Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draft 20 oz mug, poured at The Bine, Bothell. First visit! A shiny caramel copper pour with a thin fizz head. A nice warm caramel malt aroma. Very grainy nose, but in all the right ways. Flavor is a ton of bold malt, slightly sweet, but just barely enough to notice. A smooth balance of flavors, that I’d love to find on cask. Fun to discuss this absolute agreement on the subject with luttonm. This is what an ESB should be like, and it’s awesome to see that Matchless is killing it in multiple styles, even the ones that are difficult to do so. Very impressed with this one.