6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught at the brewery, 11/30/17.
Bronze-golden, dark brass hues and a frothy, white head remaining at a scattering of cover. Clarity is pretty high, showing only a bit of chill-haze or slightly more.
Fruity hops show basic pineapple and light orange rind, with the malt quickly entering the equation, adding honey, biscuit and very light caramel. There's a strong spicy character pervading everything, perhaps an interplay on rye and hop. Maybe a touch of light pine resin on the finish, with strong yeast esters (house, not British, I think) and lots of malt lingering.
Malty, soft, chewy texture reveals plentiful sweetness, though it's quickly mitigated by a resinous bitterness and spicy hop character, as well as nutty, dry rye notes. Softer, fruitier pineapple and orange through the middle via fairly engaging carbonation, leading to a lightly-to-moderately bitter finish showing more aggressiveness than I'd care for (pine resin, plentiful hop bitterness, sharp esters). Malt lingers as well, though it's more dry, nutty, chewy character doesn't fully balance the hop acid.