Pretty damn good for style, and great on cask as well, which makes for bonus points. Light citrus and a great malt backbone. Crisp and light bitter finish. Very sessionable. Cask at Churchkey.

Cask at Churchkey. Leftovers provided by Travlr. Thanks! Poured a clear dark amber color, still translucent, bubbly head that dissipated relatively quickly. Aroma was light nutty caramel notes. Flavor was about the same, nutty caramel, some bitter malt notes.

Cask at Churchkey. Clear deep bright golden amber color, big fluffy large bubble head with good retention. Aroma of toasted caramel. Taste is crisp, clean burnt caramel.

Tap at HDG - yup, that’s an esb alright - that was pretty much my reaction - but I could really see myself downing a few pints of this, so that is to their credit - semi-dry, medium hop profile, and a nice herbal, almost tea-like flavor, make this one sessionable ale - and really, from an ESB, what more can you ask?

Amber/Copper coloured body with a small off-white head and no highlights to speak of. Aroma of malt, faint caramel and a distinct yeastie/breadiness. Medium-bodied; Toffee flavours line the palate with some malt tastes coming through and some english hops. Aftertaste ends with the caramelised sweetness lingering with the hop bitterness prolonging the mouthfull. Overall, a good english bitter that was fairly unexpected! I sampled this on ’pseudo-draught’ at the Old Dominion Brew Festival 2004 on 27-June-2004 in Ashburn, Virginia.