Pours dark amber with a huge white head. Aroma of pine resin. Taste has a similar profile of hops. Palate has resin that lingers on the tongue, watery malt elements. Eh.

Bottle. Aroma is initial burst of pine with more prevalent citrusy, orange-zest type smell afterward and yeasty smell like on old meat. Appearance is massive, foamy off-white head--have to be careful with the pour (had to pour three times to get full contents into a pint glass), a little bit annoying because it is so massive. Good retention and lacing like spray foam. Nice crackly sound. After second pour, color was clear, beautiful dark copper with nice carbonation. After third pour, sediment came out and left it cloudy dark orange--should have left the last 10th in the bottle. Taste is really mild--not a lot here. A little bitter up front but a bit like wort, like it didn’t finish fermenting (or perhaps because I poured the sediment in), with a mild maltiness and fruitiness at the end. Palate is medium bodied, a bit frothy, with lively carbonation especially at the tip of the tongue and lips. Finish is dry and fairly abrupt. I was rooting for this beer but there isn’t a whole lot to recommend it. It’s not a bad beer, but the aroma and appearance are its best qualities while taste and palate are lacking.

Bottle. Pours reddish orange with white head. Nose and taste of tree bark, burnt grain, toasted fruit, charred stale bread, old citrus peel and burnt grass. A touch of rotting citrus. Lighter medium bodied.