5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Taster at the Carter Payne. Pours a murky, brown color, with a small, off-white head. The aroma is apple, vanilla, rubber cement, carrot, heavy tannins, and lavender. Sweet and sugary, with a dank, almost acrid bitterness. Medium to heavy body, with a syrupy, biting palate. This is a strange beer. I like the barrel character, but the mixture with a weakly hoppy ale is unfortunate.