Black with brown head.Chocolate malt nose.Somewhat boozy palate,chocolate and mocha with earthy tones.More of a brown ale

Poured from 341mL bottle. Orangey brown with off-white head. Seriously, is this just the nut brown ale with some cherry juice added? Cherry flavour is fairly mild, not tart or "atomic" at all. Other than the mild cherry, same qualities of the nut brown - nutty caramel malt, light body, kinda boring.

Cloudy, light tan. Not much head. The aroma is orangey, to be sure, and quite yeasty, with some pale malt character. But very yeasty for a heller bock. Sweetish, with a nice orangey note but then there’s just a yeasty mess underneath. The bocky strength is there, but the beautiful clean malt taste of a heller bock is not - it’s a muddy, yeasty, vaguely malty taste instead. This shows me that there’s a lack of technical skill behind this beer, at least bock brewing skill.

Chestnut,small beige head.Faint musty hop nose.Neutral fore/mid.Big bitter end.Hints of spicy rye.1 Dimensional, lacks sweetness for balance

Tasting at Matt’s
Hazy amber color. Hazy amber color. Spicy earthy character from the rye, good body strength, orangey hops. Solid, too earthy for me.

Quite dark amber, with a bit of haze. There isn’t a whole lot of head on this one. The aroma has some tropical and berryish hops, a fair bit of rye but overall really does come across as chewy. On the palate, it is fairly sweet, with a mellow rye character. There is a hit of earthy hops, again with a bit of a berryish note. Touch of alcohol in the back, again with chewy notes.

650mL bottle, pours a hazy dark amber mahogany with a small white head. Aroma brings out earthy hops, some grapefruit and bready malt. Flavour brings out lots of earthy hops and spiciness from the rye, followed by grapefruit, and bready malt. Spicy, earthy finish. Nicely balanced and easy enough to drink.