12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 8/9/2016. Pours slightly hazy very dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown breads; with lighter notes of toffee, nuttiness, chocolate, dark fruit, herbal, floral, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity dark/bready/light roasted malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown breads; with lighter notes of toffee, nuttiness, chocolate, dark fruit, herbal, floral, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and light roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown breads; with lighter notes of toffee, nuttiness, chocolate, dark fruit, herbal, floral, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light dryness from hop/roast bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Nicely clean on lager flavors, not too fruity/yeasty. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a delicious Dusseldorf altbier style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, clean, and easy to drink. Very rich and complex malt flavors, with balancing hops and restrained yeast fruitiness. Quite a bit darker in color than I would expect, but the flavors are spot on to style otherwise. A very enjoyable offering.

Draft - Roast malts and some dark raisin with a bit of syrup. Deep brown with a nice brown head. Light syrupy roast with some burnt toast. Malty and nice.

Draft at Arbor Brewpub with meal. Nice medium body ale; like the dark ale taste without the full, heavy feeling some dark ales give me.

Bottle in Ann Arbor. Dark brown appearance with a dark brown head. Caramel, dark chocolate, molasses aroma. Thick, dark chocolate, light caramel, roasty, light bitter flavor. Blah.

This brew pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head that diminishes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. The aroma is roasty and malty with notes of hops. Medium body with flavors of sweet roasted malt, hops and a touch of coffee. The finish is roasty with a lingering grainy malt aftertaste. Decent beer overall.

On tap. Poured a dark brown with a thick light brown head. Aroma had notes of caramel, cereal and dark breads. Flavor was full of dark sweet notes, such as caramel and molasses.

On tap at a local restaurant. Pours very dark brown with a light tan head. Aroma is a mild roasty and fruity smell. Flavor is strong in roastiness with a lot of cream. Some slight dark fruit flavors are also present, as is a little chalkiness. This is better than I remember it being last time I had it on tap at the ABC brewpub.

on tap-pours a light tan head and black with red color. Aroma is medium/dark fruit, sweet medium malt. Taste is medium/dark fruit, sweet medium malt-although some burnt character and thinish body detracts, some spice.

Bottle. Black, translucent body with huge off-white head that lasts. The aroma is peaty with notes of roasted and burnt malts and smoke with a hint of sulphur. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter and moderately acidic. Finish is tart and dry. Medium body and watery texture. Lively carbonation. The tart finish throws me. Just not that enjoyable.