3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A clear copper body is topped by a smallish head. The aroma is malty with a bit of caramel, but not much in the way of hops. Touch of bitterness in the end.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, coppery brown clear pour. I could smell the alcohol in the aroma - weird for something thats only 6%. Medium caramel malty aroma, and citrus hops come out for me. Caramel malty flavors, with lighter hop flavors present than in the aroma. Thin.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(12 oz bottle: Liquid Solutions in Tigard, OR) The beer looks impressive enough, boasting a clear, dark ruddy-amber color, and a small but creamy off-white head, but the rest is a bit of a disappointment. The aroma is sugary sweet, caramely and earthy rather than genuinely malty, and shows little in the way of hops. While I’m picking up a bit of roasty maltiness, a sugary sweet caramel dominates the flavor as well, and makes this seem a little cheap. Hops bitterness is minimal in my book, and though hops might help a little, with or without hops, the sugary sweetness is an issue for me anyway. There is a slight smokiness in the finish, and that’s at least something to hang my hat on. Body is medium, but without the hops, the sugary flavor becomes a bit tiring on the palate. Carbonation levels are fine. The head has faded to a wide ring, but lacing is non-existent. Just another so-so effort from BridgePort, but an ESB with hardly any hops bitterness is not something I’d seek out again.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a crystal clear copper color. Beautiful dense, off-white head forms and slowly fades to a light foam layer and ring at the edge. Intricate lacing left behind. Fresh, floral aroma with a hint of caramel and toast. Light bodied to medium with a pleasant carbonation. Flavor is floral hop with an underlaying sweetness. Quite a nice ESB.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured a clear copper color. Hoppy aroma. Mainly malt but a good amount of hops mixed in. More than expected. Touch of alc as well. Malty flavor with a bitter finish. Reminder me more of a pale ale. Nice beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The bottle poured a clear, dark amber colored beverage with a modest, thick, white head that dissipated to a thin but persistent head and left good lacing on the glass. The aroma was of rock candy and fresh sweet ripe fruit with a hint of new-mown lawn in the background. It had a medium body with lively carbonation and slightly sharp texture due, I am sure, to the carbonation. The flavor starts off with a very slight sweetness backed by the expected hop bitterness and is somewhat sharp. It smoothes out as it matures and has a long, slightly bitter finish. This beer has nice subtlety.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
A great example of the style. Pours a nice amber color. Well balanced flavor between the hops and malts. Finishes very smooth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled from bottle. Wow. What a nice session bitter! This ESB pours clear copper with a thin, but lasting off-white head and scattered lacing. Its aroma is subtle, but nice: hard candy, floral and spice hops and hints of caramel. The flavor is nicely bitter and wonderfully spiced with hops, but the malts are still dominant. Medium-bodied and well-carbonated (but not gassy at all). Bitterness lingers. I could drink this ESB all day.
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