Explodes out of the can. Pours hazy amber with a thick white head. Aroma of pine resin, heavy carbonation. Taste has woody notes, maple, elderberry. Palate has dry resin notes on the tongue and nose, flat and wheaty. Eh.

$2.29 can from TWG. Pop it open and it immediately comes gushing out. Mostly clear gold with a frothy white head. Resin and cheap, stale hops dominate the nose, along with cereal and light citrus. Flavor is resin, light citrus, mini wheats cereal (minus the frosted part).

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly reddish orange/copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of cocoa, coffee, sorghum/rice extract, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy hop; and roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light molasses/fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of cocoa, coffee, sorghum/rice extract, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a nice sugar/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is okay. Pretty rough finishing, but not too bad. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is a pretty good gluten free brown ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of cocoa, coffee, sorghum/rice extract, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; smooth and easy to drink with the lightly bitter/drying finish. A little weird at first, but it grew on me. Well balanced flavors; with light earthy hops against sweetness. Good representation of the intended style overall, and still kind of tastes like beer. A nicely enjoyable offering.

12oz can picked up at the state store
Pours clear dark golden with a medium off-white head, good lacing. Aroma of oranges and and dusty malts. Flavor of floral, straw, mild bitter
Tastes old but still ok.

On tap at Trail's End Taproom. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color, with a big, frothy, white head. The aroma is odd and slightly off-putting. Some buckwheat, dank, piney hops, maybe some yeasty esters, and latex. Sweet and syrupy, with a faint bitterness. Light to medium body, with a sticky, oily mouthfeel. Something is distinctly wrong, but not too bad. As gluten-reduced beer goes, it could be much worse.

12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 9/3/2015. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color, with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, floral, grass, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, floral, grass, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, floral, grass, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carnation and body; with a very smooth, moderately grainy/creamy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is a nice American blonde ale. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and easy to drink. A nicely enjoyable and spot on blonde ale offering; especially for being gluten reduced.

12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 9/20/2015. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, lemon/orange peel, light pepper, pine, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Might-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp/sticky, and fairly grainy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is good gluten reduced IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and fairly refreshing to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.