Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours with a malty and very slightly hoppy aroma. Very clear brown body, tiny cap of foam, very apparently filtered...tsk, tsk. Thinner mouthfeel for a big beer, nice carbonation and coating. Rich malt flavors, munich-esque malts apparent, some backing bitterness, just enough to nearly balance, however the carbonation pick up most of the slack. This seems to need a bit more time in the cellar to round out, however, its prety good...but not outstanding in a strong category.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 4

Pours with a spicy and off kilter aroma, where's the malt? or at least the fruit or hops? Brown pour with almost no head. Rather flat, and rather thin mouthfeel, somehow. Ehh, this just seemed off, rather than the old ale it had the chance to be, but at this price...it deserves one more chance, at best.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Pours with a strong buttery/diacetyl aroma. Deep brown color, no head, no foam, no lacing. Very slick, buttery mouthfeel and a butterscotch/D flavor over tiny hints of roast and caramel. Totally unbalance and I hope this is just an abberation.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours with a spicy and fruity aroma over a gold body and white foam which fades rather quick. Effervescent and light mouthfeel. Spicy and wheaty flavor, simple, very light citrus. A good witbier.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

While arguably my least favorite style...maybe its the narrow definition and strict limitations, this is one damn fine example. Along with Boulevard Dry Stout, this really sets a standard. While thinner in mouthfeel, as it should be, and somehow softly, yet amply carbonated while chocolately, coffee and softly bitter notes shine through...it is clean and nice.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

11.6% ABV, 2006 Vintage, sampled 1/9/07. A big, potent brew. Fruity aromatics once it warms, like raisins and dried apricots. A huge head and khaki foam in my Maudite glass for an 11.6% English style brew with nice lacing. Rich and full, just like and EBW or OSA should be, while on the drier side, this is rather an accomplishment, as it is still sweet, but the balance is exception, especially for featuring Fuggles. What a way to showcase flavor complexity as compared to temperature. Cold, its merely alcohol and malt, like a bad eisbock. However as it warms, varied fruits and a complex (Fuggles...seriously?) hop flavor come through. I've love to see this a few years down the road...as I'm sure this one will survive with grace.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Wow! I can see why this is an American classic, in a category which attracts duds and fizzles, this really does set a standard. Citrusy and caramelly aroma, with some fruitiness (peach and pineapple) with very mild spice, all of which is reflected in the aroma. A red/amber pour with nice, fluffy eggshell head and lace, with a coating and effervescent mouthfeel, full, but refreshing. A greatly balanced bitterness and malty complexity. One helluva session ale...I may add, that would make one nice session.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

A spicy and malty aroma wafts out. A bit flat, even for a bigger beer, but quite clear with some foam and cling. A bit thin compared to other strong ales, however, it is a bit quenching despite its strength. Spicy hops a richer maltiness combine to make this a more mellow bird than some certain gargoyles. A deceptively strong brew and a nice imperialized version of a continental pale ale...

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

First sampled from my girlfriend's aunt's fridge during a card game with the family...when you need a drink its good to know a nice beer is in the garage. Pours with a resinously hopppy aroma, but its not knock your socks off. Hazy yellow and a nice head...gloriously unfiltered, thank you, Mendocino. A tad thin and shallow on the pallate, nice carbonation, though. American APA, all the way for flavor, but just watered down compared to some. Its almost like a smaller Two Hearted Ale that didn't fare well in the translation, and by well, I mean as great as that brew is. Anyway, its a damn fine APA, and probably a classic, but not the lead in the Flying V.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

By a wide margin, the best Sorghum beer and the best gluten free beer I've had. And, not a bad Blonde Ale, at that. An odd graininess to the aroma, although not unpleasant, coupled with some hop spiciness. Thinner mouthfeel, nice for a blonde, refreshing with moderate carbonation. That odd, sorghum grain flavor (despite the use of syrup) and a satisfying hop bite, it definitely tastes like beer, and a Blonde Ale, at that, and a good Blonde Ale, even. Well done, Sean and Schlafly.