On tap, lemon zest, orange juice, and banana-clove burst forth alongside advertised grains of paradise tropicalia, satiating creamy crystal malting. Mango, peach, and tangerine make nice cameos.

Impossibly clear pinkish amber hue proves even lighter and more transparent than soft-toned session beer itself. Faint orange dryness and distant grassy-hopped bittering coerce washed-out beet-sugared strawberry-melon-apricot astringency. Subtle pale-malted Pac Mac yeast influx doesn’t suffice and vacuous citric-soured finish leaves slight metallic twinge. Sadly, summer retreat ain’t nearly ‘wacky’ enough re-tweaking Magic Hat’s equally pallid beet-crazy precursor Kerouac Ale.

Friendly moderate-bodied Belgian-styled white ale overlays up-front coriander-clove spicing and floral hop tease with steadfast orange rind bitterness. Husked wheat, dry hay, and fresh grass provide earthy touch to oncoming candied malt gloss and apricot-quince ascension, though phenol aspect disrupts herbal tea hint.

Light, watery, dry-husked summer solstice wheat ale with mildly spicy lemon spell enhancing biscuit-y bottom to undesired acidic citrus finish.

Delicious penny copper-hued tropical cream ale brings luscious kiwi-mango freshness to ripe strawberry-raspberry sweetness and tart cherry dryness. Juicy orange tang then engulfs cracked wheat backdrop as vanilla-pecan notes dart across buttery kettle corn nuance and toasted almond finish for an extremely interesting summer celebrator.

Balking at traditional summer ale traits, this fizzy seasonal lacks fruity potential but procures sugary maltose finesse. Roasted barley-hop dryness finds tangy sour citrus center atop caramelized undertones. Brewery defunct: circa 2004.

Halfway refreshing golden-fleeced seasonal benefits from clover honey sweetness and soft lemony orange peel bittering, but glutinous pale wheat stickiness and cloy soda-like finish become stagnant. Soapy backdrop outlasts vulnerable peppery coriander-clove spicing.

Soapy translucent gold lightweight brings sly dry hop graze and dank lemony peach-grapefruit sedation to sweet corned cracked wheat center, but indistinct summery appeal and phenol vapidity mar commonplace brew.

Aggressively hop-embittered deep ruby-hued winter celebrator trickles brown sugared cocoa-powdered mocha-vanilla malts atop cinnamon-ginger spicing, honey nut glaze, and tertiary fig-prune-plum nuances. Tea-like midst surges to sherry-like finish, absorbing some lingered phenol acidity.

Softly carbolic pale-toned oats-toasted summer brew proves non-traditional, as roasted barley dryness undoes expected summery fruitiness by constricting fructose tolerance. Worse, predictable muted sour wheat finish tanks.

Basic pale golden moderate-bodied summer fodder fizzles. Seltzer-like fizz hides tart citric serenade and sour clover honey affinity. Worse, astringent pomegranate acridity ransacks grassy hop earthiness.

Unspecific German-styled summer ale relegates orange-fruited nature and dry nuttiness to delicate grain base as buttery diacetyl flail nearly detracts from poignant mango-strawberry midst.