Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Floral hops in the nose, apple, citrus. Medium copper body with nice rising carbonation, topped by frothy white medium head and moderate lace. Mouth has nice carbonation level but is perhaps a touch thin in the body. OK, I am fighting a cold but a fairly mild flavor profile I think. Nicely bitter at the end with a slightly fizzy finish. Well balanced but could use a bit more malt for the style. Alcohol is well masked. Maybe a touch to fruity, a little buttery which is OK for style.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Nose of hey, sour apple, maybe some violets, Pale gold body with continuing bubbles of carbonation is topped with a thin white head that has good retention and leaves no lace. Mouth is a bit thin but not watery. Typical pils flavor profile, straw. a bit of funk, with a sour finish, a little extra hops tingle in mid flavor. A fairly solid offering of an Americanized Czech Pils.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Big nose, initial apricot followed with lots of pine resin and some cotton candy. Slightly fogged light copper body topped with big frothy head that leaves great lace. Mouth is medium and a bit creamy. perhaps a hair undercarbonated. Flavor is very unusual. There is some major mustiness in this IPA. sizable ,alt moderate bitter, very drying, alcohol present and warming, really like this profile, some sweetness, but the musty thing which hangs in there from start to finish is a bit offputting, it may be growing on me though.

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

Surprisingly mild nose, fig, burnt sugar, touch of malt, and some floral notes .Dark black body with a hint of ruby, 2 finger head that subsides rapidly, good lace. Mouth is medium and clean. Flavor is a bit timid. VEry nice bitter towards the finish which pivots to a bit of sweet at the very end. Aftertaste of cherry pit, almost like faint cough syrup. Some surprising raw grain flavors, alcohol pretty well masked. Its OK but really is making a beer black and an alcohol bomb a decent target to aim for? If so well done, but I think not.

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

Had to go down the rabbit hole to add this beer; the Ballantine brand is owned and marketed by Pabst but the brewing is consigned to MillerCoors LLC. So I saw this sitting in the singles section of my local provider and thought wait, haven't seen Ballantine in years, looked closer and it was Ballantine IPA! Had to try it. Oak and floral hops in the nose with some biscuit and pine. Pours one of the best heads I have seen in awhile, frothy and long lasting with great lace. (Can't believe that Miller knows how to do this!!!) Body is slightly hazed light copper with effervescence present. Mouth is towards full bodied and creamy. This is surprisingly bitter for 70 IBU, the grain bill is well balanced. Some tart fruit in the ending, the front is oak and leather and pepper. This is a shockingly well done IPA, hits the middle, not quite a hop-head beer but a VERY solid IPA consigned to a a macro brewer, I can hardly believe it!

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

(I will have to rerate with a new bottle at some point, this one must have been off, label Oct 2014, abc upped to 7%))A bit winey in the nose, lots of hay, vanilla, apple, licorice, subtle clove. Medium peachy/amber clear body topped with minimal head that lasts well and laces OK. Mouth is surprisingly creamy yet a bit light bodied. Oh God, the flavor... this is just not right!!!! Bubblegum and clove are followed immediately by a really nasty hit... what is it??? Motor oil? Aspirin? Ends with an artificial-tasting sour note. This is on Odd duck from Goose Island.

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

Malt and vanilla in the nose with some peppery hop notes and some apricot. Medium gold body with effervescence and crystal clarity is topped by a medium eggwhite head that leaves good lace. Mouth is creamy for an IPA and fairly full bodied. The flavor is timid but well balanced. Probably a great beer to introduce a friend to the IPA style for the first time. The hops are there and the malt is there its just very restrained, slightly bitter finish with a hint of sweetness as well. Somehow avoids tasting watered down, this has more taste than the recently popular lower alcohol style IPA's (which this isn't.) I wish they could make a nice flavorful IPA at 4.5% or less. At any rate this veer would be quite session able for an IPA, interesting beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Well, it smells a bit skunk.....here goes. Standard pils nose but heavy on the skunk, lots of grass. Pours a dry pale amber with decent white head and good lace. Mouth is a bit watery good fix, a bit slick. Not a lot of taste and what there is ain't choice. Don;t get me wrong, they took a shot at a czech pils and some of the notes are there, but its not full flavored and has a very bad chemical aftertaste. (first note is skunk, a bit like a euro-macro). This is a beer that tastes like it could get better if they try to make it so.

