Big River ESB

Brewed by Big River Brewing Co (Canada)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Richmond, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Draught at the brewpub
Amber color, creamy head. The aroma has quite good hops, fruity, mild. Good toffee flavor, medium body structure, strong hopping, well aromatic, oily, a bit fruity and resiny too. Long final, in which the nutty bitterness rises. Finally, a beer in this pub showing some good hops.

Draught at Big River Brewpub. Pours dark amber with medium off white head. Sweet and roasted notes in aroma. Medium bodied. Hop flavour leading to lasting bitterness. A little disappointed. I had wanted to like this beer more than I did.

Name: Extra Special Bitter
Date: September 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, fine dirty white head, sheets of lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, nice woodsy and earthy hop aroma, touch of citrus
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, lots if earthyness for balance, light bitter finish, touch of husky astrengency
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Always tastes like more sometimes too many more)! Goes well with most any food (well, at least any pub food at the Big River)and also by itself.

On draught at the Big River Brewpub south of Vancouver, BC. Pours a clear copper amber brew with a creamy white head that has a nice retention and spotty lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, some dry grassy hops and a hint of toffee. Taste is medium bodied, some carbonation with flavors of dry caramel malt, some roasted nuts and mild grassy hops. Finish is slightly dry with a mild bitter aftertaste that quickly disappears.

Excellent, one of the best brews from Big River. Tried this one at a beer festival and would like to visit the pub and have one there. I will update my notes when I do. At the festival I wrote down that the Big River ESB is strong in both malt and hop arenas, thus creating a lovely taste sensation that is balanced through and through. I’d like for more local brewpubs to make good ESB.

(Draught) Sampled on November 23rd, 2006 at the brewpub. Thin white foamy head with a deep orange body. Great full aroma and a ctirus hoppy nose. More like an EPA? Same English malt base with a very smooth texture. Low pressure creamer tap pours a lovely head and texture. A VERY drinkable ale and due for higher ratings!

Excellent ESB. Clear dark amber ale. Good lacing. Medium bodied. Lovely crystal malt taste with citrus hops. Citrus nose.

Copper, amber - orange; rocky white head. Great hoppy nose . Fruity & bitter. Lovely citrus notes with buttescotch & grapefuit. Wow! And there is a bowling alley with hosers right over there!

Hazy dark amber ale with a thin light moka head. Nice bready malt with smooth floral hops and treacle notes in aroma. In mouth, smooth caramel malt light lingering bitterness from hops, with citrus notes and a meium body. A good ESB. Merci, JM!