0.65l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. Only my cat like reflexes saved this from fountain ingen over the table. No gusher, but wants out and it has a massive really good looking near fluffy everlasting off-white head. All this on top of a cloudy deep orangey warm body. Looks nice and smells really nice as well. Lots of malty and fruity nuances. Hard to describe this aroma. It's almost yeast nutty with a rush of red berries and sweet melon. Yeah, wish every enn could smell like this. This is tasty. Super car smelly and somewhat sweet all this without being too much. It's spot on the carbonation and it has a fantastic feeling in the mouth as well. Lots of ripe fruity touches with minerally rocks and earth. There is lots of wet rocks and even a little bit of spicy licorice here. So much flavor! My expectations were quite low before popping the cap on this, but wow. This is one amazing esb. 23.10.2013

Deep, super hazy brown and toffee coloured body with a great, three centimetre tall light brown head that looks nice and tops the beer even better. Aroma of toasted malt, toffee, earth, grain, rye, german/english hops and a bit of alcohol - rather pungent in the nose. Medium-bodied; Very earthy and toffee-y flavours up front with a lot of toasted malt, grain, rye and english hops with some sugars and a lot of alcohol noticeable. Aftertaste shows the grain and earth more than anything else, but the lighter alpha acid hops show through along with the earthy sugars and a touch of fruit. Overall, a decent ESB with some good qualities, but nothing too impressive or out of the ordinary. Definitely not a must-have beer or worth spending a lot on - but nice to finally sample. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from King Richard’s Wine & Liqour in Michigan City, Indiana on 09-September-2015 for US$8,99 sampled at home in Washington on 30-August-2016.

Tap at Dexters. Filtered caramel amber-brown body. Off-white pillowy head. Nice tropical hop notes over classic British ESB caramel amber notes. Pretty good, medium bodied, not so much malt depth. Kind of bright and awkward for the style. OK.

Bottle shared at a tasting. Dark orange pour, hazy, thin tan head. Smells like malt sugars and burnt caramel. The taste is bitter-sweet, with notes of malt sugars, citrus hops, some pine.

Enjoyed on tap at Emporium Arcade Bar in Chicago, IL on a day off, too bad it's cold and grey. Appearance is a moderately clear Amber with a modest white head that laces to the glass. Aroma has a hop abundant profile with light malty notes. Taste is unique, definitely bitter with a bit of lemon, some off flavor that isn't quite agreeing with me, but malty as well. It's ok, not especially feeling this one.

Bottle: (Labeled as Lord Rear Admiral....3-19-15) Pours slightly hazy amber with a thick beige head. Spicy apricot, orange....herbal hop aroma. Flavour is herbal bitter, light fruits, caramel malt, hay/grass. Really enjoyable....a very nice, hopped-up bitter.

22 oz. bottle shared by Dan P, thanks bud! Fresh bottle without question here. Hazy amber orange color with lasting head in the pint glass. Aroma is a large amount of citrus and herbal hops on top of a toffee and caramel base. The flavor is just as aggressively hopped as the nose.

Flavor starts bready and toffee malty and transitions into the aggressive hop finish. The bitterness is of medium strength and balanced with the sweet malts. Highly drinkable and very easy for me to session this. If this was more available to me I would buy this as a go-to brew. Could be the best ESB I have ever sampled (mainly because it is an over-hopped American version of the style) well crafted.

Thnx to belgbeergeek Pours fuzzy orange , big white foam Smells sweet , hoppy Taste is bitter , rather hoppy . Sweet , ok

23.10.2013, 0,65l bottle sampled @ BBGTC tasting:
Small creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, light malts, sugar, grain, dried fruits, butterscotch, almond milk, grass, old leafs. Taste is slightly sweet, light malts, harsh hay, sugar, grain, weeds, almonds, butterscotch. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and harsh mouthfeel. Nice for being a not too fresh bottle.