Name: Heather Ale
Brewery: Cambridge Brewing Company (MA)
Format: 1 Pint 6 oz bottle
Alcohol: 5%
Label: Blue label with pink van streaming purple Heather flowers out. Blurb describes the one day in summer the brew crew goes to collect flowers for the batch.
Pairs With: sitting next to a lake on a pleasantly warm summer day, eating a deli sandwich picked up from some hippie-ish deli.
Happy Blarvs (out of 5): 3. It has a bit of wheatiness to it that personally isn’t my favorite. The floral finish is interesting though.

Golden Mariner

Name: Golden Mariner pale ale
Brewery: Scuttlebutt Brewing Company
Format: 12 ounce bottle
Alcohol: 7.1%
Design: Santa Clausish boat captain that has a seagull in the crook of his arm.
Pairs with: watching a soggy Football game on a Sunday morning.
Happy Blarvs (out of 5): 2.7 decent beer but Sierra Nevada could also do the trick.

Post Road Pumpkin Ale

Name: Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Format: 12 ounce bottle
Brewery: The Brooklyn Brewery
Alcohol: 5%
Design: large orange pumpkin. Halloween colors. Blurb describes how pumpkins were preferred by old timey American brewers.
Pairs with: Watching nostalgic movies on an autumn day
Happy Blarvs (out of 5): 2.9 the subtle flavor makes it more drinkable than other pumpkin beers but also leaves one feeling slightly underwhelmed.

Matt’s Burning Rosids

Name: Matt’s Burning Rosids
Brewery: Stone Brewing (Escondido)
Format: Bottle (1 pint 6 ounces)
Alc %: 10.5
Design: white letters embossed in orange over crossed stick somethings. Several paragraphs on rear label explaining Matt’s story.
Pairs with: sitting on a bench outside talking to a good friend
Happy Blarvs (0-5): 3.75