3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
From bottle--
Aroma: light hoppiness (Cascades), honey
App: Clear Copper-colored, firm lt. tan head ~1"
Taste: slight metallic (too cool perhaps), balanced between malt & hops. Bit of toasted malt. Hops both citrusy and floral. Light body.
Slightly astringent, tea like.
Very drinkable for a 5.7% beer. I’ll have another!
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
355ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is grapefruit,piney, bready malt underneath. Taste has a touch of boiled sweet and grapefruit to start. A little gassy tasting. Strong bitter, creamy piney finish.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Deep amber color, thick foamy head. Smells of bread, hay and honey.. Taste is sweet and carby. Easy drinking, pretty nice.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
a: pours orange with a white head, nothing special.
s: mildly hoppy with some sweet malts in the background.
t: tastes as expected from the smell and appearance - with a bit of bready malt flavor on the finish.
p: smooth, well carbed, and goes down very easy.
o: very good esb, wish this were released for a longer time of the year, i’d certainly drink it aug-nov.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A reddy amber beer with fluffy off-white head and grapefruit nose. Lots of malt fruitiness and lemon freshness from the cascade hops. Fairly brief finish.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Ar: Light caramel, a bit of tobacco, touch herbal.
Ap: Clear amber-copper - small off-white head with low retention and a little lacing.
T: Toasted malt up front - medium sweet caramel with some slight roasted malt flavor - finish is malt with toast, apple, and toffee flavors and slight herbal hops - bitterness is medium-low.
P: Medium body with medium carbonation - medium-dry finish.
O: Nice drinkable ESB - good malt flavor with a balance of herbal hop flavors and caramel - caramel flavor is not over the top, which is nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 27, 2011 Don’t know why its on RB as a Best Bitter. Its clearly an IPA if I ever drank one. Thin orange body with a thin white mostly lacy head, light carbonation. Smells like an IPA. Herbal,earthy and leafy nose. Taste of bread, yeast and peaches and grapefruit. Medium sweetness with some spice. Medium body with light carbonation. Dry finish with no bitterness. I should try it again.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown/orange. Autumn color. Sugar babies in the nose, and nutty. Small aroma of pine also. Great blended palate of pine, malt, sugar, nothing overpowers. Great session beer.
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