Redhook Ales Brewery's ESB

I like ESBs for some reason. They're like pales, without the malt. Good stuff, usually.

This one pours orangish amber with a nice light tan head. Nothing exotic, but just right for the type.

A bit sweeter and maltier than usual in the smell. Like a light, sweet bread. Almost like a dinner roll at Luby's, but with a bitter tweak to it.

Pretty nice. Still maltier than I'd like in an ESB, which makes it more like an amber. Decent bitterness that stays pretty clean, even if it's fairly indistinct.

Drinkable beer, but nothing to really look for in the future.