Poured a very dark brown, some ruby around the edges. About 1 finger of tan head not very thick or fluffy and didn't leave much lacing at all.
Smell is really really strong. Roasty malts, really really sweet buttery smell, strong caramel, butterscotch and toffee with some vanilla as well. The malts are almost drowned out completely by the overbearing sweetness. There is also a really really faint clove/spice smell as well but really just sweetness abounds in this beer.
Taste is just like the smell with a little bit of roasted malts but really just super sweet butterscotch and toffee etc. with a slightly increased amount of clove and spice. As with the smell however, most of the other notes are overcome by the sweetness so much so that it rendered the beer undrinkable for me after a few sips.
Medium body with low carbonation which, had the taste not been so sweet may have been ok. For me with the taste though it just didn't work.
This beer just missed the mark being too sweet to be drinkable in any way for me personally. The flavours present could work if they were present in different proportions but the sweetness was just out of control. I don't know if I got a bad bottle or not but this beer was just awful in my opinion and if I hadn't had it at a restaurant it would have been a drain pour.
Final Grades:
According to Style:
Appearance: 2.5/5
Aroma: 1.5/5
Taste: 1.5/5
Mouth feel: 2.5/5
Drinkability: 1/5
Overall: 36/100
Personal Preference:
Overall: 20/100
-The Bear
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