Middling amber yellow-hazed medium-bodied pale ale (special 2001 bottling of Rogue’s Oregon Golden Ale) offers plain wheat biscuit frontage to embittered Cascade-hopped citric zest. Tangy orange-peach-grapefruit briskness enlivens grassy-bottomed toasted barley finish.

Nebulous coppery dry-bodied English-styled ale benefits from up-front brown chocolate-y molasses malting and ancillary chestnut-tobacco sweetness. However, drab phenol-hopped aridity and overriding diacetyl nature diminish honey grained midst to bland mocha finish. A modest acquisition.

Floral citric hop nose and soured blueberry setting admit lively lemony orange-grapefruit juiciness to embitter spicy herbal comeuppance. Spruce finish gathers grassy green tea nuance for refreshing lightweight mood.

Bittersweet fruited malt surge acquires floral-hopped bouquet juxtaposing nutty bottom. Raspy blueberry-raspberry sweetness anchors off-dry medium body. On second passing, sharp orange-peeled lemon rind zest punctuates whiskey-soaked wheat husk, leaving spritzy mandarin orange aftertaste.

Boring Irish-styled pale ale with skunky malt aroma, crisp hop flow and unassuming dry-fruited finish. Neither bitter nor sweet, just an average ale lost in the middle of the pack.

Dry tea and pine tips inform embittered Fuggle-hopped medium-bodied pale ale, countering toasted malt linger at pleasingly soft finish.

Advertised Cascade hop spicing embitters burnt cedar, hickory, and pecan for opening salvo of sticky chocolate malt-soaked medium body. Subsequent dirty grain earthiness and orange peel sourness counter candied berry sweetness. Brewery defunct: 2007.

Medium-bodied dry-hopped citric-fruited template gains soft pine wood tone and lemony orange-peeled grapefruit prod to conquer oncoming caramel caress.

Canned golden-hued medium body with brisk bittersweet grapefruit entry given an increasingly mouth-prickling sunny lemon tang. Pleasant floral-piney hops provide backdrop and thin white-breaded reminder befits clean watery texture.

Label’s kickin’ mule welcomes fine unassuming 6% alcohol brew as assured fruited spicing and persistent malted hop dryness reminiscent of holiday ale styling. Smooth honeyed flow welcomes amateur consumption.

Luxurious honeyed malts and resinous citric-floral hops hit the tongue running and sharp carbolic fizz never overwhelms amber-clouded off-dry ale. Musty wet grass earthiness conceals soapy finish after pleasant sugared grapefruit-apricot sweetness and temperate almond nuttiness pay dividends.