 AmazonMatt (284), Panama
Aug 23, 2005 Updated: Mar 15, 2006Wow. I just found my favorite beer to date. Pours a copper color with an eggshell colored head that lasts through several sips and leaves some nice lacing...
There is something about the yeast and hops that Deschutes uses that I love. The yeast provides a bit of iced tea and banana hints. Compared to the IPA and PA, this beer has more of the hops --- a mix it appears of the English and Cascade hops, and as a consequence has a longer mouthfeel and aftertaste. Very nice; though it is a slow and serious beer rather than a slammer.
pinkzambia (986), Boise, Idaho, USA
Aug 16, 2005 On Tap at Deschutes Brewpub: Loved it! Clear copper in color with no head or lacing. It had a sweet, woody smell with a great, bitter aftertaste. Great!
AlchemistZ (493), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Aug 14, 2005 Very earthy in the nose, almost mushroom-like, with good ale yeast fruit and good malt. Amber in color with a head that pours very fat but recedes quickly then stays around. Big, long bitterness within an equally big malt that is mostly nondescript except for malt sugar and some bubblegum-like flavor. there is a subtle, distracting, untasty vegetal flavor that enters into the slightly sweet finish.
mjg74 (1995), La Mesa, California, USA
Aug 11, 2005 Bottled. Pours a medium amber color. Aroma is somewhat hoppy. Some hops and spice as well. Flavor is somewhat hoppy, but not super hoppy. A little bit of spice and malts.
pobenohne (504), Northern Liberties, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 8, 2005 Draft at the brewpub in Bend. Fresh, nutty, and balanced ESB. Great session ale, still I’d rather have the Yards ESA.
smackie (45), St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Aug 6, 2005 Nice all-around ESB. I used to like Redhook, but this taste a little more crisp and fresh. Not overpowering or stale like Fuller. Frothy head, nice lacing. Each one tastes better than the last.
fuzzywasabeer (28), boise, Idaho, USA
Apr 25, 2005 12oz bronze in color, 1/2 inch head, faint orange blossom smell, tastes of bread, good even palate, hard to go wrong with deschutes.
Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
Apr 15, 2005 Bottle. Amber color with a rich head, producing a nice lace throughout the glass. Mellow hops and taosty malts dominate the nose. The first tatse lets me know I’m drinking a world class ESB. Silky smooth on the sweet side with bisciuty malts, and roasted grains. An awesdome use of the hops makes this my favorite ESB. Just freakin fantastic.
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