~4 oz pour as part of a sampler at the brewpub. Pour is hazed black brown with a light tan head. Aroma is roast/char malt along with some pine hops. Under that is a mild sweetness. Taste is the sweetly char roasted malt followed by a minimal amount of the pine hops. The taste had sort of weird sensation of the roast being added as a flavoring after the brewing process, rather than seeming to be part of the beer. Odd statement, I know, but this beer really lacked cohesion. The flavors were all good, just put together in an off way. Palate is medium, clean and crisp finish. Like with the Pale Ale, I think this is headed down the right path.

Draft. A red-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt as well as lighter notes of soy sauce and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and soy sauce, as well as lighter notes of chocolate, leading to a dry, bitter, chocolaty finish.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Roasted malt and light cofeeish note aroma. Roasted flavour, light liqourice note. Light fruity touch to a mild roasted base flavour. Bitter, roasted and fruity finish. Chocolate?

On tap. Clear reddish brown with a beige head. Roasted malt aroma. Medium body, hard roasted malts and a malt bitter finish. 060709