stoutlover72 (1342), NorCal, California, USA Jul 17, 2007 NorCal tasting July 07 - I don’t know what happened to this beer. It had all the marks of a great beer until a drop hit your tongue and then it had this awful, tainted, bug spray character to it. Aroma was medium sweet, malty and touch earthy. Appearance was a rusty orange, smaller sized head. And as I said, the beer hits you and you think WTF! How could something this inviting be this bad? I will definitely want to try this again, because I refuse to believe that the beer can be this bad.
MBison (445), Southern Highlands, Australia Dec 1, 2008 Bottle (500ml). Poured amber with a good sized, dense, frothy white head which lasted very well. A earthy/fruity hop aroma with sweet caramel malts, nuts, mandarin, marmalade and light notes of gooseberries. Flavor was a mild earthy hop bitterness with sweet biscuity malts, buttery caramel, tangy orange citrus, light notes of pineapple and a dry/nutty finish. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation, a dry/creamy mouthfeel, watery texture and a decent finish. gam (618), brisbane, Australia Nov 20, 2008 Amber colour beer thin head mild carbonation.Aroma caramel,maltiness,good hoppiness,light fruitiness.Flavour malt,citrus,hoppiness,bitter is strong enough.Fairly typical bitter of this kind,finish,fruity dry,bitter. Miksu (1357), Jyväskylä, Finland Oct 28, 2008 0.5 l bottle. Amber color with small head. Sweetish and fruity aroma with orange marmelade and hints of sweaty hops. Nutty and biscuity flavor with fruity esters, almonds and candyish-fruity english hops. Dry minerally and bitter finish. A bit watery palate. Basic bitter. moseslikesbeer (176), conestoga, Pennsylvania, USA Oct 20, 2008 bottle. Looks like iced tea. Cloudy gold/light brown in color.Smells of light spice and fruit. Aroma very much reminiscent of other English ESB’s I have had. Very flat mouth feel. A little bit of hops in the taste but not much. Very heavy on the yeast. Very dry and not really satisfying. Doesn’t even remind me of alcohol. Kind of tastes like a cider. MiP (6337), Flensburg, Germany Sep 21, 2008 Bottle at EBF08. Weak fruity aroma. Clear dark amber colour. The flavour is spicy from the hops. Thin to medium mouthfeel.
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