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Rusty copper color with a clear clean body, a finger high tan head sits tight and creamy on top, a collar remains around the edge once the top fades off and the lacing in minimal stubby strings.
Aroma is altogether biscuity and toasted, slight herbal hops, slight caramel, and other dried whole grain notes as well.
Taste is good yet a little on the plain side with not much going on. Roasted/toasted biscuit malts lead the charge and maintain a mild yet gainful capacity. Slight hops bring in some very slight grassy notes. Crisp and clean. Flavors end a tad too short and thin but the finish sufficiently drys out. Lingering in the finish is a bit of wild rice-like starch and light whole grain dryness.
Feel is about medium, clean, respectable roundedness and carbonation with a light drying charactized from just past the middle all the way through to the finish and softly lingers. Flavors weren't up to par to what I've come to know about Alesmith, a tamer ESB all way around but has a satisfyingly clean, mild tone thats enjoyable enough and becomes better as it warms.

Served In: Pint Glass

English style ESB – light on alcohol – pours a very dark, dark red and looks almost stout like – many have said it pours with a huge thick head, but mine poured with a fairly weak head – perhaps something was wrong with the bottle? The beer itself was very light tasting – like Guinness Stout without the “stout” part. Certainly it seems more stout than bitter. Not a lot of hops flavor but a lot of the malty backbone you get in a stout but not overwhelming.

Price: $5.00 Served In: Pint Glass

A - Pours a monstrous tan, soapy looking head. Fizzy, the head recedes fairly quickly. Copper/amber colored body has a slight haze to it, possibly from the chill.

S - Earthy hops. Grassy and leafy. Light caramel.

T - Starts with some sweet caramel that is much more pronounced that the smell. Then comes a load of herbal, earthy, grassy flavors that don't let up for a bit. Honey. Slight bitterness that is almost coffee-like.

M - Medium bodied. Carbonation is fizzy.

D - Not a bad ESB, but it is a style that I usually find severly lacking. I would consider this one about average for what I have had of the style.

Served In: Pint Glass