Pours golden tending to amber with loosely packed collar of foam. Aromas are dominted by passionfruit (esb or apa) with some hinting caramel malt. Palate is relatively light, more tangy fruit (passion/orange) supported by resin/pine hop characters. Malt is there, but very much a supporting role. Finish is long and with lingering resiney bitterness. Really pleasant drink, but in no way is it an ESB.

(Tap at Local Taphouse Spectapular). Probably my pick of the 40-strong lineup at the festival. Certainly not an ESB as we know it and correctly picked here as an APA. Front palate has stacks of fruit and passionfruit from the yeast and floral hops. Malt played a more subtle role for me. Dry finish with plenty of hop tang. Really good beer and would surpass the Pale Ale, although to my tastes the 2 share some similar qualities.

Had this on tap at the Hargreaves Hill Brewery in Yarra Glen. It is bursting with fruity hoppiness with passionfruits leading the way. It is a drink a lot of beer and it is to be highly recommended

Tap at the Royston. Hazy amber with a very dense head. Aroma is possibly the pineyest (not sure that’s a word) of any Australian beer I’ve had, but in a good way. It’s all very well integrated with some nice, subtle, complementary esters and a chunky, fresh maltiness. The flavours are relatively indistinct and all on top of eachother, but in this case it works very well. Doesn’t finish especially bitter but the hop flavour lingers through enough to easily keep me happy. Just a simple, fresh beer served in top condition - top stuff. Probably the best beer I’ve had from Hargreaves Hill.
RR: Massively passionfruity aroma this time. Have they switched from US hops to NZ? Or UK if voota’s to be believed??!! Who knows... Anyway this is quite a bit hoppier, cleaner and less malty with a harder bitterness than I recall the previous version I had. As a result it isn’t quite as interesting. Still very good, but more like every other APA about.