Bottle.Earthy roasty coffee aroma., Hazy dark straw with a small white head. Strong earthy coffee, wheat malt, and light lemony tart flavor with a slightly spicy finish. Light body, lively carbonation.

This beer was weird, that is the only reason I purchased the bottle. I was at the store adoring the quality of Urban Chestnut, particularly their ability to make traditional German beers. Then I see this and at first I thought it was a joke. First of all, of all the breweries to make a coffee beer, this one? Then of all the beers to add coffee to I would place a hefe low on the totem pole. In my head they thought, "well, what has never been done... oh yeah an estry beer with coffee. Lets do it!" I did not think I would enjoy this beer, I mean, how can I? But I wanted it as a conversation piece at the next tasting. As far as the beer, I will admit this is as good as a coffee hefe can taste but its still a coffee hefe. In general, I think it tasted like peanuts and peanut butter. The esters were not too strong and the coffee was not overpowering. This is purely a side show freak.

500 ml bottle shared by beastiefan2k. The pour is a very hazy golden brown with a small off white head. Nice lacing on the glass as the beer drinks down. The aroma is wheat grain, citrus, banana, clove, peanut butter (nutty sweetness) and in the very back, a dark roasty that is the coffee, though not sure I would identify it as coffee had I not known it was in the beer. The taste has the peanut butter nutty sweetness upfront, moving into the wheat grain, then the clove spice banana spice, raisin fruit sweetness, and then finishing with the roast of the coffee. There is a bunch going on in this beer, and am not sure how well it all integrates. The palate is medium to light bodied, full un filtered mouth feel and lowish carbonation. This was a weird beer, but quite interesting to taste. Thanks for sharing Eugene.

1 liter growler shared by JohnF. The pour is gold amber with a small off white head. The aroma is sweet malt, toffee, caramel, toasted bread, along with a fruit element. Full and rich nose. The taste is the bread up front, toasty, along with the sweet caramel and toffee. The apple fruit is present, though quite muted. The taste, like the nose, is quite full. The palate is medium bodied, nice active cleansing carbonation and a dry finish. Clean, well made. Thanks for sharing this one John.

Pint bottle courtesy of beastiefan2k. The pour is light haze orange golden, with a bit of a reddish undertone. The two inch off white heads falls noisily. The aroma is rich and full nuttiness, freshly cut hay, spice and cloves, and a whisper of banana. Really engaging nose; at the same time, all flavors are well defined individually and blend together nicely. The taste is malty roasty nuttiness (certainly Chestnut), along with a briefly sweet caramel, turning to dry straw and hay, then finishing with the spiced yeast clove. The Banana is there, though pretty minimal in the longer finish. Also as it warms, get some nutmeg. The palate is light to medium bodied, soft carbonation and a dry and nutty clove finish. As mentioned, the banana fruit comes out in the finish, particularly as it warms. This was really well made, loved the nose. Thanks for this Eugene.

Pour is a hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma is plenty of grapefruity hops. Flavor is a nice powerful hop. Finish is clean with a nice hoppy resin left on the tounge. This was a nice straight forward IPA. One of those beers that I can see getting worse with age so drink fresh!

500ml bottle shared by beastiefan2k. The pour is a really hazed brown orange with a light tan head. The aroma is big wood barrel and booze initially, as that cleared some, a full caramel maltiness comes to the forefront. The taste is the big bold caramel malt integrated nicely with the wood barrel and alcohol. Fairly simple flavors, though really well put together. The palate is heavy to medium bodied, with lower carbonation, and a pleasant warmness to the finish. Nice one Eugene - I mostly think of UCBC as experts at the subtle, nuanced Lagers, but evidently they can brew anything.