Pencil shavings, caramel nose. Cloudy amber, medium head. Caramel, toffee, orange. Full body, easy carbonation. Rich malt bill but stale

Ever so slightly hazy copper and light bronze coloured body with a thinnish, very fast-dying off-white head. Aroma of bitter malt, light alcohol, crisp grain, a touch of light hops with very low alpha acids and a bit of sweetness at the end that shows of some fruits. Medium-bodied; Strong nutty and very grainy malt flavours dominate here with only a touch of hops or bitterness at all - there is more bready and yeastie qualities than anything from hops. Aftertaste shows the malty and nutty qualities, but leaves a lot to be desired, especially in terms of bitterness and hoppy flavours, with only a dose of bitterness and cardboardie malt with some nutty qualities around the edges. Overall, a decent beer at best, and definitely not a good beer for this style or any of the IPA-family, but even more sad considering this was to celebrate an anniversary - one that should be done at a much higher standard. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Joe Canal's Discount Liqour in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on 21-Otober-2018 for US$1,89 sampled at home in Washington on 30-April-2019.