Busily cluttered limited edition strong ale combines Jewbelation 15, Origin Pomegranate Strong Ale, Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A., Messiah Nut Brown, Coney Island Lager and Albino Python in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels. Fig-juiced red, purple and green grape tannins add vinous pucker to plum-wined port, bourbon and sherry illusions as well as oaken vanilla spell. Tart pomegranate and cranberry undertones gather alongside tertiary prune-raisin-plum dried fruiting.

On tap at Taphouse Grille, complex Belgian strong ale hybridizes mocha stout sweetness with Christmastime fruit caking. Ashen brown chocolate spicing and dark toffee sugaring drape smooth cask-like dry Scotch subtlety. Lemon-dried plum-fig-date conflux overrides latent red-wined cherry peppering, wintry gingerbread snip and relegated plastique nuance.

Elegantly detailed limited edition 150th anniversary celebrator proves to be as uniquely ambitious as brewers’ three year-round offerings. Based on Chimay Tripel (white label), its champagne-sparkled fruity bouquet sashays around an herbaceous pink peppercorn and lemongrass cluster. White grape, green apple, banana, pineapple, orange, mango and melon illusions receive tingly lemon-limed bittering that contrasts Chardonnay-buttered honey mead or cotton-candied marshmallow nuances. Black-peppered basil-thyme conflux registers below advertised orange-peeled coriander influence.

Soily 7% alcohol strong ale (a.k.a. Braonblasta or ‘tasty drop’) may be nebulous stylistically or flavorwise, but it remains fulsome and robust. Mossy peat earthiness spreads across barley-flaked mineral graining, unsweetened baking chocolate bittering and fig-juiced black tea souring. Oily Fuggle hops drape ancillary marble rye breading and charcoal tarring contrasting sweet maple malt sinew. Alkaline-like alcohol astringency may preclude softer thirsts.

On tap at Copper Mine, stellar 16th anniversary Blasphemy Quad receives extremely crystalline bourbon barrel aging. Oaken vanilla and mocha molasses saturate succulent bourbon sweetness. Black cherry, raisin and fig found in recess. Braggot-like mead wining allows purple and red grape esters to enter its soothing whiskey bent.

On tap at Copper Mine, smoothly decisive barrel-aged brown ale brings syrupy whiskey malting to hazelnut-doused vanilla-chocolate sweetness. Soy-sauced raisin pureeing finds ancillary space before mocha-bound bourbon whiskey finish sets in.

Tamer strong ale (with quieted high gravity 8.5% alcohol volume) brings citric-spiced sweetness to grassy-hopped pining contrasting honey-roasted malting. Lemony pineapple, cherry, orange and grapefruit illusions get scattered through polite moderation. Oaken vanilla pinch wavers. A crisply approachable changeup differentiated from stereotypically stylish ethanol-fueled fare.

Assertive 11.2% alcohol ‘double’ Extra Pale Ale with coppery sienna hue seems closer to a strong barleywine with its medicinal red cherry splurge, bourbon-soaked brandy whir and warm cognac tinge. Chewy caramelized vanilla center sweetens bruised orange, sugared fig, candied apple and date illusions (but harsh alcohol-burnt vodka slipstream may put off lighter thirsts). Worthy slow slipper whiskey lovers should take a liking to.

Majestic mahogany-hued Belgian strong ale, aged in oak barrels, could pass for a sour ale or saison instead of a hybridized Christmas seasonal. Cherry-soured green grape tannins bring vinous mouth-puckering tartness to lactic yeast funk, finishing with a water-crisped floral-fruited wining. Pinot noir, red zinfandel, sherry, sirah and rosé illusions deepen limestone-dried Granny Smith apple, green pear, cranberry and fig snip as well as floral chrysanthemum, lavender and lilac hints.