I have to say for an amber this has very dark red coloring to it. It looks darker than in the pic. Has a nice nutty taste to go with the toffee/caramel malts. Has a light hop bitterness but is malt forward. My only complaint was it needed more carbonation. I even poured hard 1/2 way through as I could tell I wasn't going to get much head I still gave it a 4 tho. Taste was really good and that's what counts.