Growler. Unfiltered brown amber with a small tan head. Big fruity orange nose, some melon and old pear, along with a lot of wet bread and a spicy ginger note that seems weird. Flavor has that sharp pepperiness of ginger, some citrus, light acidity. Some creamed maraschino cherries in finish. Decent, not great.

On tap at the brewpub. Purs amber with a thin white head. Great fresh hop pine/grapefruit aroma. Great lacing. Has a tootsie roll chocolate orange flavor. Very good beer.

Draught. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain, cookie), lightly to moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin), with a note of diacetyl. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter, slightly unclean. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. A buttery diacetyl note kind of steals the show here, as happens with many of Coopersmith’s pale ales. Not awful, but not pleasant either.

tap at the brew pub. pour is an orange tan with a nice head. aroma reminded me of cotton candy. very sweet booze flavor with a lighter than expected earthy hop taste. a sweet drinkable beer.