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The yeast choice lends depth to this bottle conditioned ale. Some hints at fruit, but funk and hops play a leading role. Caramel apple nose.

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Imagine a session IPA with more body and you'd have this. The nose is a delight too, like Teddy Grahams and melon. Six-packs, please?

Simple, but with a tongue-coating bitter finish. The same finish then provides a subtle lift of sweet malt. Above average.

This is Race Rocks amped up; sweeter, thicker, boozier. An improvement for sure, but a bit cloying for me to be a complete fan.

Apples (duh!) and heavily salted caramel. Could be described as undrinkable by some. I'm not a big fan either.

My excuse is I found this six-pack at a bus stop. What's your excuse?

A lingering metallic note makes for an irritating finish and the slight fruit on the entry isn't enough to stand up to it. Almost decent.

A bit difficult to distinguish from a macro offering. Hoppier by only the slightest degree and really quite neutral. Some fruit on the nose.

Opens with more fruit than I remember, then dissipates into an pervasive oily smokiness. Lacks the finesse of Parabola. Overhyped, for sure.

The key thing to note is this is an English Barleywine, not a North American one. Thinner, not as boozy, slightly more acidic. Not my thing.

Rides a very fine line between gulpable and stiff, and pulls it off magnificently. I'm impressed, though this is more conservative in style.

This seems to be getting more and more delicious with time. You guys will have to wait for Batch No. 2 to try it though. My keg's done.

Smells like ginger ale (as in the soda) and somehow tastes way more bland. May as well just give me the soda. It'd be better.

Balanced malt and fruit on the nose now, but huge raspberry on the finish. Kinda cool to see this evolve as it cold conditions.

This one doesn't taste as fresh to me. Wondering if it died on the shelf.

I'll just come right out and say it: I don't like Belgian IPA. This doesn't help matters. Most taste like a sort of hair product. This too.

Has a lighter marine note to it, like fresh shells as opposed to savoury oyster. A complex finish rounds out an already amazing brew.

I had high hopes, but perhaps I was expecting something more outside the box. Well made, but unlikely to blow you away. Simple, slammable.

Notes of chocolate cake and bacon. Maybe the best thing Dead Frog's ever done? (I'm as surprised as you are.)

I'm no malt expert, but there's something "green" about this unlike anything I've tasted before. Lacking a strong finish, but chuggable.