Pours an orange, caramel colour and produces an off-white soapy head. A lot of lacing on the glass throughout, and the head retains itself very well.
Up front, the strong malt base comes through. Like the nose, it has a heavy bread flavour to it and moderate toffee sweetness. Slight wood note in there as well. Mid-palate, the orange and citrus flavours come through with a zesty bite. Finishes mildly bitter with spicy hops. Slightly unpleasant mineral and stale hop flavour lingers on the palate which tarnishes an otherwise decent flavour profile.
Medium body, but does feel a bit thin. Well balanced with good levels of carbonation and inoffensive astringency.
Pretty good from Badger, although it is flawed like so many of their beers I have had in the past. I don't know if this suffered from being light struck, but Badger are yet to impress me, despite quite a large catalogue of different brews.
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