Bear Republic Nor Cal Ale

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Healdsburg, California USA

Serve in English pint

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(Draught) Pours a clear golden body with a small off-white head. Aroma of grass, grain, florals, and earth. Flavor of grass, stale crackers, toasted grain, and some florals.

Draught at Craft Heads. Claer amber - white head. Nice bitterness, high malty, light sweetness, toasted, grape fruity, peachy, grapes, ok hoppy, herbal. Plain.

Name: Nor Cal ESB
Date: April 17, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: The Pint House, Asheville
Appearance: clear amber, fine off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, nice earthy hops
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, lots of fuggels, light balancing bitterness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Draft. Crystal clear light amber body, white head. Aroma is mildly sweet, spicy, earthy/orange, some bread. Taste is medium sweet, earthy/orange, some spicy, light bread. Light body, somewhat watery, nicely drinkable.

Draft. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate earthy hop and malt aroma. Medium body with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable beer.

A golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, a nice light floral hops, with caramel malt. In mouth, a nice light pale ale with light floral c-hops. Medium bodied quaffer. On tap at brewpub, August 16 2009.

Tap at Birreria Paradiso in Georgetown. Golden color, delicate lacing. Bitter and dry, medium body. Not bad.

On tap at Capones. Poured a medium amber color with an averaged sized, frothy off white head. Aromas of citrus, fresh floral hops, a little toasty, and a little earthy. Tastes of citrus, some toasted caramle, floral hops, and lighter pine.

Growler from Bierkraft. Deep amber coloured beer with a thick tan head. Aroma is really lovely. Soft, very fresh grassy aroma. There is a lovely fresh maltiness. Light earthy/spicy hops and a nice balance of hops and malt. Crisp and toasty with a light nutty Munich malts on the back. It’s really fresh, lightly spicy and one of the best session beers I’ve had in a long time. This growler went down like water.

On cask at Lanesplitter poured a clear amber with a lasting creamy ivory head. Aromas of biscuit, floral notes, fruittiness and light pine. Palate was light bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, earthiness and light fruittiness with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish.