Bottle pours a clear deep brown with slight redish hues. nice full light tan head. Aroma is mild woody malt. Flavor is a bit bitter and astringent with the usual woody, malt flavors as well. Hopped a bit more than Im use to for the style. Finishes a bit thin and dry. Average.

12 oz Bottle Pours out dark amber. Topped with a light tan head. I do like this but still nothing will top the ROGUE HazelNut Brown. thanks to Indiana_Red

Bottle: transparent brown color with a frothy tan head. Nice malt flavors with hints of hops, grains, some nuttiness, and a bit of toffee. The depth of the flavor is medium, the finish is smooth and mild.

Nice foam on the pour, dissipates oh so gently....sweet on the sip....then balanced out by the creamy hops...very well crafted...soooo easy to drink yet so hearty and well appreciated!....double yum

First ratingInitial Rating Date: 8/21/2006350 ml bottle.Clear golden color with a big lasting white to cream colored head. Hoppy mixed with a sour acid scent. Taste has the same acid in it, also a bit strange bitterness. Could it be infected? Though I find that hard to believe. Perhaps it’s just supposed to smell and taste this way? High bitterness, gives it a dry and bitter after taste. Medium, almost to the low watery side, mouth feel.4/3/3/3/5=1.8Rerate350 ml bottle from Systembolaget.On August 9, 2008Clear golden color, fluffy white head. Sweet malty scent. Slight acidic, sweet malty taste. Fizzy mouthfeel, low to medium bitterness.6/3/6/3/12=3.0RerateBottle from Systembolaget.Blind tastingOn September 27, 2008Slight shady amber color, off-white head. Fruity, fresh, hoppy scent, some cheeze. Bitter, fruity, hoppy taste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.7/4/7/3/13=3.4RerateBottle from Systembolaget in Ludvika, sampled on September 12, 2013.A classic I drink a lot! Nice color, nice scent and taste. Nice mouthfeel, nice balance and bitterness. Highly drinkable. Very nice indeed, perhaps not over to top or über fantastic, but seems to constantly deliver as of what my taste has been to like lately. I’ll keep going back to this one, safe bet for the moment.7/4/7/3/14=3.5RerateBottled from order by bottle section at Systembolaget, sampled on March 9, 2016.Clear copper color, off-white to yellow head. Hoppy, light citrus, resin scent. Malty, light caramel, herbal taste. Citrus aftertaste. Light mouthfeel, medium bitterness.Fairly tired this one.6/4/6/3/12=3.1

Draught pint at Redbones on 8/13/06.
Copper and strawberry blonde notes mix about in this not all that hazy liquid. I mean, it’s not filtered and clear, but it’s not overly cloudy either. Though I don’t see anyone else saying that, so maybe the keg had been sitting cold for too long. Whatever, it matters little. White head is one-finger high and recedes to partial-cover/ring but leaves a fair amount of lace.
Soft, mushy bananas are dabbed in bubble gum esters, while a very nutty, chewy, almost gummy wheat note is heavy in the background. Almost nothing in the hop department, and the yeast is nutty and rather bland. Not much crispness, and too much wheat heaviness. Not much carbonation running through the liquid. Doughy malts further bog down the aroma, which is medium in strength. Hmmm.
Heavily wheaty in flavor, with plenty of bland yeast. Sweet bubble gum, a touch of breadiness and then a peppery clove finish that battles with the wheat creaminess and bubble gum sweetness. Honestly, I’m not too sold on any of the three, the wheat being too heavy (though maybe a product of the low (relative to style) carbonation), the clove being too astringent/nutty and the bubble gum being too insipidly sweet.
Didnt finish the glass. Don’t know why we get the crystal wheat and this and not the pale bock and rauchbier. Oh well, it’s almost Harvest Ale and Octoberfest time......

Bottle on 06/25/08. Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet roasted malt aroma with some chocolate and light caramel. More roasted malt and caramel, with a dry bitter finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Original rating on 08/20/06. Dark black body with a small creamy brown head. Sweet roasted malt aroma with some chocolate hints. Strong chocolate flavor with some light roasted malt and mild bitter in the end. Original rating 7/5/7/3/15.

Bottle. Yellow colour with a white head. Aroma is citrus, wheat. Flavour is banana,citrus and hop.

Draught at GBBF 2006. Gold colour with thickish lasting off white head. Niceish creamy hop aroma. Bit of expected alcohol from a bock. It’s ok, but not the best of the SN range.