When I first tried this beer, I noticed it wasn’t overall sweet. The smell sure of a brown ale with caramel, spices and plums. The flavors is a mix of flavors but with the herbs and spices dominating over the sweet aftertaste. What I can gather from this is some caramel, coffee, plum, raisin, lots of cinnamon, ginger, peanut butter, nutmeg, minor hints french toast dipped in maple, oak, bitter chocolate, and earthy hops . Sort of reminds me of the Gift of the Magi but less sweet. While it is a decent beer, it is probably worthy of a try as the flavors do get better as you go on. But overall just try it just to try it and share it.