Immediate dry wheat husk tempers mild hop formality, iffy barley strand, and sweet tobacco spell, picking up slender lemon-orange bitterness and banana souring by light Scotch finish.

Adequate rocky tan-headed chestnut amber pale ale (given boost by costly ’08 ad campaign) maintains dry spice-hopped barley-roasted theme, but distant lemon-peeled orange-singed fruiting gets diacetyl. Caution: befuddling ‘full body’ labeling.

Toasted honey-fortified amber-hued moderate body pits prickly hop stead against sweet yeast, cracked wheat, and butterscotch before overripe orange effervescence sidles acidic oak-dried finish.

Turbid rocky-headed pale ale skewers floral hop dryness with fruited honey malt surge, almond-pecan tether, and biscuit-y breading. Musty peach-cherry-quince tartness picks up herbal coriander-clove nuance mid-palate, but creamy finish subsides hastily.

Problematic coppery crud tosses rusty nail waft inside nasty stale-breaded citric-soured honey-malted skulk of medium-bodied flop. Cotton-candied orange tartness never reaches fruition.

Fine dry-hopped maple-malted caramel-nutty medium body swallowed up by watery mineral-grained finish, yet quite sturdy despite coarse astringency.

Soft-toned floral wheat aroma, tongue-tingling hop spice, and honeyed banana sweetness give light-bodied German Weiss/ Belgian ale knockoff exceptional resilience simmered by secondary clove-coriander complacency. At candi-sugared finish, orange-bruised apricot-pineapple-tangerine tang and sunny lemon tartness emerge.

Mildly creamy grassy-hopped ale counters sharply red-fruited orange-peeled grapefruit bittering with sweet caramel malt wake suppressed as bottle drains. Floral spicing recedes too quickly.

Grain-framed reddish copper ale gains impressive rye emphasis promptly underscored by earthy wheat chaff, toasted biscuit nuance, and dry hop fizz. Minimal tobacco leaf and citrus notes fortify sweet finish, enhancing overall distinction.

Modest coppery pale body with floral nose and lively carbonation allows toasted honey malts to embrace hop-embittered citric-berry nuances. Green raisin, apricot, and plum accents hide beneath slight oxidation.

Pleasant mainstream ale allows sticky malt sweetness and compromised orange-grapefruit-tangerine tang to subsume mild honeyed creaminess.

Arguably closer to toasted lager than fruity pale ale, allowing smooth almond cluster to fortify roasted barleymalts and rolled oats. Herbal dalliance wavers.