Four Peaks 8th Street Ale

Brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tempe, Arizona USA

Serve in English pint

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<i>Bottle, trade with FlssmrBrewAlum. Tasting notes from Election night!</i> I think I can say this is the best bottled beer from Arizona I’ve ever had, since the only other one was Cave Creek Chili Beer (like a certain senator: all heat, no taste). Pours a light amber color, just a bit of haze. I just rinsed my glass, which is causing some few sudsy bubbles. Smell offers some nice, gentle English hops, staying true to its style target. But bitterness is surprisingly sharper in the taste. Hops dance on the tongue, aided by standard carbonation. Toasty malt backbone. This one’s a delight and a winner. Unlike a certain senator currently 70 electoral votes behind (9:55 pm).

12oz bottle, thanks to radarsock. Clear golden color, with fine particles in the body. Thin off-white head, leaving good lace. Nice, lighter body. Good dry texture, and lighter, crisp carbonation. Nice light bitter taste. Crisp, toasty malts, and a balance of light hops is what I get from the aroma. It’s tasty, but very light and subtle. This is a good, lighter and crisp pale ale, but the flavor is sort of weak for me, and it’s not very interesting.

Bottle. Pours a dark yellow Aroma is lightly hops little bland. Taste of mild malts toasty slightly bitter. Thin mouth feel, Decent beer nothing exciting

Pours a nice clear amber colour with a medium frothy head that disappears quickly. Aroma is mild, with some hops and citrus fruit noticeable as well as slight malt backbone. Taste is a little sweet, with a very soft bitterness. Light body, average carbonation, and thinner on the palate. Overall a reasonable ESB.

On draft at zinburger in Phoenix...pours rich orange...nose mild; initial taste only moderately bitter...probably too cold. Why do bars think everything is coors light?

On tap at Buffalo Wild Wings. Pours clear golden with small white head. Aromas of caramel malts, some fruit and citrus. Flavors of dry caramel malts, some sweet fruits, and bit of floral notes. Decent british style pale ale.

Pours copper to amber clear color with creamy medium head leaving no lacing only because the head is still there. Perfumy floral hops with sweet caramel malt aromas. Full bodied with small carbonation. Smooth finish of both hop and malt taste. Good esb bit not very bitter.

Thanks to iNBe for this. Nice middle of the road sessionable beer. Not to complex but not too watery neither. Serving: Bottle

Draft at brewpub. Finally a bitter that lives up to it’s name. Not much on the nose. Bitter taste on the front of the tongue but it fades fairly quickly leading to an interesting beer.

GABF 2011. Clear brilliant gold, frothy white head. Sweet toffee aroma with a touch of lemon zest and balanced hoppiness. Taste is very well balanced but plenty floral with mild toffee tones, and mild citrus rind. Body is a little too light for my liking.

on tap-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is citrus, light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is pine hops, light/medium malt-caramel. Easy.