bottle. Aroma has notes of fruit, yeast, caramel. Medium brown hue with an average sized off white head that mostly diminished. Flavor is sweet and slightly bitter. Palate is light bodied and soft. Tastes more like a watered down belgian strong than an amber ale. Wack a do.

Twelve oz. bottle, Sams Wines, Downers Grove. Simple clean toasty malt smell from the bottle. Pours a deep mahogany... as other raters note, closer to a brown ale in color, but looks delicious. Tastes like a weizen ferment, some clove and a bit of banana ester. Spices too. Slight sour cherry finish. Interesting and different variation on this style.

(10/14/08) Bottle (thanks a lot archmik for this one!) sampled at my hostel room in Chicago. Hazy amber color with an off-white head. Aroma of slightly toasted malt, some caramel and some fruits. Sweetish malty flavor with some toasted bread, caramel, light nutty hints and a drier finish. Medium-bodied. Nothing special.

12 oz bottle. Pours a deep, dark amber color....it’s kinda approaching a brown tone. There was a nice creamy white head that could use a bit more retention but it’s not overall lacking. Aroma is kinda fruity and and sweet. It smells almost like a Belgian but not quite. Flavor is full of banana and spice notes like you might find in a Belgian. Very complex...especially for an amber. It’s not really like anything I have drank. It’s very interesting. It feels a bit thinner that I would like it though. It’s a bit complicated to be a "sit down and chug"-er but you could polish off a couple in one sitting fo’ sho’.

Beer Tasting at Heritage Liquor(Maplewood, MN) - Pours amber with thin beige head. The light nose is all sweetness with caramel, toffee, and malt. Smooth palate with low carbonation. The flavor mimics the aroma. Caramel, malt, and some biscuit. Very smooth all of the way through, no bitterness at all.