Durham ESB

Brewed by County Durham Brewing
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Pickering, Canada

Serve in English pint

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20oz draught
5.0% ABV
I tried this beer on June 23, 2008 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent reddish brown with a creamy tan coloured head which lasted. The aroma was a little bit of grainy maly with some floral hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, and lightly carbonated. The flavour is mildly hoppy with a nice bitter finish. Very drinkable.

From cask at c’est what. Pours dark copper murky small head hangs around awhile. Some malt backing, but lacking much bitterness. Very watery n the mouth. Would not bother with thisagain.

Sample on cask. Pours deep reddish/amber. Aroma is grainy malt, slightest touch of caramel, light hop balance. Perfectly pleasant but without richness ESB’s can have.

Overall it was a nice beer, but it lacked in malt and was a tad too watery for my liking. Had it at the Victory Cafe in Toronto on tap.

Cask at Ritz Deli North. Many times. I’m surprised I haven’t rated this one before now. Amber brown with little head. Fresh aroma of bread, floral hops and fruit (peach, maybe). Nice maltiness in the flavour, bringing sweetish caramel, bread, and a slight nuttiness into the mix. And that peach flavour is in there as well. The hops add a subtle herbal touch and a not-so-subtle bitter finish. Body is medium and smooth. A well-put-together session brew.

[2552-20091028] Cask. Grainy dough aroma. Clear, dark orange amber body with a quick bubbly head. Grainy dough yeast flavour is a little boozy with some apple notes. Medium body. A little bland, not bad.
(Cask Days @ Volo; Toronto, ON)

I tried this on Cask. At first not very appealing, kind of worty and plain, with little shape or character. Later the sweetness of the grain comes through a bit. Was just OK.

on tap. Poured clear red-amber with creamy white lasting head. Slightly bitter fruity aroma. Creamy, smooth and buttery. Notes of caramel and apricot. Light bitterness.

A dark clear amber ale on nitri, with a thick creamy moka head. A nice light British hops with caramel notes. In mouth, a nice light and smooth ESB, with light herbal hops. On tap at Smokeless Joes, March 23, 2009.

On tao at Smokeless Joes in TO. The color is copper witha very thick head. The taste is full of hops with some malt. The finish is bitter. It is a standard E.S.B. wuth nothing special in it.