 spikester (338), Salem, Oregon, USA
Apr 30, 2008
Will re-rate if I can find a good bottle. This beer was in a bottle that had been on the shelf for at least a year. The bottle was coated with a sticky dusty layer of crud and I should have followed my instincts and left it in the store. But U.S. beers outside of the Northwest are hard to find. I really like ESBs and this one poured with no life, opaque appearance, and unpleasant smell. I took about three tastes and decided it had gone bad sitting on the shelf. So until I can find a newer example it rates a total of 1.1.
shendrix (426), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 7, 2008 Oh boy. Caramelized water with a bit of lawn clippings mingled in. Just what I wanted on a hot day. Sheesh.
redlem (1087), Illinois, USA
Jul 5, 2008 This beer was better before it went organic. Now it is thin and does not have much flavor. Fairly malty with not enough hops to make it a bitter.
jbuzz (396), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 30, 2008 Organic Beer Tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee.
Very non-descript. Nice enough to enjoy, No real body and a little watery. more like a light lager.
JFURYCAT (701), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Rather earthy aroma and flavor but a bit too much caramel malt in my opinion even though I realize its supposed to be a malty beer. I have to sample the other Lakefront beers as it seems pretty well crafted except for some metallic undertones in the aftertaste. I’m not an ESB fan but I bet the other beers by this brewery rock. I get the sense they put a lot into this one even if it didn’t strike my richter scale.
Wulfstan (433), California, USA
Jun 13, 2008 This is one of the better US ESBs that I’ve had.
Copper, it has a medium, off-white head steadily shrinking to a thin wispy top with no real lacing.
The aroma is mild but very nice. It’s fruit-bread, light caramel, candied citrus peel, hints of pine, caramel, and pineapple.
The taste is similar with candied citrus peel, caramel, faintly sour light earthiness, a lightly spicey piney bitterness, and a bready finish. It’s light, perhaps a little too sweet and with a little too much of a candied fruit-caramel quality, but has persistent flavour, some complexity, and pretty good balance.
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