Bottle from HomeBrewStuff. Dark amber / brown, small bubbly head. Deep, dark malts, tannic notes, leather, tobacco. Taste is also focused on the malts, brown bread, fruitcake. Gentle sweetness, big bitterness. Pretty darn good.

Bomber from the grocery store. Aroma is fresh citrusy, dank PNW hops alongside caramel malt, dark fruit, garbage. Pours hazy amber with a medium beige head with good retention; reduces to a big bubbly collar and some lace. Taste is chocolate, fresh hops, roasty, a little garbage; highly bitter for style--seems much more bitter than the advertised 18 IBUs. It doesn’t taste like an ESB at all, though. It’s like a fresh highly hopped amber/brown ale. Weird hybrid. Would be a roaring success without that garbagey element.

On tap at bier thirty pours out a crisp amber topped with a sand head. Nose is nutty malts some sweetness and a earthy touch. Taste is more of the nice malts nutty notes and some bitter hops.

On Tap at Growler Guys Meridian, ID Redish amber with modest but creamy tan head. Mice woody sharp malt bite and a bitterness that seems a bit biger than the advertised 24IBU. Clean and rather dry. Nice bitter.