Older bottle (Best before 16/09/09). Interesting (again) in the non-beer/beer category.
Pour is a lively, fairly well carbonated affair that yields a Dubbel-like, murky brown body and a little, thin foam that hangs around. It even produces a small amount of lace – no mean feat.
Nose is VERY good with a strong sherry like, alcohol smell that is very enticing and promises much.
The beer delivers some of the characteristics that the nose does, but they are somewhat muted. Some light fruit, alcohol and more sherry plus rum, but not as intense as the nose would have suggested that they might be. Some oxidation, but that was to be expected with the slightly older nature of this beer.
Carbonation is where the beer falls down, with a thinnish body being rudely interrupted by a a fizzy, out of place , prickly carbonation. A little annoying.
The beer gets a little watery as it drinks too.
Well, considering the gluten free aspect this is not bad, however the body is where it falls down. I would drink this again, but not as good as St. Peter’s Sorghum that I would buy again.