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Burgeon The Audacity Pale Ale (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Primarily orange and grapefruit up front with some other tropical complexity in the nose, and then a light, crisp body. Refreshing and good.

pFriem Export Stout (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 4 of 4. This is just a really excellent exemplar of the style -- bigger than a standard stout but not as boozy or powerful as an imperial stout -- this has the great roast and chocolate malt notes you'd expect as well as a clear hop bitterness towards the finish. A little bit of fruitiness comes out alongside the coffee-like malt notes, too.

There Does Not Exist Sowing the Sun Kolsch (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 4 of 4. Really nice for the style -- just exactly what you'd expect and hope for with a slight hop twist with some citrus and fruity notes. The body is lighter and crisp in the finish, but there's a roundness to the body that's quite nice.

There Does Not Exist Heavy Wings Pilsner (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 4 of 4. A really great pilsner -- nice light grain sweetness with a little bit of grass and lemon in the hop profile. There's more complexity to the malt profile than you expect up front, and the hops add a nice touch to this clean and quite excellent beer.

AleSmith Pace Car Nitro Coffee Stout (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 4 of 4. A really nice lighter coffee stout -- tons of roast and chocolate and coffee in the nose, as you'd expect. The body has a nice richness to it and is creamy and evokes the much bigger Speedway Stout. Not the absolute craziest thing ever, but a really well-done coffee stout.

There Does Not Exist Return to Earth Oatmeal Stout (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Really nice complexity to this with lots of roast and some dark caramel, coffee, and candy-like toffee notes, too. Seems a bit bigger than it is on the palate and is really nice and rich and balanced.

AleSmith Speedway Stout Grand Prix Dutch Apple Pie Edition (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Like the others, a solid imperial stout given the Speedway Stout base, and this has some really interesting cherry and dark fruit notes in it, but really the addition I notice the most is the cinnamon. Definitely not a dessert stout, but a tasty imperial stout with some interesting modifications.

Burgeon Cloud 9 New Zealand Pale Ale (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Huge NZ hop nose on this with a big mix of tropical fruit, and just an easy-drinking nice pale ale underneath. No complaints here -- the hop profile is the interest, the rest is refreshing.