The followup question is: who exactly is this for? Of all the many adjuncts that have been dumped into a beer in the name of experimentation, I don’t know if I’ve ever thought that a mixture of pretzels and alcohol was at all anything that I wanted simultaneously. And since this beer is a “Belgian-style” brew (per the label), do you get any of that anywhere? I didn’t. Instead you get a beer that reminded me of a meagerly capable dunkel that loses its one defining characteristic quickly as the aroma wafts away. There’s no bite of salt and no real sharpness or bitterness brought by any hop profile either, which I’d half-expected in some shape or form on the finish. The pretzel-ness in the nose doesn’t carry over into the flavor (and it’s up to you to decide if that’s a good thing or not). The wheat adds a slight creamy touch to the body, but it’s still pretty anemically thin. Flavorwise, you got a lot of sweet, bready malt going on with this one - no surprise there either, although I was a little taken aback at how wholly malty the beer was. Visually the beer is deep brown in color (well past pretzel coloration, unless you prefer yours burnt to shit) with a tight, thin white head that dissipated quickly. Once you get past that part, though, things drop off fast.
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