Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Hazy, dirty medium orange-brown body, thick puffy cream head. Spicy, grassy nose with some Belgianesque esters. Leafy, tannic body with spicy leaves, light lemony notes, hints of spice and orange, and a long, dirty, herbal finish.

Draft. Deep amber body with a frothy, off-white head. Leafy hop aroma with notes of toasted grain and a hint of caramel. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. This beer is one dimensional and that’s bitter. In fact, the bitterness overpowers everything. A hint of malts before the bitterness takes over. Maybe that’s good, because the hint of malts is grainy and unclean.

Sampled from the tap at the 2010 GTMW. Poured a cloudy pale amber with a thick near white head that dissipated slowly. Aroma was full of spruce and pine notes with a slight underlying cereal note and a hint of rye. Flavor was similar with a bit of sweet cereal in the start with a bit of rye but intense pine notes quickly take over and finish the beer.

Draft @ The Livery. Murky orange colour, white lacings. Aroma of pine hops. Flavour is extremely bitter, medicinal, pencilline, pine hops. Unbalanced.