3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Appearance: Pours a clear, effervescent, copper body with a small, glass-coating, white head.
Smell: Fairly mild aroma smelling of dry, biscuity malts, floral hops, and just a hint of caramel.
Taste: Malts tasting of dry-old biscuits with an exceedingly light touch of caramel sweetness. Floral hoppiness, even some citrus. Smooth, medium-low bitterness. Sip of spring water on the tail end. Light bitterness on the clean finish.
Mouthfeel: Just barely makes it to medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: About average for an American-born ESB which leaves it somewhat forgettable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle served in an English pint glass. Pours light amber in color with a foamy white head. Smells of dough, grass, and nuts. Decent nutty, grassy flavor. A solid ESB.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
For and ESB not much going on. Pours a nice copper, not much head. Has a nice hop aroma, but it doesn’t really come through in the taste. Very drinkable. For those that enjoy beer, this basically sums it up: My girlfriend who prefers miller light thought it was drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Copper pour with a big off white head. Nice hop aroma, citrusy and spicy. Has a dry bitter flavor, not alot going on, just a clean hoppy taste. Not bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours orange amber with a small white head. Gentle aroma of malt and hops. Surprisingly little hop flavor, mostly just malt. Light for an ESB. Highly drinkable, but not much too it.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Clear orange pour with large white frothy head. Aroma of spices and citrus with some faint hops present. Taste of mild and bitter hops. I agree with a previous reviewer that this is more like a mild American Pale than a bitter. Solid session brew.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Just tried this one on Saturday and enjoyed it. Colour is relatively clear and orange. a very sticky white head that leaves staggered lacing down the glass. an initial light malt taste followed up light hops that leaves a nice soft bitter finish. Tastey all around!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Mondial 2008
Appearance: Clean amber ale with touch of full gold , fizzy rocky top.
Nose Solid, “full swing” hop aroma , strong west coast character noted, alpha bitter ale 7+.
Flavor/Palate : Citric hop cleanness up front. Sweet golden malt as filler. Straight forward hop oriented ale that was well made. Satisfying . solid bitter.
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