck sweet doughy wheat spine ’til buttery finish secures wintry warmth.

Robust yet smooth brown-bodied English strong ale links sweet chocolate-caramel waft to rich multi-grain fortitude and moderate nutty hop bitterness, finishing alcoholic without upsetting polite honey malt pleasantry.

Increasingly tart Belgian knockoff links soured banana-plantain opening to medicinal cherry coughdrop midst, where tangy tangerine, pear, and white grape fruiting gets casually spotted.