 lagermonkey (597), Marietta, Georgia, USA
Jan 18, 2007
Pours a pale, lightly hazy copper with a persistent, dense ivory head. Sheeting lace on the glass. Smells of bitter herbal hops.
Taste is much like the smell, lots of herbal, bitter hops. Malt profile is almost undetectable. Mouth is thin. Hops linger in the aftertaste. This is OK but very heavy handed with the hops and very one-dimensional.
Syd (742), Twin Cities Metro, Minnesota, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Bottle pours clear amber with a decent and clingy white head. The aroma is orange and bread. The flavor is has a decent amount of orange marmalade and bread malt notes, with some hops to balance it out. The palate is a bit too lively for my tastes with an ESB, but decent bodied none the less. Overall, glad I tried it.
gsmitty80 (534), Washington DC, USA
Oct 1, 2008 I enjoyed this esb alot. Exactly what i thought it would be from Avery. The flavors were very strong and it did have a nice traditional bitterness to it. Good for the style and another good beer by this brewery.
Wulfstan (481), California, USA
Sep 23, 2008 This is a fairly tasty ESB.
It is copper with a fairly large off-white head that slowly shrinks to a lasting head and has decent lace.
The smell is juicy and leafy, with a little caramel, toasted bread, grapefruit, and a hint of pine. It’s very nice and is a little English.
The taste is fairly dry but flavourful with bread, juice, some caramel, with a bitterness of leaves and grapefruit taking over along with more juice and bread. It has pretty good balance and a definite light English quality.
ehhdayton (1086), USA
Sep 21, 2008 Pours amber with a white head. Slight malty aroma and touch of hops. Flavor has a bit of malt with a slight touch of the hops.
eboats (834), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Sep 16, 2008 Bottled. Poured amber with a white head. Aroma is a very mild sourness with bread malt. Starts out as a slight fruit flavor and then switches to the mild sourness noticable in the aroma, and finishes wet with some pear. Mouthfeel is medium.
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