 Hopper (271), San Antonio, Texas, USA
Jul 16, 2009 Pours amber with not much head. The aroma is fruity & nice. The taste is slight fruit & a nice bitter taste. A nice balance between malt & hops.
Listigovers (96), Ontario, Canada
Jul 11, 2009 500ml can. Pours a medium brown, and crystal clear. Moderate head. Sweet aroma with malt and fruit. Boring mouthfeel, very flat and smooth. Very nice long and slightly bitter aftertaste. Medium body. Well balanced, and with a deep and fairly complex flavour. Wish I had this in a bottle instead of a can... Could probably push from very good to great. Glad I picked it up despite the lack of bottles at the store.
Quack-Duck (3128), Bodensee/Schwarzwald, Germany
Jul 10, 2009 bottle, Waitrose Sidford. Clear copper orange colour with a quickly collapsing mid-sized head. Medium-bodied, malty background with interesting flavours of walnut, liquorice, caramel, bitter chocolate, old wood and coffee. Very slightly fruity, lingering hoppy finish.
Ughsmash (3978), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 9, 2009 Bottled. Poured clear lighter orange with a short-lived cap of white head. The aroma picked up sweet caramel, lighter fruit, and English toffee topped by a mild array of hops (floral and orange).. sweet overall. The flavor was also on the sweet side with biscuity notes and caramel at the core.. spicy floral, earth, and fruity bitterness surrounded.. finished with toasty sweetness and light bitters. Light-medium-bodied and sweeter than expected on the palate, also with less bitterness than expected.. still a decent beer. Maybe I had an old bottle...
Pawola22 (676), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jul 9, 2009 On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a clear copper body with a creamy, beige, finger-width head that dissipates quickly and leaves a light lacing. Aroma is fainter with mostly deep caramels and a bit of fruit and hop bitterness. Flavor is much nicer. Very full malted and balanced. Deep caramels with some crystal toffees. A good amount of even hop bitterness that still goes well with the big malt body. Some fruits and a light chocolate. Finishes smooth and creamy with a slightly chewy malt before slowly drying and leaving a malty, light fruit bitterness with a medium duration. Overall, a simple, but tasty ESB. Malty with a satisfying bitterness. Nothing too crazy, but well done and solid.
Bigsilky (322), Charleston, USA
Jul 7, 2009 A very bright malty nose that is not drawn down but leather, or paper. This is a fresh bottle. Classic ESB malty comforts of light toffee and crystal malt with a touch of hop greeness. Velvety mouthfeel never gains too much sweetness as a honeyed toast flavour un winds and dries out. Leaving a touch of hop capsicum and a desire for another. World class. 92, freshness does count.
Bragesnak (2223), Aarhus, Denmark
Jul 7, 2009 Bottled.
Golden with white head. Aroma of malt and spices. Flavor is malt with pepper and fruit notes.
GRM (1235), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
Jul 6, 2009 Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 20/03/10, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on July 6 2009; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, beige head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, light lacing; nose: grain, dusty, light caramel, light roasted malt; mouth: grain, dusty, light caramel, grainy finale with light bitterness, medium body, average carbonation, slightly bitter and sweet, grainy texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 20/03/10, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 6 juillet 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, aucune effervescence, mousse beige qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, légère dentelle; nez : grain, poussière, léger caramel, léger malt rôti; bouche : grain, poussière, léger caramel, finale granuleuse avec légère amertume, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement amère et sucrée, texture granuleuse; en résumé : bien
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