Underneath all of that head is a brown beer. As a brown beer, it's somewhat light permeable but the sucker is as brown as a brown beer should be. I mean - that's brown. It's not the light color of UPS brown, but a deep brown of coffee grounds or something. The aroma is nuts, banana, and dark fruits. The dark fruits are new, but I like it. It's sweet and tangy smelling.First sip is smooth at first, but the coffee uptick at the end has a bitterness that fans out across the mouth before being snuffed by a sweetness counter-breeze. Why is there coffee? Well, I think it's coming from the malt. There's a bit of a funk during the smoothness that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe if I swig...
Tip-in is funky dirt with nuts and a flinty carbonation that stabs pins at the mouth. The middle is a smooth river of brown sugar, a haze of coffee, earth, and nuts. Then, the finish raises hell with a bitter swing before a musty sweetness is pulled down from grandma's upper cabinet.
Bottom Line: Too aggressive when it should be calm and too calm when it should be aggressive.
1.75/5
