I stumbled across this fairly lightweight ESB a few months ago. It still strikes me as very well-balanced. Not as sweet and carmelly as some of the ESBs I've had, but very drinkable with a nice hoppy edge.
Goes well with Cormac McCarthy's "The Crossing," the second volume in his border trilogy, which I have in the elegant Everyman Library hardback edition. McCarthy is known for his spare prose and bleak outlook, but what pleases me most about this trilogy is the humor. I can't describe the depths of dryness and wryness, but gems of witty dialog abound. What makes it so funny is that the characters are never trying to be funny. And that is the hardest trick of all to pull.
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