Very unique. Pours a reddish brown with no head and a faint carbonation discernible only around the glass edge. Aroma is slightly peaty-malty up front but also sugary-sweet and boozy like a licquere. Smells a bit like a super-sweet and boozy version of a scotch ale or barley wine. Taste is cloyingly sweet if good. Like a mead but with maple instead of honey. Full bodied. Good but can't drink much and odd to call it a beer.