 jrob21 (1250), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug 2, 2007 Cloudy copper color with a decent white head. Big sweetness for and ESB. Nice caramel malt flavors. Some bitter hops in the aroma. Much better than I was expecting for an ESB but why am I surprised by the quality of the alesmith guys. Very easy to drink. None of the metallic hops that usually turn me off from this style.
Boutip (2333), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Jul 11, 2007 Bottle courtesy of Naven: Poured a medium brown color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention and some good lacing as well. Aroma of dry malt with some fresh lightly bitter hops. Taste is also well balance between dry malt with some very light sweet notes and a dry light bitter finish. Average body with medium carbonation. Overall, I thought this was simple without much complexity but well made to quench thirst.
TURDFERGUSON (1594), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Jul 6, 2007 Bottle from Saarlander. Thanks Aaron! Pours a hazy dark amber with a gargantuan foamy and pillowy off white head. Aroma is very pleasent with pineapple, pine needles, and some light malt. Flavor is a perfect balance of malt and hops. This is easily the best ESB I have ever had and just a really nice beer to drink. Alesmith does it again.
smashteroid (227), USA
Jun 29, 2007 served cold from bottle. poured a very nice amber with a tiny white head. some lacing. smelt of malts and maybe fruit? flavor is very malty with a perfectly enjoyable bitterness. excellent rendition of an esb.
golubj (1275), Sunnyvale, California, USA
Jun 22, 2007 Bottle. Aroma of caramel malt, pine, and mango. Flavor is of a slightly earthy malt and caramel malt with a nice lingering bitterness. Above average for the style.
SpudClampDawg (1027), Jasper, Indiana, USA
Jun 12, 2007 Pours a cloudy amber with a small head that leaves little lacing. The nose offers a real cereal note - kind of bready but with notes of hay or straw. Lots of rindy hops lay over the malty base - perfume, pine and grapefruit are all resiny. The body offers some interesting peach, pineapple and raspberry esthers. The body is ultimately overpowered by perfume and rose petal hops, making the complexity beneath hard to enjoy.
brettpace (179), Northridge, California, USA
Jun 3, 2007 MMM very good. nice caramel flavor. Lots of carbonation, reminds me of cookie dough. My favorite ESB.
jcr (1136), Jasper, Indiana, USA
May 29, 2007 Small, diminishing head atop a dark amber, murky body. The nose is mostly malty with notes of grain and cookie. Some perfume hops are part of the aroma as well. The flavor is moderately sweet and slightly bitter. Medium body and watery texture. Above-average carbonation. Thought this was fairly average and that the flavors were somewhat muddled. Nice enough to drink as a session beer.
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