Alcohol-soaked amber retains superb head, bitterly hopped mineral grain authority and rich caramel finish. Cracked wheat, toasted barley, and cereal grain sweetness trumps sugared cocoa-butterscotch illusions. Definitely for strong ale lovers.

Barely benign ‘American-styled’ amber lacks punch. Piney lemon-peeled orange rind, grapefruit and currant bittering mildly counters crystal-malted barley toasting to alcohol-burnt finish, where grassy hop moderation, bark-dried wood acridity and earthen vegetal tinge sneaks in.

Unbalanced, moldy, and metallic light-bodied red ale loses tea-like ambiguity to mild citric hop souring and green vegetable rot. Dry herbaceous floral tease pilfers sour apple and orange marmalade accents.

Lilting vanilla-spiced tingle and floral orange-peach tang brighten mellowed caramel malt sweetness. Roasted barley, honeyed oats, and wafting mash tun conceal supple cherry spurt. Serve to fruit ale lovers.

Thickly viscous cider-soured amber ale with fickle yeast clumps bidding candied butterscotch-toffee-ambrosia sweetness to herbal clove-spiced chicory-peppercorn stint. Maple-raisin confluence overrides phenol astringency and unresolved fruity frolic.

Brewers’ inaugural ’06 offerings were highly carbolic so pour slowly. Dry roasted hops and burnt wood chip slip reminiscent of finer India Pale Ales while grain-toasted caramel malting redolent of classic Bass Pale Ale. Supplemental spruce, beechwood, and dark floral undertones fade to parched oak bark niche, but acrid oxidation yields promiscuous heavy alcohol seepage. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Tedious orange-soured honey nut-backed moderate body becomes acidic and lacks decent finish. Spiced nuttiness and herbal earthiness fail to overcome vegetal spell. Watery, ineffective, and insufficient.

Tangy peach-quince freshness brightens honeyed cereal malts and grapefruit-embittered floral hops of copper-hazed pearly-headed moderate body. Sour lemon rind seduction and wood-soaked cherry parch encounter earthen mineral grains at cracked wheat spine. But abrupt astringency scours bitter piney finish, coarsening sour bruised lemon musk.

Amiable sunset-hazed amber ale brings lively orange-apricot resonance to reedy hop mildness, but lemony butterscotch mirage and fading chocolate malt gamut lessen overall inertia.

Deceptive prune-hued wheat brew gives unexpected dry plum essence a flirtatious chocolate truffle shuffle and teasing caramel lag countering butterscotch-candied souring to slim lemon-coriander coil. Brewery defunct: 2005.

Sugared mocha malts perk up steadfast amber. Mildly creamy laid-back casualness is its own reward, as maple-sapped vanilla and butterscotch illusions sweeten grainy backdrop. A true lightweight champ.