Bottle @ Stephen’s whale slaying. Thanks to &e. #shelfie. Pours a murky orangish brown appearance with a very thick brown head. Slight gusher. It has their typical house culture in the nose- unfaked funk, olives, Spaghetti O’s, and tomato paste. Some caramel and toffee in the flavor. Heavy carbonation. Some veggies, olives, and birthday cake. Finishes on the sweet and boozy side. Let me tell you this, you fucken turkeys. No hint of faked funk or any bottle from shelf aroma. Jesus Christ, I am fucken wasted.

Bottle at weekly tasting. Requested by Nick. Pours brown tan head. Nose/taste of sour coffee, sour coffee grounds. Not much else. Some cocoa. Lighter medium body. Not as awful as the ratings but certainly not good.

Bottle at End of History tasting. Pours purplish amber. Nose is straight up tomato paste. Tastes like some malt, lively yeast, fruit, and spaghetti o’s. Really bizarrely bad.

Bottle thanks to Jesterdeal at End of History tasting. Pours amber off white head. Nose/taste of high school cafeteria tomato paste, caramel bready malt and lemon. Medium body.

A "special" tapping at the Great Nebraska Beer Festival. Aroma has almost no coffee with some moderate nut and toast character and a hint of roast. Medium light acetic character with some toffee and caramel. Some raisin and dried fruit esters. Pours a murky brown with a small, thin tan head that recedes fairly quickly to the edges. It looked like muddy water after a rain storm. Flavor is like the aroma but with a more pronounced acidic character. Light roast and chocolate notes but much more nuts, caramel, toffee and toasted bread than chocolate and roast. Some dried fruit notes of cherries, berries and raisins. I’m still not sure where the coffee is in this beer. Medium light bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied and watery but thick at the same time with low carbonation. Medium astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall another really bad beer from CIB. I have no idea why this was listed as a Special tapping in the program. There was no coffee character and it tasted rather infected. Really weird beer.

On tap at Great Nebraska Beer Festival - Rated from notes. Aroma is burnt rubber and lots of plastic with some hints of strawberries. Very phenolic in a bad way with faint acidity and citrus. Light malt character. Pours a cloudy copper brown with a thick tan head that exhibits good retention. Flavor has a low, acetic acidity with some vinegar character and a hint of citrus. Light strawberry notes with a lot of plastic, but it didn’t have the burnt rubber character that the aroma had. Light malt character. Mouthfeel has a medium light body with medium, creamy carbonation. Low but present astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall this is what I picture licking a tire that just drove through a strawberry field would taste like if you were to light it on fire fora bit first. Everything I hoped for and more from this brewery with quite the reputation on RB.

Bottle @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity very sour tart acidic vinegar aroma. Fruity sour tart vinegar flavor. Has a fruity sour tart finish.