Dark brown. Thin head. The aroma is a bit on the candyish side, and the palate bears that out. Sweet, but thin and huge on the vanilla. This needs more residual sugar and way more bitterness to make sense of it...the lack of richness...it's like eating reduced fat cheese or sugar free, well, anything. A bit of roast to it, but again, that's something that likes sugar and hops to back it up. A 10% BA Impy with vanilla is a go big or go home beer. It's not bad, as such, but I am disappointed.