It poured up at the brewery with a clear amber body that has copper hues and it supports a light tan head that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aromas offers up malts, molasses, nuttiness and some black licorice spicy notes mixed with some vague resiny hoppiness. The taste starts with sweet malts and nuttiness and then quickly into punchier notes of spicy black licorice, resiny grassy hops and then more resiny sort of black licorice and pine hoppiness. Goooood.