Updated, downgraded, unbalanced version of former ‘Laughing Buddha’ labeled fruit beer (with sinewy yeast sediment) lacks proper mango influence to fragile pale wheat spine. Leathery white grape acridity, comparable to Belgian gueuze, encumbers lemon-soured mango tartness and unripe peach nullity that becomes overbearingly mouth-puckering in its acidic dryness. Serve with barbecue steak or pork to bring out further illusions.

Sparkly light-bodied magenta-hued black currant-centered ale aged in medieval castle (Kasteel Brewery) comes across shy and fruity. Fizzy soda flow enlivens bitter raspberry-boysenberry-elderberry tang, but citric nuance stays distant and faint dry cherry finish hinges on astringency.

Simple, plain, opaque auburn ale lacks sufficient bruised orange tang, herbal hop appropriation, and mocha malt sweetness. Instead, earthy peat, dry tobacco, mildew-y resin, and slumbered raisin-date-fig saturate citric malfunction.

True thematic banana bread waft and drier banana chip mouthfeel sweetened further by honeyed wheat Graham cracker expansion. Mineral-watered crystal malting backs up banana seed midst of peculiar clear amber banana-breaded fruit ale.

Could a grape jam company succeed at making fine ales? Toned down purple grape aroma and lime-embittered unripe grape dryness overwhelmed by withered hop fizz and bland soda sweetness, managing to be fairly unique but not overly peculiar.

Pour slowly this unfiltered champagne cork-scented nickel-copper-hued apple blossom special. Dry-hopped seltzer fizz caresses sour quince/ sparkling cider essence as barley-wheat backdrop simmers through pacific mandarin orange/ white peach tartness. But dubious finish assumes pilsner-like blandness.

Alarming $17 price tag for 22 ounce bottle partially justified by astonishing 18% alcohol volume. Deeply penetrating pureed raspberry fortification dissipates slightly to good-natured peach-grape-cherry tang as sharp hops embitter sticky malt outskirts and accumulative perfume-y waft of pinkish glowed bright amber fruit ale.

Burgundy-hued mahogany ale with strong dry stout characteristics such as dried cocoa bitterness and dehydrated prune essence. Billowy bubbles form sharp beige head for this dirty-grained ‘raison’ (raisin) brew. Accented by orange notes and sour yeast, its malt-lacquered green raisin finish gains depth with each sip. On tap, pinpoint fruited malting increases beet sugar-tweaked raisin-fig depth, bruised orange souring, and sarsaparilla tease.

Malt-y bruised orange waft illuminates ripe raisin burst and overripe prune thickness as ‘bulbous brown flavored ale’ settles to sensational creamy cognac finish. Moreover, incredible brandy luster consumes deep alcohol-ridden backdrop while tempting candied butterscotch expanse increases density of ridiculously strong slow sipping majesty.

Cloy soda-like stickiness may lower appeal of unfiltered ivory-headed hazy-yellowed ‘white beer.’ Cinnamon-spiced baked apple tartness overrides lemony pear-apricot trifle and almond-vanilla dab, but gummy confectionery malting severely undercuts capricious red-yellow-green apple blend. Serve to quirky quince quaffers.

Malted rye and roasted barley-hops reassure fermented nectar tang. Not unlike fine apricot wine, but short-lived phenol finish sets it back. Brewery defunct: 1997.

Dynamic well-balanced hazy straw-hued wheat beer offers refreshingly juicy apricot-tangerine depth for delightfully spicy tart lemon twinge. Soft hops sit on tongue as cracked wheat backbone settles in, picking up mild chamomile-coriander notes. Ripe citric tang lingers forever.