OK, Bottled this on 26th and couldn’t wait to give it a go. Its not fully carbed bu…its very very damn good.

Big nice as hell head on pouring, it has that hop character I wanted, dank but crisp(?) sharp, fast then kinda hangs around. It has the Landlord hop character i like with a little bit more funk. Its good.

The nose is very dark rye, red wine. Some generic Belgian smells (fruits) and some dank.

There is an orange rind thing going on. even a roasted orange rind(???) if thats a thing. (Kveik, Nelson?)

The malt character is very nice, its balancing what I imagine could be too much hops, but theres a sweetness that pops up between the first sip bitterness and the outgoing on the tongue, its maybe the Shepherds malt?
The hops are explained above but

There is a “cola” taste which Shepherds supposedly does and it may be whats accentuating other flavours earlier – orange for one. I imagine this would suck with more carbonation.

As I said its probably not fully carbed but for what Im tasting now It doesnt need much more.