Growler @ Exira Beer Summit IV, Day 2. Thanks to jcnielsen! Pours a deep brown appearance with a creamy brown head. Very roasty coffee, dark chocolate, spicy herbal, a bit floral aroma. Flavor is herbal and earthy with a touch of smoke, rye, chocolate, and caramel. Fair amount of earth. Not bad.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear very dark brown with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has strong roasted malts with a hint of bitter hops. Flavor begins with dark grains and is joined by roasted malts and rye that finish rye.

Growler, via kp. Filled 11 days previous. Pour is clear cordovan, more towards the ruby side of the color. 1/4 inch beige head - ok lacing. Aroma of roasty maltiness, smoky peatiness and the rye. Taste is smoky charred malt, and a sharp grainy flavor. The rye is present in the finish and lingers really long. Perhaps longer than I would like. The peat also appears near the back. Palate is relatively flat, thin to medium, long rye finish as mentioned. Drinkable, and interesting beer. Thanks for bringing this to me Keith!

Taster at the brewpub. Color is black, has a small khaki head. Aroma is clean German matls with light roast and a bit of effervescence (for me it is wheat but i guess its the rye). Taste has slight roast again which is offset by the effervescent rye again. Its a cool schwar (or it could be a stout, but I am thinking schwarz) with that side component of rye.