This has proved to be one of the more divisive Revisionist beers, with a generally decent mark on other review sites coupled the occasional extremely low score. I must confess to being rather more in the latter camp than the former. To my mind it falls afoul of nearly all of the cardinal sins of craft beer - too sweet - under-hopped - unclear as to what temperature it should be served (to its credit it improved as it warmed, but that is unusual for this style of beer) - not enough genuine malt to counteract the burnt flavor (also, sweet burnt??? really??? it's not a rack of bbqed ribs) - under-flavored in general, slight metallic aftertaste. At 4.8% it is also on the edge as a session beer, but, for once, I was quite thankful of that fact. The first note I wrote was 'frightful', but to give it its dues, after two of my drinking companions had a single sip and refused to drink any more, one claimed that it was not bad and felt it deserved decent marks. I wasn't sure what to make of this, except to inform my readers that they will have to decide on their own. I'd give it a 4.5/10 (with the improvement upon warming, definitely not before), my erstwhile companion was convinced it deserved a 6. You have the information, make up your own mind, preferably with an old favorite on stand bye to restore your palette.
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