Great Waters The Knights Who Say Nee ESB

Formerly brewed at Great Waters Brewing
Style: English Pale Ale
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Sampled during ABR ’07 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I love the beer name to honor Monty Python’s Spamalot and the Holy Grail movie. Pours a semi-clear brownish amber brew with an off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of caramel malt, some flowery and citrus hops with a touch of roasted nuts and tropical fruit. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated with flavors of dry caramel malt, some grassy hops character and herbs. Finish is semi-dry, slightly bitter with a dry caramel aftertaste flavor.

ABR 2007. . Slightly bitter nose on this brown brew. Watery body with a little biterness and a little malty for what I was expecting.

On-cask at the brewpub: In honor of Monty Python and the play Spamalot comes this long winded name of a brew from Bob. Solid orangish brown color with a dullish gleem to it. Medium sized head of frothy dulled/pale whitish foam crowns this gem. Fine lacing trickles down this sides in some strings and spots. Aroma is kinda spicy with toasted grains and hops. Mildish caramel tucked with dull orangeish candy and dryness of peach hazelnut and grasses. Taste is uniquely made up of the combination of what I’m told was Maris Otter barley and Easy Kent Golding hops; I traditonal recipe used back in the day for cask brews - and it shows. Its kinda got a spicey ring of grasses and dough. Slight caramel push and a good portion of toasted stuff at the edges. But the delightful spice stays pretty forward giving a unique touch of some kind of grass and citrus mix. Borderline herbal and breadish. Good smooth cask flowing body of medium girth. Snappy, toasty, and spicy. Nice herbal hoppy dryness within the toasted spicy realm and keeps a nice length to it the whole way through. A solid ESB; however strange the spice may seem to what most ESB’s may be like.