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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

Left Hand Sawtooth Ale - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
67
overall
Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Longmont, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6513.21/5.03.21/5.04.75%72.5English pint
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Commercial Description:
Sawtooth Ale is an English style Extra Special Bitter. It is an extremely well balanced beer, with significant hop character, medium body, and a maltiness which increases in evidence as the beer warms to its "proper" drinking temperature. . The water used is quite hard, bringing it to near Burton on Trent levels, keeping it true to the style. This gives it the appropriate character and improves the malt extract significantly.
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 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/101/57/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Crushed with Jakebra. Tastes like a crappy homebrew. On tap as well. Not a fan at all.


 nathan30533 (138), Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Pours a wonderful amber color with a white head. Smell is not much at all but what you do smell is that of malts. Taste of hops and a very dry hop taste. Bitter, yes. Good brew, not great!


 jeremytoni (1067), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 28, 2009  
From the tap poured amber with a good amount of head. Nice hoppy flavor with a lasting finish.


 BVery (444), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 26, 2009  
TAP: at Bulldog Lowertown (St. Paul. MN) on 1.25.09. Clear amber pour, low head, low aroma of caramel and malt. Taste is nutty, caramel, and hop with slight malt character, and is somewhat sweet. Not overhopped.


 sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 18, 2009  
pours copper with off-white head. Aroma of light hops and malts with notes of grapefruit. Taste is again of floral hops with light bitter finish. Notes of caramel malts, and fruits flavors.


 ROGUE (621), Newark, Delaware, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 16, 2009  
12oz bottle. Poured a copper color with a one finger head that has decent retention but not a lot of lacing. Smells malty with a bit of caramel and sweet fruits. Taste is malty up front with a strong caramel flavor with some fruit that turns into a nice bitter finish that balances out the initial sweetness very nicely. Overall a pretty enjoyable ESB.


 VitaminR (421), Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 14, 2009  
Orangey hoppy nose. Slightly hazy orange color, medium head. light caramel, decent bitterness. Big carbonation, thinner body, abrupt finish. Easy session beer, not that remarkable though.


 checkmatei1 (629), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 5, 2009  
Draft at Isaac’s: Poured an amber color with not much head. The aroma was sweet hops. The flavor was sweet and slighly bitter. Not as bitter as some I’ve had. Overall, when comparing ESB’s, this one falls to the middle of the pack.



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