Can, undated, shared by Bobby and James on 2/5/16.
Dark chestnut-to-mahogany brown body shows good clarity and a light tan head atop that shows moderate to strong retention.
Mild roasted barley in the nose combines with light dark chocolate and a spicy, almost cinnamon-flecked palo santo woodiness. Wow, that’s really interesting and works wonders with the beer elements, keeping things dry and adding an almost bourbon-like element without any of the resulting booziness and coconut associated with whiskey barrels. No alcohol noted or flaws.
In the mouth, fresh, clean yeast character is notable along with a light chocolate vanilla maltiness, light to moderate carbonation, mostly tight and tons of interesting, dry, spicy, leathery palo santo. I’d say it tastes like chewing on a really old, antique wooden chair handle, but that sounds bad, and this is really good. Everything that DFH Palo Santo Maron could have been, if every one of their beers wasn’t pumped so full of sugar and alcohol that you can’t taste anything else (I’m always looking for a reason to disparage DFH). Great beer, just enough maltiness and wood tannin to give it body yet nicely dry and very drinkable. Awesome. Want to try more from these guys.

Can with label. Pours black tan head. Nose/taste of coconut, meaty wood, roast chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Medium body.