Draught at the brewery
Hazy red-amber color, small head. Mild fruity aroma, malt, durian. Puckery malt flavor, caramel; high acidity for this beer, strong pithy bitterness rather than hop quality.
Chaotic beer.

650 ml bottle. Pours a dark copper with light head. Aromas of dark wine gums, dark berries and sharp malted wheat. Flavors follow same with definite juniper but also some plasticky phenols.

Bottle. Legacy. Dark reddish-brown colour, fairly clear. Just a thin head on this one. One the nose, all those bright hops that were promised. And a fair bit of toasty malts. Actually a nice combo, in part because I don’t get too much estery Belgian yeast, which is really not the right yeast at all for this sort of beer. On the palate, some grapefruity, juicy hop character that also adds floral lychee notes typical of Galaxy. Toasty, crackery malts are really nice, with a nutty, almost chewy finish. Has a lot of apparent bitterness - not surprised given it’s a F&W brew. The malts are good, the hops all very nice, and thankfully the "East Coast" ale yeast dominates. Juniper berries appear mainly on the ingredients list.

On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out light floral notes from the juniper berries, some hoppy bitterness and dry biscuity malt. Flavour is rather bold, with an aggressive piney hop quality, melding well with the juniper berries and dried out by a big biscuity malt. Surprisingly bold and interesting. Wasn't expecting much from the style / description, so this exceeds that.