Bitter
Brasserie Rancho El Paso

Fat, truly long-lasting puff head of tight bubbles. Light brown color over a brown body. Thick rings of puff lacing. Smell is syrupy sweet with spices of cinnamon and raspberries.

Taste is fruity and syrupy sweet in the mouth, a little bit over the top maybe. Like a cinnamon candy, or sweet plums. I wonder if it has something to do with the beet juice additive. A little tangy and sometimes salty at times, which opposes the otherwise watery characteristic english ale feel this beer had. Dry earth hops fade in somewhere along the line. Light carbonation in the fore of the mouth and then flat thickness.

Something about the sweet syrupyness of this brew would prevent me from having another, although it grew on me as I drank it. Just a little too sweet. 7% alcohol is well-hidden.