This is my third Butt Head, (not all at once) and it is somewhat of a disappointment. I've not had many of the Tommyknocker brews but I've noticed that they've recently reworked their packaging. Before you had an almost Mother Goose illustration of a bunch of gnomes or "tommyknockers" playing around a mine. They have since ditched that, and have created a fresher, hipper look. A somewhat distressed background of a muted forest green type of color, & on the bottom of the bottle we have a mountain scape in an iron ore kind of red, with a stylized Tommyknocker staring us down with a big mustachioed grin. I think its an improvement, but I was always partial to Mother Goose, so there is a part of me that will miss the old design. However, I won't be missing it too much, because this is probably the last Butt Head I'm gonna try. It pours a kind of dirty brownish red color, and creates a small head when poured. A high gravity beer at 8.2% and the IBU is conveniently listed on the front of the bottle as well at 33. We need to have a sour unit measurement, because this lager leaves a slightly sour taste on my tongue. Some slight chocolate undertones as well, but nothing as overpowering as the overall disappointing taste it leaves me with. I'm hoping that the other beers in this gathering are better. I've struck out the last two times I've bought something new. It is not absolutely undrinkable, but I won't be drinking it again.
