UPDATED: APR 1, 2020 Keg at The Oregon Brewers Festival, Portland, OR on 25/07/2008. Decent ESB, with a malt forward nose and slightly more assertive bitter hops than I’d expect from a British variant.

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2020 Can, thanks to Iphonephan. Pours clear reddish dark brown with large spongy beige head, faint caramel mocha aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter coffee taste, smooth body, long medium bitter coffee finish. Very good.

UPDATED: AUG 23, 2019 On tap at the brewery. As Grand Teton Bitch Creek Brown Ale. Pours amber brown with off white head. Malty, caramel, some roastiness, sweetish. Medium bodied.

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2018 Copper color with tan head that lingers. Mild hop aroma. Taste is immediately a little bitter from hops then followed by a caramel sweetness. Slightly woody flavor and mild hop aftertaste.

Aroma - is full of sweet caramelized malt, and aggressive pine and pungent hops. Appearance - is a cloudy brown with a khaki head, that laces as it fades. Taste - matches the nose impression. It’s tannic, pungent, pine, earthy, and caramel. Palate - is medium bodied. Smooth texture. Carbonation is average. Finish is pungent and slightly sweet.

From Nov 2005 Poured from the bottle a deep brown colour with a medium sized head that dissipated quickly leaving only a fine lacing around the edge of the glass. The smell is a nice mix of hops and malt with a sweeting caramel smell that was probably the dominant note for me. The taste is very well balanced and hits my taste buds just right. Sweet caramel tones in the malt with just a touch of bitterness with the hops. Good stuff!!

12oz bottle @ home. Pours deep mahogany with ruby edges. Large creamy white head with good lacing. The nose is roasted malt and nuts with dark, dried fruit. The flavors start out the same way, roasty flavors, raisins, malt, then changes personality to hoppy bitterness. Finishes hoppy as well. Interesting take, tasty.

Draft at Ben’s tune up. Pours dark brown with a thick khaki head. Leaves a lot of lacing in the glass. Fairly malty on the nose and tongue. There’s some pine bitterness on the tongue which adds some complexity. Finished clean.

Pours auburn from the bottle. Tan, creamy head and sticky lacing. Nice. Aroma is apple, caramel, a bit floral. Taste is mildly bitter with strong roasted notes. Finishes the same but with mild notes of apple, green tea, nuts, and a light warmth. Body is medium. Nice!

12 oz bottle served in a Belgian snifter. Pours very dark for style: near opaque black-red-brown body topped by a thin beige colored head. Limited retention with spotty lacing. A bit of sediment on the bottom of the bottle. Nutty, yeasty and bready aroma with hints of pine and citrus. Mild bitterness with a somewhat nutty flavor; bold for style. Smooth medium body with medium-light carbonation.