 porterhouse (925), Alna, Maine, USA
May 8, 2008
(Bottled in 2/08, week 1, from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/wiscasset/treats/8988.htm target=blank>Treats) Pours slightly hazy medium-amber with three fingers of lightly amber-tinted off-white head. Head recedes to about 1/8" and stays. Aroma of caramel, vanilla and a bit of egg, slight whiff of pine. Mouthfeel is a little thin, fairly prickly but still has some smoothness. Lacing is a bit patchy and scattered. Has somewhat muted flavor of caramel and vanilla but taste seems to fade toward finish. A bit wooden-tasting. Bitterness is light to non-existent, esp. for the style. This really seems like an amber ale not an ESB.
jason (1506), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Bottle. Poured a medium murky brown body with thin head. aroma is faint- grainy. Flavor is light bitterness, light hops and a sweet mouthfeel.
BelgianBeerGal (895), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Bottled. Pours a cloudy amber-copper colour with a good amount of carbonation. Aroma is all malt plus a little dusty earth. Flavour is caramel malt plus some roasted notes. Good, nothing great.
swoopjones (1115), Buffalo, New York, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Bottle. Pours a light amber with light cola like body. Aroma is carmel malts with some odd out of place sourness. Taste was tart & sour with some onderlying caramelsweet malts. Not sure if this bottle went bad but down the drain it went after a sip or two
BlackDonald (1040), North Carolina, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Decent, straightforward take on the style. I found this to be very pleasant and easy to drink. Pours a clear burnt auburn coloring, with a small but sticky tan head. Looks like a glass of iced tea. Earthy floral aroma, with a semi sweet caramel maltiness, toasted toffee and a bit of light fruitiness that lingers well into the finish. I must have had a fresh bottle, this tasted really nice to me compared to the other ratings.
Dickinsonbeer (2514), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Aug 7, 2008 12 oz beer. Porus a medium amber clear, lgiht carb, and a thin lasting head. Aroma is pretty weak- light caramel, some dusty toasted malts, stale lightly orange metallic hops. Stale toasted and crystal malts, cardboardy, with a slight earthyl pine sol and orange cleaner slick feel in the mouthfeel. Dry earthy finish. Tastes old, but was only bottled a couple months ago. What gives?
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