Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Draught pint at the brewery with Muzzlehatch on 3/11/06. Deep copper-beige color, clear, but not strikingly so, with a gentle effervescence rising in the liquid and a wispy bunch of beige head that is small and fairly lasting. Some very light strawberry-blonde notes. Looks like an alt to me.
The nose is HEAVILY yeasty, HEAVILY bready, plenty of sourdough/munich malt influence, with a sticky, yet dry caramunich sugariness, soft, flowery spalt hops that are just lightly green and herbal, but also a little soapy and oily, as if they used a ton of them for bitterness. Brassy, mineral/metal notes round out the nose, that is overly dry and biting.
The flavor, quite possibly, takes it a step further, going overboard with the dry breadiness. Heavily drying and lightly acidic, with too much German yeast that really dominates the flavor. Hops are very one-dimensional, just rather heathery, minimally spicy and still providing light soapiness. Caramel stickiness is notable in texture, but it’s a sourish, very dry flavor, almost crystal-malt like in it’s vapidness. Farily full of water and drinkable in that sense (though not thin), but just too much bready, yeasty, soapy, grainy buildup on the palate. Carbonation seems appropriate, but it has no effect on clearing the aforementioned palate-deadening characteristics. No alcohol noted.