 joshwilfong (769), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jun 12, 2008 dark brown with white head, flavor of strobg caramal malt with a nicely balanced bitter hop aspect. ends of tasting more like a barley wine, I’m not sure that an imperial esb exists
rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Jun 10, 2008 Mild hop aroma. Clear orange color with some floaters and a small tan head. Bitter hops dominate the taste fading slowly in the finish. Creamy palate.
502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Jun 3, 2008 Updated: Dec 20, 200812 oz. bottle into pint glass. Nice transparent honey brown/amber pour with creamy bubbly off-white head with sticky lacing and soft carbonation. Very sweet and fresh earthy hop aroma. Flavor is of a slow starting, but ultimately potent grapefruit and pine hop finish; the alcohol is well hidden. Medium bodied on the palate with a nice bitter drag; soft with the perfect amount of carbonation. Overall: really good. Why have so few people rated this?
[RE-RATE] Just as good. Very easy going stuff with good character and no flaws.
mansquito (819), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
May 11, 2008 Pours a muddy brown with a beige head that leaves a fairly good amount of lacing. Carmely aroma with malts and all that nice stuff. Taste is hoppy, sweet, caramely, with a bitter finish. I got some molasses at the front. Texture is a little syrupy.
Ron (1002), Rochester, New York, USA
Apr 12, 2008 Poured a nice head and has a floral, hoppy nose with hints of nutmeg. Flavor is strong and malty, but not too strong to be offensive. A decent complete beer with a fun label to match.
blipp (1631), Newark, New Jersey, USA
Apr 11, 2008 Bottle. Pours deep amber with a beige head. Aroma has toast, caramel and earthy hops. Medium body. The flavor is caramel malt, toasted bread, earthy and citrusy hops. Pretty good.
sinkr (212), Lusby, Maryland, USA
Apr 9, 2008 Bottle->Trappist: Pours a small, off-white head that exhibits good lacing atop a clear dark amber body. Malt aroma is floral with some licorice in there as well. The body is light, texture is oily, and the carbonation is lively. The duration of the flavor is average and is lightly bitter.
Not a real favorite of mine by any stretch--too thin on the palate, but not a bad beer and I can see why some would put it higher than what I did, so blame this one on my personal biases.
LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Apr 7, 2008 12 oz bottle, bottle labeled as 7.5% alcohol. Pours cloudy amber in color with off white head. Aroma citrus hops. Taste of hops and malt with bitter finish.
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