Joseph James Brewing Company's Tahoe Blue Nevada Pale Ale

Hate the label.

Pours an unfiltered orange-amber, with a weak head but I like the unfiltered and cloudy appearance otherwise. Solid amber smell that's bready and has a twang that may come from the hops. As it warms it gets a bit of a bitter smell that may come from adjuncts. Reminds me of rice.

The body is heavier than expected due to the lack of (or loose?) filtration, but the taste rings hollow. It's actually closer to an IPA in bitterness, with a bitterness that hits in the roof of the mouth more than back of the tongue. It hits, then gets twangy, then kind of hangs around in a weird, hollow, residual bitterness that has no distinctive flavor.

This is an odd one. Good appearance and body, but hollow despite the initial jolt from the hops. I think it's mitigated by the adjuncts, and so it makes me think that this is what an overly hopped Budweiser would taste like.

Joseph James Brewing Company's Alpine Wit

Same as the last post, too many witbiers.

This one pours a dull orangey brownish, like an juice sauce with no preservatives that's starting to turn because it's been out of the fridge too long. No head. At all. Is this even a beer? An average of one carbonation bubble every second. Maybe. Not good.

Almost no smell, but what very little there is smells like the chemical/plastic smell that I've become accustomed to in this style.

Well, it has more taste than smell, and is low in the plastic taste, but high in adjunct grains as well. Feels dead. Tastes flat. I hope it's just out of date. If this is how they make their beers on purpose, they'll be out of business soon.