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RATINGS: 227   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.17   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This ESB is a classic British extra special bitter made fresh with an American slant. A beautiful copper color with an amber head, classic style features six different malts, including imported Belgian malts, and three hop varieties. The rich malty start features caramel notes that develop into a smooth, pleasurable hop finish.


3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
bhensonb (7143) - Woodland, California, USA - APR 1, 2011
Bottle from Oak Tree. Pours amber with a creamy/bubbly beige head. Aroma of burnished malt, floral, and perhaps a hint of diacetyl. Perhaps. Med body. Flavor is malt, floral hop, and something suggesting butterscotch. It is certainly more bitter than not. Nothing really wrong here, it just doesn’t make any strong statements.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
jrallen34 (3434) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 27, 2011
The beer pours a cloudy medium copper with a light white head that only rises about a finger but is gone right away. Lacing is ok. The aroma is super sweet with lots of apricots, and a little notes of toffee and nuttiness. This beer is actually pretty complex. It starts off pretty sweet, a big hit of candied sugar, like a Belgian. Then a hint of tye. After the sugar its pretty dead, then as you awallow you get a slight bitter finish. The feel is ok, a little on the light side without much on the palate.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Dfonorow (555) - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - MAR 4, 2011
Pours cloudy amber with a two finger wide white head. Fairly good lacing and well carbonated. Aroma is of caramel, honey, and slight citrus/hops. Flavor is much more hoppy than the aroma, slight sweetness in the finish. Light bodied, dry.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Drake (4803) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - FEB 28, 2011
12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Fredericksburg, VA. Pours a clear amber color with a thin tan head that disappears very quickly. Aroma of caramel, toffee, earthy hops and a faint bit of toastiness. The taste is bitter hops, green apple, citrus, apricots, caramel, a faint bit ot toastiness and wet paper. Medium bodied.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
dionysus (1257) - Arizona, USA - JAN 26, 2011
Bottle pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, grainy, and somewhat vegetal with notes of honey, caramel/pale, hay. Flavor shows the same with a hint of cardboard.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 9/20
Radek Kliber (5171) - Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), POLAND - JAN 18, 2011
Bottle 355 ml
Aroma dusty feel , hint of wild mushrooms , cream and honey.5-
Appearance slight haze on amber with medium white top. Fragmental lace.
Flavor and Palate : medium bodied. Grainy with creamy texture , more of mushroom feel. This fish is not flying anywhere other than sink.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ibrew2or3 (4699) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - DEC 23, 2010
12oz bottle pours copper with weak white head. The aroma is a mix of sweet malts, floral hops and then lesser amounts of spicy and earthy hops. The taste is a somewhat odd mix of firm floral hops, malts and a mild level of caramel malts. Around the edges I get notes of spicy hops, slightly oxidized tasting earthy hops and then faint fruity esters.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
unclemattie (3243) - Georgia, USA - DEC 9, 2010
12oz bottle. Amber color, light tan head. Aroma of pale malt and biscuits. Flavor of sweet malt and dried out wood. Dry finish with a touch of butter toffee flavor. Good for the style, worth a try.


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Beer: Flying Fish ESB Amber Ale Rating Avg: 3.17 No. of Ratings: 227
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