7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Canned. Copper amber pour, strong butter aroma, graham crackers maltiness. Bitter finish

6.8

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

Bottle. Copper color with a medium head. Aroma is caramel with whiffs of roated grains. Taste is a slight toffee-coffee, nutty taste. Really tasty.

7

Roll wave!!!

6.8

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

On tap at the brewery. Pours copper. Biscuit, blackberry, nutty, orange zest. Medium body. Good.

6.8

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

12oz bottle from Total Wine. Medium amber pour, fizzy head. Aroma and taste are light caramel. Sweet, brown sugarnotes, light ginger. Sweet and a bit snappy.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

7th International Pre Brugge Beer Festival Bottle Swap (in De Bierboom); Friday 1st Feb 2019. Fairly large sample from a bottle that was passed to me during the mega tasting. Amber body, off-white crown. Light malty nose with a mild yeastiness. Taste has a decent malt/hop blend with some bitterness to temper the semi-sweet biscuity malt flavours. Not really an ESB to this Brit, but a fine beer all round.

6.8

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

Copper color with creamy tan head that lasts. Bread aroma. Nice balance of toasted malt, caramel sweetness, and crisp hop bitterness. Not overly hoppy, sweet at the end.

7.3

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

Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clear copper with a finger of foam that lingers. Lovely toasted malt nose with faint peppery hop aromas. Smooth and very well-balanced with toasted malt, mild toffee and leafy, peppery bitterness. Very nice ESB and very drinkable.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 4/20/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, plum, pear, apple, herbal, grass, light toffee, and yeast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of toffee, plum, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light toffee/fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a very good ESB. All around nice robustness and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich English malt complexity; with mild hop balance, and restrained English yeast fruitiness. A very enjoyable offering. Very well made for the style.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Draft: Hay, dried leaves, dark honey nose. Cloudy brown, medium tan head. Dried leaves, wood. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry, little British malt character.