7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at the brewery, 4/28/18.
Clear yet glassy, auburn-chestnut with a small, beige head showing moderately-low retention.
Some bread and moderate other specialty malt character sits alongside spicy, peppery, earthy hops and clean, fruity yeast notes. Some buttercream-like character created from the base and specialty malt interplay seems appropriate to style. No flaw or alcohol noted.
In the flavor, it's dry, with both soft and harder textures as both specialty malt and base malt have quite a bit of effect. Bread, pretzel, sourdough mix with caramel, honey and whitebread. Red fruits, earth and pepper balance nicely and it's clean and crisp on the finish.