PranQster, North Coast Brewing, CA

http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/beer-Pranqster.htm

Tasty! Chris brought me on of these, and it was good!

Winter Ale, Lighthouse Brewing, BC

Decent, simple ale, with faint hints of spices, nutmeg according to Emma.

Advertised as "strong", but I don't think I'd call 6.5% strong, unless you are particularly weak-kneed.

Don't think I'll buy it again. They avoided making anything horrid in their winter ale, but didn't create anything distinctive, either.

Raison d'Etre, Dogfish Head, DE

A reasonable beer, from an unreasonable brewery.

First time I had it we bought a flat of 24. For some reason the liquor stores in that part of Ohio only sell in bulk... god knows why, but I suspect they don't want people who can't afford large amounts of beer drinking.

Anyhow, we needed beer before driving into West Virginia, the further you drive south, the better the chance you'll be in a dry county, or just one where Michelob is considered a preimium ale.

Acme IPA, North Coast Brewing, CA

Another fine beer from North Coast. It's an IPA, but it also has some of the sweet smoky taste I like in their other beers. I'm not sure exactly what they are doing here, but in my opinion, there is a shared flavour across the 4 of their beers that I taste. Luckily, I quite like that flavour!

http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/beer-AcmeIPA.htm