3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice effervescent amber color with a nice white head, good looking beer this one. Very nice sweet, hoppy, and caramel aroma. Taste is of dark fruits, sweet toasted malt, and hop bitterness balances the sweetness. Medium body and very creamy mouthfeel. I enjoyed this a lot, but I do feel the sweetness kind of takes precedence here. Overall great stuff.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy amber color with a thin head. Aroma of musty and slightly moldy malt. Very earth-bound flavor of dirt, must, moss, etc. Lightly bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Tawny body with a thick dense head. Nose-very spicy for an ESB. Somewhat sweet. Nice nose. Taste-sweet. Reminds me of Early Grey tea. Notes of fresh cut grass, black pepper, hops, very, very crisp. Very enjoyable ESB that would be an ideal session beer. A little sweet, and that will cost it a point on palate.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A pleasant ale to have with a salty snack or appetizer to balance to finishing bite that lies within. Still, a quite quaffable example when compared to a majority of the English styles that I have sampled to date.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Rapidly disappearing head but still nice carbonation remaining. Flavorfull with a lingering after taste. Pleasant.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle poured a clear copper with an offwhite head. Aromas of bread, carmel, and some grassyness. Flavors of carmel, bread, a bit of grassy hops and a bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On nitro at the tasting room. Golden cloudy pour with a thick white head. Smells of grassy hops and sewwt malt. A real smooth mouthfeel with subtle warming hints of hops and sweet malts. A warming bite in the back of the mouth.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Darker golden, very dull, moderate off-white foamy head, decent lacing, a few streams of carbonation. Malty aroma, a little sweaty. Very smooth malt flavor, slightly sweet, but also noticable alcohol. Almost comes across as a lighter American Strong but without the hop juice. Decent body, but the mouthfeel is quite full and smooth. Somewhat hot exit, definite warming feeling from this one. Damn, and ESB that packs a punch!
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