I've been meaning to do this review for a little while now, a good couple weeks anyway, but I'm always lost in the pleasure of drinking it to take the time and write about it. Yes, it's that good. Now, as you may or may not know, or care, I love a good bitter. Round these parts it can be difficult to find.one let alone a good one. But Small Block Brewing has done nothing but excell at crafting high quality beers and this was not an anomaly. Pouring a deep reddish brown this certainly is a showy brew. It is only very gently carbonated but that works well for this style adding a nice texture to the mouthfeel, but keeping the whole thing mostly creamy smooth. The nose is treated to a rich, lovely, truely caramel malt aroma with just the faintest grassy herbal hops note. The tongue is treated even better. Again that rich delightful very caramel malt, possible whispers of roasted nut and the slenderest whisp of light toast. But mostly sweet caramel. The hops used have bitters it to just noticeable and impart very little flavour. The whole thing remains extremely quaffable with medium light, leaning more to the light body but keeps from being thin or insubstantial. Honestly, I think this is one of my top favorite beers of all time. I don't like to assign number because I love a lot of beers, but damn this is good.