First sip is nutty, smoky, and a bit of caramel in there, but it is all surrounded by bitterness. I don't know where the bitter is coming from, as there are no hops to speak of in it. I can't say the initial trial has been a good one, but a good swig might change matters.
With a good, thick swig, I can find out the whole story on the beverage...
Tip-in is a bit sweet, then it turns to water, and then there is a bit of a brown-style caramel and smoky um... grass. Suddenly, it turns hard right into nuttiness and bitterness. I can't say that was a turn that any reasonable GPS would have picked for the drink to make. I would have expected a GPS to recalculate a new route instead of going this direction.
I'm still not generally a fan of brown ales or nut brown ales in particular. This one is not really helping things, but it's not hurting that bad.
1.5/5