Deschutes Bachelor ESB

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bend, Oregon USA

12oz Bottle I recieved a bottle of this in another great trade with BitterBill, in an overly full box of beer. Thanks Bill! Bachelor ESB empties from the bottle a fairly clear tarnished copper. Two fingers worth of clean white head formed on the pour and rather quickly fell to a kim coat, leaving some nice patchy lacing on it’s way. Large carbonation bubbles creep to the surface and keep the skimming where it’s at. Interesting aroma on this ESB. Very mineralish over the top of biscuity malts and a drizzling of caramel. There’s a solid grassy hoppiness, which is what I expect from and American ESB, along with a touch of citrus in there as well. A little sweetness evens things out. This is a damn good brew! The malt and hoppiness seem to balance each other out until a nice soft grassy and citric bitterness takes over. Much like the aroma suggests the malts come across biscuity and drizzled wit hcaramel to add a touch of sweetness. The grassy hoppiness balances things out and a ghost like wave of citrus comes through. The body is nicely dialed in but, this is just me being picky, the carbonation seems to be a little aggressive for the style. The carbonation seems just a little prickly. This is definately an easy drinker with a lot of flavor to boot. Good sessionability from an American style ESB. Deschutes makes some quality brew and this is no exception. It’s tough to find good American ESBs but this fits the bill. Thanks again for the sample Bill! 4/5/08

12 ounce bottle donated by grant. Was purchased at Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa. Nice, hoppy aroma with some citrus, berries, and some metal presence. Pleasant aroma. Transparent copper-amber body with a medium off-white head. Bitter, metallic, floral hopped start. A little roasty malt flavor in the middle. Finishes a little too dry, bitter, and herbal. A little thin. Ok.

12 oz bottle from Country Club Liquors! Nose is malty caramel with a vanilla and citrusy hop note;clear copper with a medium yellow-beige head; flavor of caramel, flowery hop bitterness, finish is light bitterness. Very good stuff!

This is a nice, tasty yet smooth and balanced example of an American ESB. It is red-copper with a smallish but long-lasting off-white head that leaves a little lace. The aroma is nice blend of sweet caramelly-toasty grain, hops of grapefruit and other citrus with hints of pine, flowers, and earth. The taste is similar, with a nice balance of sweet and bitter, malty, caramelly body and cirtus-flowery hops. It’s smooth and easy yot drink yet vey tasty. It’s simialr to Lagunitas Cesnoed but better - stronger and more balanced.

My favorite ESB thus far. Pours dark amber with two-finger head, good lacings. Smooth and bitter with just enough malt. Don’t know how you could improve on it. Delicious. Well recommended. Wish I had another right now. Very sessionable at 5.3% abv.

Light orange color, slight earthy nose. Chewy bread-like flavor. Great tempered hop balance, just the right amount to blend with the even malt texture. Good example of style.

pour is a clear copper with a medium size light beige head, good lacing. smell is sweet, hops, floral. taste is crisp, grapefruit, bit sweet, touch caramel, very nice bitter finish. overall a very nicely made beer.

Poured a hazy copper-amber body with a medium white head. Notes of sweet malts and mildly bitter hops. Finished crisp and less hoppy than other Deschutes beers. Nice example of the style.