Thin brown that moves somewhat unexpectedly to a rich, creamy caramel sweetness. It was almost one-note, but very pleasantly so. A treat beer that won't distract from whatever else you're eating.
Not at all what I was expecting. I didn't taste wine qualities as such, just a weird, dank sourness and a kind of burnt yeasty taste on top of it. I honestly thought the Hercule was this one, because it tasted like my expectations. Instead, that one was pretty good, and this -- this was Not Tasty.
Quite honestly, the skunkiest beer I've ever smelled, and I literally mean skunk. Which is too bad, because if you hold your nose at the start, it actually develops into an appealingly malty finish that reminds me of corn puffs. But, really, this beer lost the battle at "if you hold your nose."
I was really very pleasantly surprised by this beer. Nice fragrance, and a fruity, resinous start that gives way to a rye-like pepperiness (is that the hemp seed?), before leading to a finish that threatens to but never quite gets bitter.
Smell: mild hop smell. Taste: resinous, like a dry straw taste. Starts like it should be bitter but doesn't go there. The resin continues post-drink. I want this to be a good IPA but it's not there.