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

REceived as a secret santa gift. Not much info out there, they don't have a real website. Big malty nose with sweet roasted caramel notes coming through. (since I posted it I called it a Brown Ale, but they are rumored to claim that it is brewed in a Saison/FArmhouse style, go figure.) Floral hops in the nose, lavender? Great nose. Pours a deep copper body that is clear and topped by a reasonable head with unbelievable retention and nice lace. The mouth on this is creamy and full-bodied, slightly slick, chewy, and has a low fizz factor. Tastes like a brown ale gone slightly sweet. You get hit with major roasted malt, a cotton candy sweetness, followed with floral hops. The finish is just slightly bitter. The aftertaste has a slightly objectionable chemical taste high on the roof of the mouth so it gets a 7 (I think its a strange way the hops are combining with the sugars), otherwise would have been a 9. Fun beer!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Pine and cotton candy in the nose, sweet malt. Brown with touch of red body topped with shortlasting white fizzy head that leaves a bit of lace. Mouth is medium bodied and slick, touch undercarbonated. Not much flavor, grain and sugar and mild. Texas should maybe not be brewing beer.

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

Huge hops nose blast of pine followed with some floral notes and some dark ripe fruit, maybe a hint of vanilla. Peachy body that is foggy (unfiltered?) topped with a nice white head with medium retention and decent lace. Mouth is a bit foamy, medium bodied, slick, and a bit creamy. Big flavor follows the nose. Apricot, pine, some walnut, oddly a bit of grassy funk, alcohol quite present. Bitter finish that is not quite dry.

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

Nose of lemon, yeast and and some cardamom. Spot on for style. Unfiltered medium yellow body is topped by a great rocky head with excellent retention and decent lace. Mouth is fullish and creamy with very nice carbonation. A slightly mild saison flavor profile; spicy flavors are subdued (I LIKE!) and lemon is present as well as yeasty farmhouse funk. Finish is perfectly dry. I love these saisons in place of champaigns.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Aroma is Cotton Candy, Beeman's gum (yup I am that old), fruity banana esters, and some pepper. Appearance if a properly foggy orange-copper body topped by an only decent (for a weizen) off white head with mediocre retention and no lace, very disappointing. Mouth is slick but lacks the tingle that should be present, again disappointing. So, OK, first dunkel weizen for me, had a lot of hefes, which i am quite fond of. Should this beer be as sweet as it is??? Sweetness dominates that taste but it does have banana and clove lurking underneath as well as bubblegum, all appropriate except the sweetness? Slightly cloying floral finish to this which is odd, violets? Aftertaste is wet and fairly balanced, aftertaste may be that best part of this beer.

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

This beer has changed recipe? This is now an Imperial IPA (they call it double) at 8.1 ABV and a whopping 95 IBU. Nose is peaches, pine, and floral. Orange-amber body that is not clear topped with minimal white head that leaves a solid skim coat and little lace. Mouth if full, creamy, and carbonation spot on. Good balance on the flavor. Big grain and big bitter with a slightly dry finish and alcohol present. Hints of peach, tobacco, and something green...., pine resin and bitter, did I say bitter? Its bitter!

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Shor lived nose of pine and pine and pine and a bit of flowers. Is this unfiltered? Very cloudy golden amber body topped with a short ives off-white head that leaves fast but leaves a skim coat and moderate lace. Medium bodied and slick mouth with good carbonation.Uncomplicated but nice flavor, good malt backbone with grain present, some ripe fruit, nicely bitter all the way through, very clean and dry finish. Solid normal IPA.

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

Cheers for a brew in a good old court bottle! Major pine in the nose, and its a big nose, also orange and cotton candy. This is a great, long-lasting nose! Medium gold body does not hint and the flavor wallop this thing packs. Topped with a nice white head that lasts and laces. Mouth is medium and creamy with good carbonation level. Flavor, yup its got flavor! Bitter orange, pine resin, lightly roasted malts, some rye in the profile, cotton candy in mid taste, finish is bitter and sour and just a bit wet. (prejudice review, I loved Brown Shugga). This ones aces!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Nose is flowery, violets and lavendar with a hint of citrus. Quite different. Pours a very pale lemon-colored body with a thick white head that lasts and laces well. Mouth is medium light towards watery with decent sliperyness and fizzy carbonation. Flavor has very little malt, some grain detected, its mostly a single high note of citrus with a hint of peach, this brew is not rounded but drinkable.

