Poured from a 16 oz can dated May 14, 2020. Aroma is a fairly balanced blend of hops and malt. Moderately strong notes of herbal, woody hop notes. Moderate notes of caramel, toasted bread, nuts and toffee with hints of raisin and cherry. Pours a fairly clear, amber / auburn color with a medium large, medium thick, tan head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with moderately strong hop and malt notes. Fairly strong bitterness and a hint of alcohol spice. Moderately strong malt notes of caramel and toasted bread with lighter notes of biscuit, nuts, honey and toffee with faint raisin and cherry notes. Moderate woody, herbal malt notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, I'm not a huge fan of red ales / ESBs, and this one isn't really an exception, but it is executed well and full of flavor.

Tap. Pours clear deep amber, medium creamy beige head, great lacing. Aroma is light, malty, biscuit, noble hop, pine. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.

Amber-brown, not much head, aroma is earthy hop but also some phenolic bubblegum...not much, but once you get it on your nose it becomes disproportionate.

Dégustée au Mondial de la Bière de Montréal 2011 (De mes notes papiers). .

On tap at RateBeer Best. Pours a dark amber with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is toasted malt and dark fruit. Medium body, bready malt, caramel, dry finish, decent.

Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours clear dark amber. Aroma is toasted caramel, grassy hops, malty forward. Medium body, strong later bitterness, again lots of malt and long cooked hops. Long bitter palate. Okay.

Draught at Mikkeler SF. Dark Amber with a frothy head. Aroma is nutty malt. Flavour is bitter nut, English bitter texture. Dry fruity finish.

[1/29/16] Draught at Flavor Bistro in Santa Rosa. Cloudy dark amber with a beige head. Aroma of malt, toast, caramel, some fruitiness, earthy hops. Sweetish flavor with malt, caramel, toast, some fruitiness, and a bitter earthy hops finish. Medium-bodied.

Tap at flavor. Citrus hop nose, toasty, light caramel,nice rich malt. Reddish orange-amber color. Nicely balanced ESB, good malt, citrus hops.

On tap at flavor pours out a cola brown topped with a sand head. nose is citrus hops some malty roast . taste is more of the malty roast and a bitterness on the end.