Unlike the Fat Tire, (which is awesome), this pushes more hops than malts forward. So the combination is more of a semi bitter with only slight sweetness. Enough to not make it a sweet beer. Flavors remind me of some of the Ambers I have had in the past. Some of the best. Flavors of this beers are of Caramel, earthy hops, grapefruit, grass, pine, minor peanut butter, some sweet biscuit bread, minor apples and cherries, graham cracker, herbs, oregano, spices and smoke. Seems hoppy enough to be close to an IPA but malty enough to say it is of amber ale level. It doesn’t have stronger taste of biscuit, chocolate and coffee but a minute hint of chocolate and coffee that are covered up by the herbal and floral hops. It somewhat captures the end of summer season and goes right into the fall. Amber lovers and some hop heads will like this one.