 TrefwoordPunk (549), Leiden, Netherlands
Jun 2, 2009 Bottle 50 cl. Pours a warm copper with a small head and an aroma of biscuits, vanilla and orange peels. The flavour is pretty complex, with sweet malts, lots of hops, caramel, ripe cherries, some sourness, brown sugar and strong spices (pepper, oregano and thyme). A long hoppy finish, a great beer!
Cirrhosis (610), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jun 2, 2009 Small thick tan head with a dark brown body that was slightly orange. The beer has a hoppy smell mixed with sweet malt and I think I can smell pears to. The mouth feel isn’t watery or thin and I liked the fact it didn’t have to much carbonation but also didn’t feel flat. This is a very smooth tasting beer; the bitterness is balanced well with the roasted malts. There is a lot of other flavors going on in this beer but I can’t figure what they are and its driving me batty. Any way this is a very good beer drink it if you can
MrAleman (111), Wiltshire, England
May 29, 2009 Plenty of flavour but tastes a bit too strong and starts to take like pure alcohol after a while. Not as good as London Pride. Same as Cask taste wise.
Snoop59 (69), Penn Run, Pennsylvania, USA
May 26, 2009 12 oz. bottle. Pours a crystal clear, deep copper color with an average off-white head that dissipates quickly. Virtually no lacing on the glass. Malty aroma, biscuity and caramel. Subtle spicy note. Flavor has a definite floral, grassy, and peppery hop character. The malt flavor is biscuity and sweet caramel. Some peppery spice. Medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Medium-dry finish.
cyrenaica (435), Milton, Ontario, Canada
May 24, 2009 500ml can
5.9% ABV
I tried this beer on May 20, 2009 after purchasiong from one of my local LCBO outlets. It poured a translucent red with orange hues and a huge white head that quickly collapsed. The aroma was sweet malt, some nuttiness and a little hoppy floralness. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was more towards the grainy malt side with some grapefruity hoppish tones thrown in the mix.
inkubus27 (237), Highland, Indiana, USA
May 18, 2009 I’m a big fan of ESB’s and this is one of the best examples that I have come across. It’s a very traditional ESB and has a nice aroma of noble english hops and a pretty heavy dose of caramel/ biscuit malt. Flavor is much the same, a big emphasis on the malt with a pretty chewy mouthfeel and tons of malt sweetness. Though there is plenty of bitterness, it’s not an acerbic aggressive bitter.... it’s clean and leaves a nice smooth finish. Great stuff!
bblack99 (196), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
May 17, 2009 Bottle said best served by March 2007, which may account for some of the oddities in this rating. The aroma still brought forth the caramel and butterscotch mentioned by others, but this ESB poured quite flat, with almost no head atop the amber-brown traslucent liquid.
Not as bitter as some others in the style, this had a nice mellow maltiness about it, and really subtle sweetness to balance out the bite. I may need to re-rate if I can get one that’s a bit more fresh!
Ryan82SM (231), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
May 10, 2009 On tap at Ramsey’s in Louisville. Aroma of light caramel and perhaps a little orange. Appearance is dark caramel with small head. Flavor had some caramel, toffee and light hops in the finish. The palate was creamy. This beer suffers because of overpasteurization and perhaps a bad pour, but it just tastes like almost any other English ale I’ve had, just not as sweet.
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