Pours very dark caramelly brown. Decent white head with a good stability. Smell is clean from esthers, as it should, with a crisp maltyness. mild caramelly / chocolate undertone of the dark malts, but very hidden. No real hop aspects. not overly intense. Taste is surprisingly complex. Cereal maltyness, with failry much aromatics such as dark chocolate and caramel. decent bitterness. grassy notes from the hops. Perhaps could have used more balance and 'roundness'. I also get a slight metallic aftertaste. Appart from that though, this is a pretty damn fine lager !