UPDATED: NOV 19, 2020 (from very old notes) - Aroma : Moderate toffee maltiness, subtle soft fruity hop notes of peach & melon Taste : Medium bodied. Gentle fruity hop bitterness at first then as it warms the toffee malt comes to the fore. A solid ESB

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2020 500ml bottle from Waitrose, Berkhamsted and drunk on 17/10/2007. Fairly sound bitter and somewhat crisp with a malty linger.

Bottle, rating from old notes. Poured slightly hazy amber colour with small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, fruit and hops. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation.

From Jul 2007 Purchased at Wilbur's Liquors in Ft Collins for US$4.49 This one pours from 16.9oz bottle a clear amber with an ample head of foam that shrinks slowly leaving a fine layer and it has some good lacing. The smell has good notes of caramel malt and fruit. The taste is malt dominated. Plenty of caramel there with some dark fruit, mostly plum and fig. Pretty tasty. The finish, where most of the hop profile shows up, is on the dry side. This is a pretty easy ESB to drink and I know I could enjoy a couple of bottles without feeling too filled up. It's going nicely with the very warm weather we're having here in Casper... With the second pour, I'm getting a slight haze and the flavours are still holding my interest. I'm glad I picked up this bottle. :^) Good stuff!

Basic bitter. Golden, pale, and mild. Grassy hops, a little lemon, some earthy finish. Tried for the first time back in 2009.

Bottle picked up at Party Source from notes. Pours a hazy amber/copper color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have sweet malts, crackers, grass, light herbal notes, just not much to get excited about.

i think this might be decent as a pub ale, served warm via cask, but thousand of miles from it’s source, bottled, it just didn’t do it for me. All the boringness of a typical low abv English beer with few of the highlights.

Bouteille de 500 ml achetée à la LCBO de Hawkesbury. Dégustée le 30 juillet 2010 (pint). Bière limpide rousse tirant sur le orange. Mousse peu, col mince. Peu effervescente, grosses bulles. Légère odeur de bois, de rose. Goût un peu boisé, un peu fade, manque de caractère, plutôt mince. Amertume en finale domine un peu trop l’ensemble.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein orangegoldenes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch fruchtig malzig, leicht hefig, hopfig. Geschmack hopfig malzig, fruchtig, leicht hefig.

Hazy reddish brown. No head,low carb. Aroma seemed malty and rich and carmally at first giving the impression this was going to be stronger but was short lived and turned to Soy sauce. Smooth slickish,flat,watery,dull taste,has some butterscothch and carmel which makes it better.Seems stale/old. Flat and watery is not a good combo,probably poorly stored as well.Not shure how old this is either.