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Pours a deep ruby red with a short-lived but beautifully dense head. Light, peppery aroma - slightly sweet. The rye and pepper together remind me of saffron when I taste it - quite spicy! The rye adds a lot of complexity - hints of anise too. The finish is spectacular - hot and sweet all at once. Low carbonation, but the heat from the finish really adds a bite to it would have otherwise lacked in terms of mouthfeel. This beer would be absolutely perfect with Chinese food. As a concept brew, it’s a winner. As a beer in general, well...

Bottle, 5%. Weak malty aroma. Hazy dark amber colour. Big stable light brown head. The flavour starts off malty, turns a little wheaty and then very peppery. Tastes a bit like mild chili. Nicely burning aftertaste, but it gets a bit much after a while. Quite flavourful, but slightly thin mouthfeel.

Off white head on a ruby red body. This beer, as the name indicates, is rather spicy, coriander, pepper and other. Yet it is not too bitter and quite drinkable. A ramarkable and nice treat!ù

Bottle pours ruby red with a decent off white head and poetic lace. The aroma is coriander, rye, and some pepper. The flavor is malty sweet, rye, sour dough, coriander, and a lingering pepper that makes it very special. The palate is medium bodied and cleansing. Overall, the pepper makes this very nice.

Appearance: Dark siena brown, similar to an American Brown or a dark Pumpkin ale. Lots of light-tan foamy head.

Aroma: Enticing! Dark, deep malt; black and white pepper leads into shades of cocoa, cardamom, salt, coriander, and rye, with an earthy-floral (is that basil?) finish.

Taste: Rich and complex: this is truly a caravan-journey across the Spice Road. Dark tones of rye and bourbon, with a flashy peppercorn showing and a spicy finish. Dandelion shows up, as well as (again) cardamom, with slight hints of white chocolate.

Palate: A strong pepper finish -- almost hot on the throat, and yet I want to sip again and again...

Overall: Very unusual! Very pleasant, too...Dark, mysterious, appropriately bitter. Great with (I would imagine) a whole array of foods -- peppery steak for sure; smoked cheeses; anything grilled. I had it alongside a chicken-gorgonzola-walnut pasta: it was *almost* too strong for the dish, but in the end it did work well together, thanks to that gorgonzola-blue cheese. I’d try this one with mole sauce in a heartbeat. Or, for that matter, curry fries.

My only advice: don’t drink it too cold. You’ll miss out on much of what makes this beer special.

Pours a deep ruby red with a short-lived but beautifully dense head. Light, peppery aroma - slightly sweet. The rye and pepper together remind me of saffron when I taste it - quite spicy! The rye adds a lot of complexity - hints of anise too. The finish is spectacular - hot and sweet all at once. Low carbonation, but the heat from the finish really adds a bite to it would have otherwise lacked in terms of mouthfeel. This beer would be absolutely perfect with Chinese food. As a concept brew, it’s a winner. As a beer in general, well...

Bottle, pours ruby with an off-white tan fine bubbled small to medium head, maybe a few tan bubbles here and there, aromas of caramel, malt sweetness and toasted malt, I think there is a faint pepper fragrance but it is hardly there, I had to search for it, I think the caramel sort of buries the pepper (?), some fragances that resemble the Holidays – cinnamon and cloves, some caramel and malt flavors with a good pepper bite on the palate, a little too much bite, felt like it was grating on my taste buds, this beer permeated my facial cavities with pepper, mouth feel is good, interesting idea but not that great on my tongue, too much pepper bite and heat in the mouth and it overshadows the rest of the flavors, I love pepper, I put it on almost everything, but beer and pepper do not make me happy, I do not know why I would ever purchase this again, not a good thing.

12 oz. bottle. Deep ruby color. Thin, light tan head. Aroma of molasses, malt, and of course pepper. Decent amount of carbonation. Flavor is a mix of dark fruits with some rye. Once the pepper takes over, it never leaves and stays around long after the sip is over. Actually does a bit of warming in the throat, as well. Finish is dry. Interesting beer.