7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A touch of haze, amber colour with a nice frothy-creamy, even bubbly light-beige head, good retention and some webbing creamy lacing. Smoked, burnt malt aromas with some fruitiness and hints of nuttiness. The mouthfeel is fairly flat with just a tad dryness that builds in the finish. Caramel malt flavours with again, the fruitiness and light nuttiness. Apples, caramel and some decent hop grassiness in the end taste. A nice ESB that has a little more alcohol.

6

A lightly hazed reddish copper ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with light grassy hops, treacle, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with roasted character, light grassy hops, light mineral notes, treacle, pleasant. On tap at brewery.