Bottle - Caramel, spice and orange. Clear amber with a rich beige head. Lots of caramel with a mild hop presence that is almost not there. This come across more like an English Barleywine. I still like it, just not what I expected.

Refrigerated 12 oz.can, big thanks to BMart, poured into a weizen glass. Pours deep golden with big fluffy off-white head. Aroma is wheaty, medium body, medium carbonation, and little big bubble lacing. Taste is wheaty, bubblegum, coriander, some clove, some orange, and some banana. Interesting combination of hefeweizen and wit and easy to drink, but just pretty good.

Bottle - Skunky hops and some roast. Jet black with a rich brown head. Light roast with a skunky hoppy note and a decent amount if bitterness. More hop forward than roasty but still nice.

Rich, very cloudy orange and copper colorued body with a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of bright yeast and bread, some earthy malt, a bit of herbal and grassy hops and a nutty, spicey character. Medium-bodied; Assertive herbal and spices up front with a large pepper and hay presence, some subdued malts and a little hop kick near the end. Aftertaste is mostly centered around the yeast (makes sense) and the herbal and grassy flavours, but some very light sweetness comes through from honey and a bit of dry spices flavour the yeast. Overall, a nice and flavourful, pungent Belgian-inspired IPA with less hops than expected (but that could be due to a not fresh beer) but still the characters play well and this is well worth trying for folks who enjoy the style and especially the complexity. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Central Market in Houston, Texas on 10-August-2013 for US$5.35 sampled at home in Washington on 13-March-2014.

Spec’s, Houston sixer: Pours darker on the golden scale with a white head. Aroma is hints of citrus, grass, and bread. Taste is slightly bitter. Nice and crisp. Easy to drink. Very little sweetness. Genuinely well-crafted.

Spec’s Houston sixpack of cans: Pours is hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is spice, plenty of banana, some citrus, cloves. Taste is slightly sweet. Definitely more drinkable than many wheat beers that stick in your mouth. Mouth feel is pretty nice. It is sessionable without being watery. Ultimately, I think that the combination that they were attempting worked well.

Spec’s, Houston can: Pours amber with a whitish head. Aroma is grapefruit, some other citrus, resin, a bit of spice. Taste is bitter. Slight sweet fruitiness. Dry finish. Pretty tasty and well-balanced.

Gingerman, Houston tap: Pours golden with a white head. Aroma is grassy, slightly floral, and some pale malt. Taste is lightly bitter, but in a grassy somewhat dirty way. There might be some hints of citrus in there, but they are light and poorly defined. This is a forgettable beer.

Spec’s, Houston can: Pours brownish body with a tan head. Aroma is a hint of chocolate, caramel malt, and some toffee. Taste is somewhat sweet, but in a nice refreshing way. Hints of chocolate, bread, toffee, and of course plenty of caramel. Tasty and sessionable.