Eye-catching circus freak-labeled series continues with complex 10% alcohol-fueled German-styled doppelbock posing as a strong lager. Sugary ginger sweetness invades red cherry, golden raisin, purple grape, and apricot fruitiness as well as buttery molasses-chocolate malting. Peppery hop fizz simmers tertiary gin-soaked barleywine, Chardonnay, and rum boozing and slight metallic twang. Like the finest non-flavored vodka, this full-bodied lager elevates its supplemental ingredients.

Sweet whiskey malt-wafted Greek pale body secures moldy orange souring and alcoholic cognac tinge for dry wheat-backed flack. Vanilla creaminess and light spicing lost amongst mild acidity.

Way too cloy and harsh with rugged corn sugar flow not unlike stank-y American malt liquors. Fizzy caramel-hop tease and heady 8% alcohol strength are only saving grace.

Tepid amber-clouded mocha-scented lager with unassuming hop fizz fades gently to mild pale malt finish.

Simple, easygoing straw-cleared lager maintains stalwart gluten wheat stickiness, fresh-cut barley earthiness, and bread-y yeast continuation. Corn syrupy finish picks up dry rye enhancement.

Pale-toned medium body with charred wood palate enhancing remarkably expansive honeyed Scotch likeness. Extremely dry rye backbone and lessened lime-hopped briskness further assure bitter alcohol-stricken finish. Single malt whiskey snobs may sing its praises but less adventurous lagerheads will be put off.

Formerly nicknamed “Natty” when Baltimore-brewed, this cheaply sour-doughed, phenol-hopped, cumulous-headed pale lager slips into fizzy insignificance, maligning paper thin fresh-cut grass nose, sweet grain minerality and piquant peach-tangerine conflux.

Swampy sour astringency overwhelms dreaded corn-y malt liquor-like acridity, devouring sugared oats of weary hop-fizzed moderation.

Okay pale-toned earthen-grained sour milk-wafted sedation gains peculiar ginger ale dryness ahead of prominent sourdough funk, but as musty yeast heft subsides, little else shines through at watery sugar-sweetened finish. Couldn’t find label so used brewers’ Frog ‘N Hound Cream Ale as reference. Brewery defunct: 2003.

Tedious fizz-watered travesty with undetectable guarana (a natural caffeine source). Clear-toned pearly headed dread picks up minor phenol bittering from slenderest maize jot and barnyard earthiness. Where’s the damn Kick?

Fluffy white-headed gold-silken malt liquor-strengthened Pol more memorable and enjoyable than macrobrewed Budweiser. Pungent yeast-wafted barley-breaded entry receives moderate dry-spiced hop bittering not nearly as brawny as 6.2% alcohol volume indicates. Tepid carbolic fizz and corn-husked astringency hinder soapy metallic finish, hurting its chances with serious drinkers.

Glaring barleymalt dryness combines with soft hop bitterness for perfunctory Northwest lager. Zesty fruitiness and mint backdrop can’t help watery, flat, bland, inorganic finish.