12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 8/2/2013. Bit of a gusher upon opening. Pours lightly cloudy orange copper color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of caramel, grapefruit, orange zest, pear, toast, biscuit, floral, light pine, and floral earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of hop and malt notes; with decent strength. Taste of caramel, grapefruit, orange zest, lemon zest, floral, toast, biscuit, light pine, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of earthy floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, citrus, floral, toast, biscuit, and light pine on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance of malt and hop flavors; with a very nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good ESB style. Good balance of malt and hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Draft at Bijams restaurant, Chicago. Pours clear amber with a white head. Aroma of malt, caramel and earthy hops. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Light bodied with light to moderate carbonation.

Tap at Bijam’s Bistro, Chicago. Poured a clear dark amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt hop yeast. The flavour is medium bitter with a hoppy yeast liqourice bitter and slightly metallic palate. More like an IPA than a harvest ale.

Dark Amber Color, Huge Long Lasting Head, Lots Of Foamy Lacing. Caramel, Malt, Sweet with Moderate Hop Bitter Ending. Medium Body, Smooth, Slightly Buttery. Easily Drinkable. Simple, But Good. The only complaint, that yet another Goose Island Beer Made In NY... WTF?

Draft. Crystal clear golden amber color, thin white head. Aroma of grass and caramel. Taste is bittersweet caramel. Light body. Plain.

355ml bottle from Bitter Virtue, Southampton. A slightly hazy amber pour with a cream head; caramel aroma; malty caramel taste with a slight hoppy zing; and a sweet toffee fudge finish.

Dried leaves and soil aroma. Clear copper, medium yellow head, good lacing. Dried leaves flavor, slightly vegetal. No English malt character. Boring.

Originally rated on 13.9.2012. 355ml bottle @ Goose Island Pub, O’Hare, Chicago

Bottled on 08/30/12 - Pours clear dark orange with a small foamy head. ARoma of malts, grassy hops, some biscuity and caramely notes, nuts and toffee. Taste is sweetish with some malts, caramel, grassy hops and mild biscuity notes. Finish is sweetish with some caramely and biscuity malty notes and grassy hops. Nice, quite malty ale.