It's now time for the third herb-flavored small beer. This is a bit scary. The flavoring is goutweed. Why is it scary then? Well, the "natural food" fanatics praise the qualifications of the goutweed, both for food and medicinal purposes. Some people say it tastes like spinach. I have tried to eat goutweed and, in my mind, it tastes... well... like weed. Far from spinach. Quite unattractive actually. I'm afraid that the goutweed flavored beer might also taste rubbish. There's only one way to find out. A man's got to do what a man's got to do. Dive to the deep end. Here we go. Yes, I have a goutweed beer. Looks lucid, deep gold, even amber. Moderate carbonation produces a thin lacing that dwindles rushedly to an even thinner lace ring and eventually zero. At least, the appearance isn't unapproachable. Goutweed smells in the beer. Amen. Weedy. Not dank like the weed that some of you smoke but the weed that grows everywhere in the garden, especially where it's not supposed to. The fragrance is fairly copious, a tad like herb tea. A faint malty reflection may be observed in the shadows but otherwise the goutweed truly dominates the olfactory universe. Let me sip. Alright. I'm not going to puke. This is not revolting. The taste is, admittedly, herbal and weedy. And vegetal. But manageable. It's a combination of malt and goutweed, accompanied by grated dry lemon peel. Indeed, herb tea is what comes to my mind. I don't necessarily fancy this but, at least, I get what I have wanted. I put goutweed in the beer, and my beer tastes like goutweed. Simple as that. The body is light minus. The end is goutweedy. A nice word, right? (I made it up myself.) The same pungent tea-imitating cocktail prevails now in the mouth as before. The mouthfeel is light, floral, herbal, tea-like and slightly pungent. And vegetal. Definitely not a masterpiece but delivers what it's supposed to. No flaws. I appreciate it. Still, I can't say that I enjoy this beer.