Boundary Bay ESB (Best Bitter)

Brewed by Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bellingham, Washington USA

Serve in English pint

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Draught at the brewpub
Cloudy deep blond color with creamy head. Light malt aroma. Smooth mouthfeel, with light malt flavor that happens to be a bit dusty, no caramel, average bitterness, and a light earthy finish; apparently there is a very light residual sweetness, and extremely light liquorice trace.
A simple Ale, nothing to do with real British Bitters.

pours a somewhat hazy light copper with a small off-white head, and great lacing. smell is floral, light grapefruit, some caramel, and malt in the back. taste is smooth, nutty, malt, and caramel. ends creamy and a touch bitter.

Draft - Sweet malts with toffee notes. Negligible head with a cloudy amber hue. Sweet malt flavours of cookies and toffee. Mild alcohol in the end along with a balanced bitterness. Pretty stock ESB, nothing good nor bad.

A nice amber with a small head. the aroma is malty sweet with a bit of nuts and bread. The flavor is very true to the style, malty sweetness balanced nicely by the bitter hops.

Draft: Poured an orange copper with an off white head. Aroma was sweet malts. The taste was bitter hops and malts.

Nice orange color but no head to speak of. Citrusy and grassy hop aroma. Thin mouthfeel. Orange and grapefruit with minimal malt sweetness. Light fruity hop finish.

On tap at the Alibi Room, pours cloudy golden orange with a white head. English malts, muted butterscotch and light English hops on the nose. Flavour of English malts / hops, mild bitterness, with biscuity notes on the finish. Decent.

Draft at the brewpub in Bellingham, WA. Reddish amber body with a small tan head. Somewhat hoppy but not enough, with a good deal of doughy malts. There was an off-flavor I couldn’t place. Not on par with their other offerings.

Bomber to a Czech-pils glass with a hazed, deep orangey amber hue, modest, off white, head foam that quickly reduced to a persistent, bubbly ring and film, and deposited some thin ribbons and spots of lacing on the glass. The aroma started with some short-lived, off sour notes, then caramel, fruit as a combo of orange and apricot, a little citrus, and some malt sweetness. The flavor also presented medium+, earthy hop bitterness, good, biscuity malt content, slight alcohol, and low carbonation, in a medium bodied brew. Nicely quaffable!

Clear medium orange, nice fluffy white head. Toasty, slightly nutty sweet aroma. More of that toast and nut flavor upon sipping, some slight caramel character, moderate bitter resin hop finish.