Poured from bottle thanks Willrunforbeer hazy lemon with a thin off white head. Aromas of ginger honey citrus. Taste is ginger but it’s not overpowering well balanced.

Thanks for the 12 oz. bottle share Willrunforbeer! Slightly halt golden color, thin head on top. Aroma is pure ginger root, nothing more.

Flavor is mostly earthy ginger. Malt light traces of malt. Medium body, normal carbonation level. It reminds me more of a ginger beer. Decent.

12oz bottle. Really different. Root beer, cinnamon flavors all the way, of the more natural sort I suppose, but really has a ton going in terms of herbal tones. The base beer is thin, sweet, pretty weak for a beer really, but it suits the style here well enough. There really is a fascinating depth of botanical action. Oak, vanilla smooth it all out. Worth a try, good for a tasting, not really something I’d want to drink much of though. Certainly unique.

12oz bottle. Unfiltered orange-tan body. Thin, patchy white head. Really unique, This has a lot of depth to start with, and the flowers just give it a further twist. Elder adds some honey. Really unique, well executed,

Slightly hazy honey coloured body with a thinnish off-white head. Aroma of fresh very grassy and herbal hops with a nice touch of light spices/herbs and a little sweetness noticeable as well. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy flavour hits up front with a big hoppiness and a touch of malt as well, but this is a touch one-dimensional. Aftertaste shows some subdued herbal and fresh cut grass elements, but basically about the light hops and not much malt for this one. Overall, a decent APA with some moderate hop flavours, but not too strong and no real malt presence here - pretty average. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Trader Joe’s in Chicago (Ontario Street, River North) yesterday on 11-February-2016 for US$2,75, sampled in my hotel room here in Chicago on 12-February-2016.

Bottle - Pours dark brown tan head - nose/taste of walnut, chocolate, florals, orange peel and roasted pecan - medium body.

Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is a super sweet molasses with a decent hop and some licorice. Flavor is a lot of licorice and dark fruit with a molasses. Lots of dark fruit and a decent roast follow the swallow. A decent roasted nuttiness and then a nice dark fruit a licorice make this a nice beer to look for. Not a heavy porter but the additions make this a winner.

Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on a gloomy Saturday while doing some work. I didn’t take tasting notes on this one, but remember this being a pretty nice, delicate, yet flavorful and interesting pale ale with nice floral notes. Would have again!

750 ml bottle, sent by FB for review. But take this review with a grain of salt because, full disclosure, Forbidden Root mailed this to me. Initial pour in a small snifter showed a deep black body, with a respectable half-finger of foam at the top. That foam went away quickly and subsequent pouring could not kick it up again. The nose might have been the weak part, because I didn?t get anything I could have expected. A bit of solventy alcohol and a sort of bitterness that comes, I guess, more from the pecans than any hoppiness. But there is that cocoa on the palate. Not a sweetened chocolate bar taste, more the dregs of a cup of hot cocoa made on the stove. But again, its considerably more mellow than that. In other words, one of those "Complex" beers. Magnolia and pecan add more dimension. Maybe a kind of bitterness like with almonds? I do get the occasional impression of licorice, but not constantly. Because I certainly can?t call this one "nutty." Perhaps the magnolia is adding a bit of perfume and sweetness. Either way, I suggest if you get one, to enjoy it fresh.