5.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Small beige-cocoa head is neatly retained, but eventually fades to partial cover, leaving very light lace. Deep, deep amber-rust colored body has a light haze and tight carbonation.
Strong nutty-hoppiness in the nose is extremely dominant. Let’s see, either A) they just boiled some horribly old hops for too long and got little bitterness and tons of astringency/nuttiness B) they used some really reserved, low alpha English hop (or saaz) as the bittering hop and got neither much flavor or bitterness. Whatever the case, not enough fruitiness/brightness and too much dry floral hops, nuttiness and astringency. Crystal malt and/or some other lightly toasted malt gives iced tea, sourness and breadiness. No alcohol noted, though and no flaws. Medium strength.
Dry, nutty, toasty, astrigent, with notes of soggy hop tea and overboiled hops galore. Too dry, with no softness on the palate whatsoever. Decent carbonation level and moderately tight. No flaws.