Dragonmead Sir Williams ESB

Aroma of flowers, honey, caramel, and citrus. Off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lace. Flavor is caramel, citrus, honey, flowers. Good medium-light bodied and soft. Really good and my favorite from this brewery so far.

Damn, what a simply delicious session beer. Pours a deep and murky cherry brown color. Thick, frothey eggnog-shaded head that has as much retention as a cask ale. Nose is the only negativ as it is extremely subtle malts that I had to really dig into the glass in order to find. Flavor is just front loaded with malts, peat and a wood essence. The malts just drip off the roof of the mouth and cling to the tongue and teeth they are so thick. Hops are a nice spruce-mint-ish that just balances all the sweet and earthy malts very well. Mouthfeel has a full body and is very juicy. I tend to use the word "juicy" to describe hops but this time I am using juicy o describe the malts. A six-pack of this beer would be a great addition to my Sunday football tomorrow.

Dark brown/reddish in color, clear, with a small off white head. Great, fantabulous aroma, at least for my tastes. I bought a 4-pack, and 2 of the bottles were 90% head after the first pour. Nevertheless, the beer is quite flavorful, with caramel and medium body, slightly sweet at times but not too much. Bitterness is average, which works well with this brew. Great work by Dragonmead on this one. If only they could get that carbonation thing down.

Clear amber body with a small, off-white head. The aroma is caramel and herbal, fairly light. The flavor is dry, light caramel, grass and herbs. Medium body is soft with light carbonation. Not the most true to style, but a very nice beer nonetheless.

RAF'03 cask- Just as good, if not better, than some of the big British award winners downstairs. This just has much more flavor than the British examples. The malt is thicker and sweeter, like a Caramello bar. The hops is more pronounced with seemingly more American hops and American hoppiness. Damn good ESB!