3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dull orange/amber hue. The head is thin and light tan. It’s hard to discern any real aroma here initially ... maybe just a little "normal beer" malt ... nothing to give me any hint of what’s to come. This drinks pretty much middle of the road, at first impression. Concentrate on it a little harder and you get a little fest-y snap, and a bit of orchard fruit. I think it a bit misleading to market this as an ESB ... although a tad bit more laden with NW American hops, this carries more as a Vienna or Fest, IMHO. Certainly enjoyable, definitely not indicative of 6.5%, but a little different than I expected. (#4531, 3/21/2012)
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
its a very mildly tartest beer with some bready grain and very yeasty. its quite smooth and has a certain tang at the end not for everyone but very good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate complex hop and malt aroma. Medium body with a smoot texture and soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle from Total Wine - Pours a clear copper color with a 1/2 finger thick off white head. light lacing. Aroma is floral hops and lightly toasted malt. Flavor is toasted malt, esters, and floral hops. Medium body. A nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
650 ml. bottle. Pours a thick, lasting, off white, long duration head, with heavy sea foam lacing, over a clear amber (SRM 12) body....nose is malts, toffee/caramel....taste is heavy cereal, light toffee/caramel, finish with spice and light bitter finish....mouth feel medium, carbonation medium. Typical of the ESB style, with nice balance, tending toward malty richness and complexity with just enough hop bite to balance. This is the proverbial easy drinking pint. BJCP 7/3/14/4/6
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle at The Bayou
Appearance: Clear amber with a medium sized off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Caramel, citrus and sweet malts
Taste: Caramel, bready, woody and spices
Ok
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Faifax VA. I like ESBs and tis is a nice example , plenty of malt and a little hops, deep amber, small head and some spicy background to the finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Light copper pour with a nice ivory head that left a bit of lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, floral hops, and toffee. Flavor similar with a subtle toast and maybe a hint of vanilla. Not a bad beer but not terribly complex.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Appearance: Pours a dark clear copper with a tan head that subsides to a lasting creamy layer of froth. Leaves behind a bit lof lace as well.
Aroma: Sweet toffee like malt, fruity yeast and a fresh herbal hop aroma.
Taste: A mixture of fruity yeast, tuned down Full Sail bitey house character, toffee like malt, red apple skin tannins. Finishes with a little bit of bitterness balances out the fruity profile of the beer. Alcohol well hidden for this 6.5%, fairly clear ale.
Mouthfeel: On the thin/sessionable side of medium, moderate carbonation, ever so juicy.
Overall: One of the better ales I’ve had from Full Sail in a few years. The Full Sail house ale yeast isn’t the first and last thing I taste in this, and that is a positive thing for me. Very sessionable for 6.5% as well.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 4/10/12
Aroma: The nose is fairly sweet, with some light fruitiness, a little bit of caramel malts, and some bread
Appearance: It pours a clear orange-amber color with a small bubbly white head and drops of light lace-work
Flavor: Tastes mid-plus sweet, with a strong malty presence, a little fruit, and a rather light hop bitterness
Palate: Light-medium bodied, with a smooth feel, soft-to-average carbonation, and a decently long duration
Overall Impression:
This was a solid, though somewhat unexciting, malt forward brew. Still though, I found it to be rather drinkable and thirst quenching. I may not have been blown away by it, but I certainly liked it.
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