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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

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67
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6533.21/5.03.21/5.04.75%72.6English pint
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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 ChainGangGuy (2544), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
May 23, 2008  
Appearance: Pours a clear, amber body with a medium-sized, white head that lefts generous layers of lacing on the way down. Smell: Dry, crumbly, toasted biscuits seasoned with a good dose of spices. Faroff notes of dried citrus rind and creme caramel. Taste: Toasted biscuit maltiness with a restrained caramel sweetness. Fairly spicy hop character, maybe a hint of citrus, too. Medium bitterness is quite clean. Lingering hoppiness and hint of breadcrusts. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Fine, flavorful ESB from Left Hand.


bconger (75), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 22, 2008  
Bottle. Dark caramel pour with a tan, moderately thick head with large bubbles and decent lacing. Aromas of caramel, toast, milk chocolate, roasty malt, and hops. Strong flavors of caramel and toast up front that lead to a bitter, hoppy finish. Great mouthfeel - nice combination of carbonation and smoothness. I like this ale.


 ansermadide (507), Kyle, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 16, 2008    Updated: May 24, 2008
Little carbonation, but GREAT, foamy head. Orange-amber color. Not too much to the aroma. Flavor is mellow, but tasty. Slightly hoppy. Pretty tame, easy to drink. Just enough flavor to keep you from getting too bored.


 norsedoc (162), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
May 14, 2008  
Bottle. Copper beer with dense beige head. Crisp floral aroma. Soft palate, tastes of caramel with a little bittersweet chocolate. Not very hoppy, clean finish.


 mhelgason (495), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
May 13, 2008  
bottle. clear amber body with fizzy off-white head (some dissapating). decent lacing. aromas of floral hops, caramel, and light spices. flavor is bittersweet. not bad.


 mgumby10 (1850), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
May 10, 2008  
Pours a cloudy amber color with a small off white head. Smells of light piney hops and grapefruit citrus. Probably more of the fruity citrus comes through than pine though. Pretty fresh and crisp tasting, although maybe a touch overcarbonated on the palate. The flavor is mostly the same citrus and hop mix. Nothing really different, or interesting for that matter, comes out in the taste. A little bit earthy, with a dry, lightly bitter finish. Pretty uninspiring, but certainly drinkable.


 voota (761), Melbourne, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
May 9, 2008  
Hazy copper with a pretty small tan head. Really earthy, dry toffee aroma. Some custard, pears too. Nice malty body belies the alcohol strength, a bit salty in the mouthful. Dry, fruity flavour, has lots of those earth tones you can only find in fuggles, it works really well. Toffee flavours and a slight hint of sweetness hit near the finish, which is otherwise fairly quick. A good beer, but I dont think I could drink too much of it for some reason.


 Crafty07 (391), Florence, Kentucky, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
May 7, 2008  
Last reviewer nailed it, copper color, small head, sweet malt with slightly larger hop presense than expected. Very good ESB.



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