This one arrives with little aplomb, failing to generate any head enthusiasm at all. These are never frothy gushers, but slightly disappointing nevertheless.
Aroma-wise there is a bit of roast, and actually a fair kick of hops going on on the nose, slightly unusually for the style. First impressions on drinking are that it feels a bit light in the mouth really for an ESB, perhaps not quite deep enough. But in saying that theres a pleasant amount of real taste going here, caramel, fruity hops, pineapple etc all present.
Progressing through the glass was quite pleasant, but I couldn't shake the feeling this beer is a little lost between two styles of a traditional bitter, and something almost akin to an IPA in some ways (without the berserk) due to the volume of english hops they have clearly stacked into this one. It's not a bad approach by any means but for mine but the beer needs more sweet burnt caramel to be a truly itch-scratchingly delicious bitter. 6.0
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