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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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 dimenhetfield (157), , Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 16, 2009  
Pretty small for a ESB. Has a small bite that can be pleasant, but it leaves you wanting more. It has a dark brown color when poured and a small off white foam head. A little hoppy but lacks character that a ESB should have.


 Hopper (271), San Antonio, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/511/20
Oct 15, 2009  
A amber-brown beer with little head. The aroma is sweet, & the taste is malty sweet, with a dash of hops. Way too sweet. Blah


 brewski519 (395), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Tasted this ESB at WBF in Duham. Poured a clear copper color with a thin head. Aroma of malt, hops, floral and yeasty. Taste was more of a malty amber as opposed to bitter in my opinion but not bad. Just didn’t stand out though.


 HenrikSoegaard (4260), Randers, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Bottle. Frothy white good mostly deminishing head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Nice. Moderate bitter flavor. Not very pleasent. MOderate bitter average finish. Oily palate.


 milewide (609), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/103/515/20
Sep 27, 2009  
True to style, this brew has an English hop bitterness, with limited malt sweetness. Dark amber color, and weak head.


tennessejed420 (69), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/511/20
Sep 21, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours an amber gold with nice off white (slightly tan) head. Aroma of lemony hops. Tastes like citrusy hops with ever so slight malt malt balance. Watery, or at least a taste of water noticeable. This is not bad, but i think overrated.


 humulushound (109), British Columbia, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Amber color with an aroma of apricots, earthy malt and citrus hops. Flavor is caramel loaf, light red fruits, bitter hops and a warming finish. Body is medium with low carbonation. Good but not stand-out.


 brenn79 (140), Idaho, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Sep 6, 2009    Updated: Sep 7, 2009
12 oz. bottle- FIRST DRINK- Malty, full flavor, not bad. LAST DRINK- Gets better as it warms, the malt is less prominent.



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