12 oz can poured into a tulip. Canned on 11/4/2016. Black with about a finger of light tan head. Aromas of sweet ginger, some chocolate, roasty notes. Tastes of ginger, dark chocolate, some roast. Medium-full body with a dry finish. Pretty good, a bit late to the party with Hardywood’s GBS success.

Fairly hazy pale golden and light copper coloured body with only an oily off-white head on top - nothing significant at all. Aroma of grapefruit, alcohol, lemons and a bit of lower alpha acid hops. Light-bodied; Strong wheat and mild hoppy flavours at first with some grain, alcohol, pine and bitterness and only a bit of grass, grapefruit and yeast flavours showing through at the end. Aftertaste shows some subdued bitterness, a touch of sweetness, a light grassy and fresh flavour from the wheat and the yeast and ends nice and mellow. Overall, a good and robust beer, if not celebrated and refined - this one is an easy drink, but still has some good flavours throughout. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Whole Foods in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia at the end of my driveway for US$1,99, at my hotel room here in Chelsea, New York, New York on 02-December-2016.

Bottle from Total Wines, Sterling VA. Pale gold in colour, with a decent, white, head. Plenty of floral hops, citrus fruits, suggestion of pine, and crisp balancing malts, before a dryish, hoppy finish. Good.

12 oz can from Tavour. Nose is coffee, roast, and a light amount of chocolate. Clear very dark brown with a small tan head. Flavor is coffee, more coffee, and a hint of bitter.

Pour is a complete black with a small tan head. Aroma is not an intense coffee, it’s just kind of there with a little roasted nuts in the background. Flavor is on ok bitter coffee with a nice char malt. For a 10% beer there is no alcohol burn at all. The flavor of a nice coffee impy stout was there it just did not overwhelm like most impy stouts do. Decent flavor but kind of subdued but this could be dangerous as this drinks more like a 5% than the 10% it says on the can.

Thanks altonbrownd for the can! Poured into a snifter showing neon yellow with half a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows a lot of sweet lager malts. Caramel with a very slight corn profile. The palate is lightly carbonated and medium bodied. Flavors of light bready malt and a light pilsner-like bitterness on the finish. Drinks like a German lager without a lot of character.

Keg at the brewery, 6/20/16. Dark brown, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of funk, wood, brett, cherries, toffee. The taste is cherries, brett, wood, caramel, mild funk and lemon. Medium bodied. Nice.

Keg at the brewery, 5/22/16. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of herbal, resiny, piney, sticky hops. The taste is caramel, toffee, pine, lemon, grapefruit, resin. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.