Draft: Pours a transparent dark copper with a thin ring of beige head. Aroma of lightly sweet caramely malts and a touch of doughy yeast. Body starts with average fullness and a semi-sweet caramel maltiness with decent bittering hop balance before a toasty, smooth, but otherwise uninteresting finish.

(draft) Murky copper body with small off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, raisin, some grape. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, raisin, some toastiness, peach, grape. Medium body, low carbonation.

Bottle, Corneglia, Italy. A sweet malty beer with notes of nuts, toast, caramel and biscuits. Needs air to be fully appreciated - otherwise the carbonation ruins everything.

Objectively speaking: Decent strong amber ale with an alcoholic twist.
I like: Certainly Beba’s firmer mouthfeel of the ones I’ve had. Fair toasty, nutty maltiness. Never too sweet.
I dislike: Not so much identity, malt-oriented toasty and cerealic nature, but the other ingredients are absent and the malts are not exactly decadent.

My Bottom Line:
Lean caramel maltiness and its accompanying toastiness politely introduce their earthy hop acquaintance to increasingly impatient tastebuds. This strong Amber Ale is competently put together, but I’m afraid it has nothing to keep me interested for an entire bottle.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A thin slice of foam dwindles into the clear amber.
-This is cleanly brewed, but totally forgettable.
-Alcohol is apparent even in the nose, which is weird for a brew under 7% abv.
-The hop finale is timid and barely succeeds in balancing out the thinnish maltiness.

Bottle.