Bottle. There’s a lot of super small particles suspended in this beer, it’s golden to amber in body, and with a small, beige head. The aroma reminds me more of an American style pale ale than an ESB, with it’s green pine cones, grapefruit and citrus peel. In the mouth it’s a bit hard on carbonation, medium to full bodied and quite dry. There’s flavors of citrusy hops, green pine cones and some grapefruit. Pale malts and some hints of caramel. A quite nice one, not very reminiscent of an ESB, but tasteful and pleasant. 110406

Glass, 6-ounce, draught, at MacGregor’s, savoured on November 6 2010; eye: burgundy, clear, no effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head; nose: resinous hops, caramel, light fruity, light alcohol; mouth: resinous hops, caramel, light fruity, light alcohol, finale in resinous hops with presence of alcohol, medium body, nice bitterness, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 12 onces, en fût, chez MacGregror’s, savourée le 6 novembre 2010; œil : dorée, claire, pas d’effervescence, légère dentelle; nez : houblon floral, pamplemousse, léger orange; bouche : houblon floral, pamplemousse, léger orange, finale courte en houblon floral avec présence d’astringence, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légère astringence, légèrement sucrée; en résumé : correct

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy orange-caramel color with a small beige head that faded quickly and left some lacing. The aroma was tart with a vague floral and fruity hop presence and a touch of orange. The flavor was dry and tart with a fairly strong but vague fruity/floral/citric hop presence. The finish was short and body was medium. Pleasant.

Hazy orange with a big off-white head. Aroma is fruity, caramel and hoppy - citrus and grapefruit. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Bitter and dry finish. More of an IPA than an ESB. 190211

12 ounce bottle from State Line Liquors. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel, toffee, bitter leafy and floral hops. gthe taste is citrus hops, some leafiness, caramel and a bitter finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.

clear orange, smooth beige head. mild aroma of hops. too mild i think flavor is bitter ,malty sweet yet not cloying. refreshing good bitter.

Pours slightly cloudy, copper colored and a thin white head. BIG time hop aroma. Up front hop and malt flavor, notes of roasted malts. Medium bodied, moderate hop bitterness. I thought this was a stronger IPA, not an ESB. The hops and malts are over the top. Not my style but Hop Heads will love it!

Thanks to Rando7 for the beer. Pour is nice clean mahogany. Nose is very floral and citrus. Taste is toasted malts, barley, corn and some caramel. Good overall beer.

355ml bottle from Utobeer. Orange red clear with thickish beige head. Lovely aroma of hops just from the pour even before I nose it. Sweetish jammy grapefruit and strawberry. Mostly American hop on a typical ESB beer, some sweetish malt too. Pretty good ESB, not too sweet, or too over the top. Fullish in mouth, very drinkable beer. Not my favourite, but it is extremely competent and typical to style.

Draft @ Goose Island Clybourn, Chicago, IL. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty fresh hoppy citrus aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor with some piney hints and hints of citrus also some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.