3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle from Fred Meyer - Not much in the way of aroma, but the taste is quite good. Hoppiness without a ton of bitterness. Very good balance. Quite a good beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear amber, off-white head. Aroma and flavour of toffee, tea, and quince. Mildly bitter finish. Solid, but nothing to freak outabout.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Cloisters tasting ... copper ... soft american hop fruits ... little creamy nose ... soft fruits ... malts ... light toasted oats ... light hop linger.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle - 12 oz) Chestnut brown color with a thin off-white head. Sweet and malty aroma at the start with lightly nutty hint near the end. Some toffee as well. Sweet and bitter at the beginning of the flavor with the bitterness overpowering the malts very quickly. Peppery and very bitter hops in the middle of the flavor with a dry and peppery hop flavor that lingers on the palate. Nice but not very well balanced.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Golden brown with an off-white head. Aromas are caramel malts with some smoky notes. Some green pine hops. Flavours are sweet caramel malts with spicy hops. Yeasty with some citrus notes. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Dark brown beer with an orangey/reddish body and a light head. The aroma is rich and fruity hopped, and the flavour is rich and mildly hopped. Overall an average richly hopped beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of malts, tea, hops, and a hint of caramel. Poured amber in color with small, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer. Hazy. Slightly sparkling. Flavor is slightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of malt, light caramel, light piney hops, tea, and some grain. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Lightly sweet, slightly bitter, malt, hop, and light tea finish is a tad dry and sticky.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle and served in standard pint glass: Amber hued with a frothy white head and good lace. The aroma has notes of EKG and Fuggles hops but a touch of fruity Cascade too, Maris Otter and Crystal malts, a touch of mineral water and lightly spicy yeast esters. The taste display a restrained hop bitterness balanced gently by the base pale and sweet malts. Reminds me of my homebrew but not a crisp and fresh. A bit of subdued fruity and earthy notes as well. The mouth feel is moderately carbonated and refreshing, a bit bready on the finish. A solid ESB that I only wish I could try on tap with better freshness.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle pours amber with little off white head into a pint glass. Aroma has a bit of spice, subdued hops and malts, bit earthy. Mostly earthy and bready to start which gives way to a slightly citruisy, bitter hop finish. Silky mouthfeel with low carbonation and light-medium body. Pretty damn drinkable. Not too shabby.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deschutes Brewery--Bachelor E.S.B.--Original Extra Special Bitter--2009 Release. 12 oz. Bottle. 5.30% ABV--50 IBU’s. 3.5 / 5.0. ESB Thin mild lace off white head. Clear pretty bright rich deep amber color. Delicate light toasted mild English hop front. Mellow sweet light caramel bisquit slightly earthy fruit hint body. Smooth mild hop spice light Bitter doughy English end. Sampled 1/1/2010. $6.99 / 6-Pack.
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