3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: NOV 22, 2009 1. Sampler at the Breckenridge Brewery 2220 Blake Street, Denver 08/10/2008
Bronze coloured. A little rich and sweet on the palate. Fruity with some bitterness in a crisp and dry malt finish.
2. Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009
Pine hop aroma. Bronze coloured hoppy and smooth on the palate with a pine fruit flavour. Crisp and bitter lasting malt finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
coppery with small head. was hoping for a tasty ESB. this isn’t it. malty with some caramel. not terrible, but this isn’t what the bottle claims.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Light nutty caramel malt, prune, and molasses aroma. Brown with a small tan head, suspended sediment, decent lacing. Caramel malt, toast, and raisin flavor with a light hops bitterness. Medium body with a dry tannic mouth feel. I agree with a previous rater who compared this to a lower alcohol barleywine.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Little to no aroma. Spicey malty taste with a chocolatey bitter artertaste. Certainly not extra bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured from a refrigerated 12 ounce bottle into a snifter. Appearance is a dark ruby with a one-finger width head of a light khaki color. Decent retention. Aroma is caramel sweetness with a malty fruity note to it similar to that of a gold-and-delicious apple. Taste is just mildly bitter with a stronger emphasis on a malt forward sweetness than that of a hop bitterness. This beer reminds me a great deal of a lower alcohol content barleywine than anything resembling an ESB. Who am I to classify this, though.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker pours dark amber. Some lacing, thick/medium body, smooth/sticky texture, and light hop aroma. Taste is grainy malt, hint of alcohol, and bitter herbal hop finish. OK.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Malty body, caramel and light fruit tones. Bitter toasted malts hints of bitter hop resins and light grapefruit. Medium warmth with a bittersweet finish. Decent.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Just to clarify this batch doesn’t say 471 but the Extra ESB is the same as 471 Extra ESB.
The beer pours a clear medium copper with about a finger of light tan head that has decent retention. The lacing is light.
The aroma is light mostly some bitter hops with a tiny bit of skunky, not your normal ESB.
The taste is not great to me its like a bad IPA. The hops are all over the place very strong but nothing else to reward you. Not a normal bitter.
The feel is watery and not very drinkable.
Overall, I wouldn’t qualify as an ESB and I wouldn’t drink it eiter. Not a great effort overall.
3.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Breckenridge Brewery & BBQ. Clearish deep burnt orange/deep amber. Oddly, it smells like a freshly cleaned sink. Somewhat malty aroma, semisweet and candy-like. Tass has a maole syrup taste and texture. Thick and full bodied. Sweet toffee start with subtle bitterness at the end. Some sweet fruity hop tones. Overall a pretty sweet ESB, but not cloying, just right. Nice subtle alcohol burn to remind you it’s a big beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
I liked this beer. A good easy drinking beer. I could definately have a couple of these in one sitting. Smooth, drinkable, tasty. Good brew.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle.
A - Nice burnt amber color with a good sized, creamy, thick, full, off-white head. Really nice retention and a nice creamy layer of lace.
S - Has a nice toasted caramel and bready/biscuity aroma with a nice Scottish ale spice/herbal characteristic as well. Has a pretty strong metallic aroma and a hint citrus/berry too.
T - Starts out with the nice toasted caramel malt. Mid sip there is more herbal hops and Scottish spice along with some biscuity flavors. The finish is a little harsh with a little too much hoppy bitterness with a grassy and spicy hop flavor. Some metallic undertones on the finish as well.
M - Medium body with average carbonation. Fairly creamy.
D - It would be quite easy to drink if the finish were so harsh/sharp. Just a little too much hop and bitterness for the style. Metallic flavors also detract a bit.
Notes: Decent Scottish ale and a bit better than I expected. It’s good, but the finish is a little too much with the hops. There is a nice biscuity/herbal/spice flavor that is tasty and enjoyable, but it just doesn’t quite reach that upper echelon. Worth a go (especially when on sale like I got it) but it’s not going to become a staple in my fridge.
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