This may be my favorite beer. Didnt take any tasting notes when i had it a year ago, but i had a 6 pack of it and it was incredible. Perfect red amber hue, great bitter notes, with some subtle apricot/peach tones. Please do your self a favor and try this beer. I can not even imagine what this tastes like on tap. I am going to Ipswich in a month and will be purchasing as much of this as I can find. Hopefully then I can rerate and get some more specs.

Thanks to the very generous OldGrowth, I was able to try an old bottle on 5/27/2005. I can’t believe how well this aged. Tons of oxidation, and sherry notes, but I can’t find fault with that, this is a 5% abv ESB brewed around 5 years ago. Still fruity, caramelly and malty. Poured a head, with light lacing and of course, plenty of sediment. Tons of fruity yeast esters, bready and malty. Fantastic! But upon further thought, it isnt a 5, I would like to be nostalgic and give it one, but no, it aint. Damn near close though, this is still a fantastic beer.