Today is National Beer Day, but it’s also Session Beer Day. The annual pseudo-holiday was launched in 2012 by Lew Bryson, a Pennsylvania-based drinks writer who also started The Session Beer Project five years before his easy-drinking holiday. In celebration of Session Beer Day, we present a five-beer sampler of session beers we call Craft Beer Crosscut 4.7.18: A Flight of National Beer Day.

What is a session beer? Well, it depends on whom you ask. The term’s precise origins and coinage are fuzzy. Beer experts can’t seem to agree on a specific year, for instance, but consistently point to British pub culture as its inspiration. It’s generally agreed upon, however, that any brew bearing the description should be low in alcohol but tasty enough to enjoy for a prolonged period of time, or “session.”

The ABV issue is a bone of contention throughout the sessionsphere. Bryson states a session beer is 4.5 percent ABV and lower. Michigan’s Founders Brewing makes an All Day IPA Session Ale that clocks in at 4.7 percent — while others passionately argue that the bar should be set a bit lower.

Peaks and Pints’ daily craft beer flight isn’t about contention, it’s about drinking. Let’s get to it.

Victory Kirsch Gose

4.7% ABV

Kirsch Gose was a new release for Victory Brewing in 2015 and their first bottled gose. Receiving 91 points from Wine Enthusiast, Kirsch Gose was described as “lively, bright and extremely effervescent …with raging acidity and a hint of salinity holding onto the finish.” With its sharp, slightly sweet cherry flavors against flavorful briny notes, the brew is a modern twist on a traditional German style that dates back to the 1500s. Victory pays further homage to gose’s German roots by using the German word for cherry, aka ‘kirsch’, right on the label of its beloved standout seasonal. The nose is all about cherries, and then there’s the taste, which is cherry first, and gose second. Victory’s version is kind of like a Shirley Temple wrestled with a gose, and the Shirley Temple won.

Ninkasi Yours Truly

4.3% ABV, 20 IBU

Yours Truly represents a shift for Ninkasi Brewing, which was founded in 2006. Long known for its bold, hoppy beers, such as its flagship Total Domination IPA, Ninkasi set out to bring craft beer drinkers a perfectly suited for whatever adventure they are on. A dash of Glacier, Santiam, Crystal and Liberty hops gives this “easy-drinking ale” a lightly floral, herbal, and fruity hop profile. Its sweetly-toasted malt profile carries notes of cracker, cereal, biscuit and honey.

Pike Hoppy Pils

4% ABV, 25 IBU

Lagers often get a bad rap: Too subtle, too pedestrian, not hoppy enough. But an increasing number of interestingly hopped lagers are popping up, merging the style’s classic grainy malts and snappy finish with a wider range of hop flavors, including Pike Brewing Co. It’s new Hoppy Piles adds a healthy does of Mosaic hops, which threads lemony hop flavors through a soft, malty base; the hop bitterness and crisp, dry lager finish combine for an ultra refreshing swallow.

Founders All Day IPA

4.5% ABV, 42 IBU

For those who want to gain entry to the craft beer community, India Pale Ales have become the not-so-secret handshake. Can you appreciate its strong, bitter notes and discern the idiosyncratic spin different brewers add? If so, welcome. India Pale Ales, or IPAs, are an acquired taste. History shows they were overly hopped for the long journey from England to India. Founders Brewing‘s All Day IPA has the hoppy characteristics of an IPA, but light on the alcohol side for the style. It’s heavy on the citrus and medium on the pine resin, with a very light bready malt character.

Firestone Walker Easy Jack

4.5% ABV, 47 IBU

Firestone Walker Brewmaster Matt Brynildson traveled to Germany and spent several days in the Hallertau region, the birthplace of hops dating back more than 1,000 years. There, he hung out at small family hop farms and worked with the farmers to secure an ample supply of Mandarina Bavaria and Hull Melon — two backbone hops for Easy Jack. This kickback beer spotlights those spicy, leafy hops; plus a dose of oats smoothes out the sip.