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

Born on date of Aug 13 2014 this one is pretty fresh. Nose is all cascade, the only hop in the brew I believe, grapefruit and floral notes abound with the malt givng a hint of sweetness. Medium amber orange body that is topped (with a somewhat vigorous pour) with a decent whtie head that has a long lsting skim coat and very nice lace. Mouth is medium light, spot on for an IPA with some slickness and spot on carbonation. Not super hoppy but very well balanced, a hint of sweet biscut at the start with a bit of grapefruit followed by very nice bitterness that is balanced with the touch of sweet. Finishes slightly wet and quite clean. Lets hear it for the local guys and gals making a lovely fresh beer availble here. The have an (860) IPA I need to try, they say its a bit heavier. (They are naming their brew lines after local area codes/) Oh...the alcohol is slightly warming but well masked.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Faint floral nose with a hint of citrus. Clear pale gold body is topped with a rocky wite head that is long-lasting and great lace. A light body with good fizz and slightly slick. Solid malt is bread yeast is fruity and hops are minimal and battering. Slightly buttery as it warms. Not a hop heads cup of tea but a true Pale Ale, very sessionable.

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

Ripe dark fruit, and roasted malts in the nose and some cotton candy. A foggy brown body is topped with a moderate off white head with good retention and only a bit of lace. Mouth is medium and a bit creamy with perfect carbonation. Make no mistake, this beer is sweet! Deep ripe fig and prune notes are soon overtaken with cotton candy, amazing to think they add no sugar. 9.5 and is totally masked with only a hint of warming. Aftertaste starts sweet but ends dry and clean. Masterful Brewing!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 6

smells like an IPA spilled into the salad plate. Grassy notes with rosemary at first and then parsley predominating. Not an attractive nose but hey the Brewers are having fun! Pale gold body topped by a nice white head with excellent retention and minimal lace. Mouth is too watery. Tastes like a funked up pills. The herb notes are NOT subtle, it's like half IPA and half parsley extract. And salty! Look.. The Brewers had fun, hats off to them, just buy it once.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 6

Nose off for style. Sour fruit and biscuit, no hop notes. Pours medium copper body with a full off white head. good retention and good lacing. Mouthperhaps a bit thick for the style, quite creamy.Flavor is sweet and sour and grassy with a bit of hop bitterness at the end. Not right.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Big nose on this one, citrus and pear. Pours a medium gold body with a hint of orange topped with a white frothy head that lasts well and leaves good lace. Body is thinish but this is a lager. Carbonation is nice. Flavor is not complex, quite clean and dry. A hint of lemon, sme grass and grain, just s touch of sweetness in the end, the hops appear to be aroma and bittering, not much typical hop flavors, surprisingly well balanced between hops and grassy flavors. Very drinkable.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Resin and lemon in the nose with some sweet candy notes and a hint of biscuit, maybe a touch of vanilla. Pours a light amber body with nice effevesance topped with a rocky ful white head with good retention and deent lace. Mouth is thinish for a big beer and slightly watery. Flvor profiel starts sweet, not sure I would identify maple syrup had it not said so on the label but the sweetness is there, perhaps slightly cloying. I also get a hint of ripe peach, hops present but not very bittering. Finish is dry, aftertaste is a bit astringent, alcohol is present and warming.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

large frothy white head tops a clear light copper/orange body what has lovely effervesance leaving nice lace. Nose is not prominent.Ripe dark fruit, biscuit, a bit pf pine. Motuh is medium bodied, slick, with good carbonation level. Perhaps not quite as resinous as the bottle wouldhave you believe. AS with most of the beers in this series its well balanced with enough malt sweetness to mellow the fairly intense bitterness. Besides the pine there are some nutty notes and a hint of citrus. Pretty nice brew and again kudos for the educational value of these single hop editions.