At GBBF 2014. Clear reddy brown. Toasty aroma. Toast. Some malt some fruit. Toast. Ok

Bottle at GBBG 2014. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is earthy, toasty, brown bread and twig. The taste is bitter-sweet, brown bread, leather, sticky caramel and wood with a dry finish. Light-medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty basic.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, toasted malty and light pine hoppy. Bitter, herbal and crisp hoppy finish.

Reviewed from notes.
I poured this into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice hazy looking amber to brown color. There was about a finger’s worth of foamy white head that once it dissipated there were some decent looking foamy rings. Carbonation was seen rising.
The smell was bready and had some nice roasty caramel notes filling my nose.
The taste was roasty and nutty bready sweetness with an in and out sort of caramel-ness. I didn’t get any aftertaste but the finish was actually quite smooth.
The palate was fairly smooth and had a carbonation suited well for the ESB style as it had a somewhat creaminess running about it.
Overall, I say this was a fairly good ESB worthy of having again, however due to where I live, I won’t be seeing this unless I got it in a trade.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly cloudy orange amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduced to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, toast, biscuit, nuttiness, orange zest, apple, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, toast, biscuit, orange zest, apple, light nuttiness, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and toast/yeast earthiness. Fair amount of earthy/herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, orange zest, apple, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and toast/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance, complexity, and robustness of dark/bready malt and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, fairly crisp, and lightly bready mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good ESB style. Good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Bottle pour to shaker. Hazy dark amber. Malty, slightly sweet. More amber than ESB, overall.

Bottle. Toffee malt aroma. Medium amber with moderate head. Mildly sweet toffee malt and pepper flavor. Nice body. Solid.

Pours hazed, woody brown with a thick tan head. Scent is wood, nuts, earth. Taste is earthy hop, caramel malt. Smooth, a litttle tingly....peppered. Earthy bittering. Not bad at all.

Bottle. Bready caramel malt aroma. Hazy amber with a small off-white head. Toast, caramel malt, and earthy herbal hops flavor. Body on the light side of medium, moderate carbonation.

Draft. Amber body with a fizzy white head. Light aroma of caramel, toasted grain and hints of flowers. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly bitter and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Raw grain taste. Not much finesse in this beer. Not much in the way of a premium bitter either. Too disjointed, rough around the edges.