The Bottle. The Glass. The Pour.
Now my descriptions won't be as flowery as some of those that I read, but that's probably a good thing. The color was red/brown...burgundy would be too red, even rust might indicate too much red...eh, just look at the picture. Smell was light, maybe even a touch sweet. Initial taste was quite sweet on the front; I could have sworn there were cherries and peaches in there...but after that there was a full hop flavor w/o too much bitterness. Surprisingly well balanced and easy drinking. I fully expected something with a bit of a bite from the raw kitsch that seemed to permeate the packaging.
Now we haven't figured out just how we are going to categorize and rate each beer, but on overall of 0-10 is probably a safe bet. We simply won't be able to appreciate the nuance of another order of magnitude so I am simply going to give it an 8. If I were hard pressed to take that to the 0-100 level I'd probably settle in around 81 or 82.
