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Dragonmead Sir Williams ESB

Dragonmead Sir Williams ESB

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Dragonmead Brewery

Warren, Michigan USA

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303.36/5.03.33/5.04.8%77.9English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Another fine example of the English style. This Bitter is more robust than the best bitter but still with an excellent balance between hops and malt. Pale Ale Malt along with Aromatic and Crystal malts combine with the Galena and Fuggles hops to create a sure-fire favorite.

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 polomagnifico (420), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 19, 2008  
Aroma of flowers, honey, caramel, and citrus. Off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lace. Flavor is caramel, citrus, honey, flowers. Good medium-light bodied and soft. Really good and my favorite from this brewery so far.


muddyfeet (72), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 20, 2007  
Damn, what a simply delicious session beer. Pours a deep and murky cherry brown color. Thick, frothey eggnog-shaded head that has as much retention as a cask ale. Nose is the only negativ as it is extremely subtle malts that I had to really dig into the glass in order to find. Flavor is just front loaded with malts, peat and a wood essence. The malts just drip off the roof of the mouth and cling to the tongue and teeth they are so thick. Hops are a nice spruce-mint-ish that just balances all the sweet and earthy malts very well. Mouthfeel has a full body and is very juicy. I tend to use the word "juicy" to describe hops but this time I am using juicy o describe the malts. A six-pack of this beer would be a great addition to my Sunday football tomorrow.


Holtguy (16), Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/515/20
Jun 21, 2008  
Dark brown/reddish in color, clear, with a small off white head. Great, fantabulous aroma, at least for my tastes. I bought a 4-pack, and 2 of the bottles were 90% head after the first pour. Nevertheless, the beer is quite flavorful, with caramel and medium body, slightly sweet at times but not too much. Bitterness is average, which works well with this brew. Great work by Dragonmead on this one. If only they could get that carbonation thing down.


 ryan (1707), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 9, 2007  
Clear amber body with a small, off-white head. The aroma is caramel and herbal, fairly light. The flavor is dry, light caramel, grass and herbs. Medium body is soft with light carbonation. Not the most true to style, but a very nice beer nonetheless.


 JoeM500 (1877), Chicago (little italy), Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 6, 2003  
RAF'03 cask- Just as good, if not better, than some of the big British award winners downstairs. This just has much more flavor than the British examples. The malt is thicker and sweeter, like a Caramello bar. The hops is more pronounced with seemingly more American hops and American hoppiness. Damn good ESB!



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