What Our Panel Thought
Aroma: “Coffee and super piney and herbal hops with toasty and nutty malt behind it. Deeper into it, there’s a grassy/paper-like note akin to fresh dry hopping.”
Flavor: “Stale coffee, cigarette ashtray, and lots of piney resinous hops. Toast, caramel, malt are in the mix, but the bitterness is out of balance, almost acrid (almost certainly the coffee). Classic pine and resin flavors appear with a lasting bitter finish. Bracingly hop bitterness for what is ostensibly a brown ale.”
Overall: “The coffee and hops clash in the aroma and in the bitterness so that it comes across as harsh and astringent. The piney hops and coffee in the aroma are confusing. Reminds me of a hotel room that someone smoked in, with a basket of wet laundry left out overnight.”
What the Brewers Say
“This is truly a beautiful brown ale boosted with a delightful aroma of citrus, spice and gourmet Keini, Kenya Beans from The Coffee Collective, Copenhagen.”
