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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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 uhclem (188), Loveland, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 8, 2008  
Pours a beautiful red with a substantial head. Medium lacing. Nose has hints of grapefruit and bread. Taste starts out fairly weak but builds up with malt and hops blending nicely. Mouthfeel is watery. Aftertaste allows the hops to break through, and lingers quite a while.


 rugbydude05 (280), Kew Gardens, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 29, 2008  
12 oz bottle pours a rusty golden color. Little head. Aroma is moderately hopped and kind of sweet/caramelly. Taste reflects the smell, kind of sweet while still retaining a bitter quality. Didnt have it chilled too cold which added to the drinkability. Smooth and full of flavor.


 PattyBoy (302), North Liberty, Iowa, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 25, 2008  
Pours amberish, rocky head. Toasted malts, nutty. Lingering hop finish, with some citrus. Good.


 BMan1113VR (2755), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Strong molasses malts, with light chocolate malts, some light hops and a tangy butter, brown sugar aroma. Pour is a frothy, off-white head that goes away completely covering a light amber body. Taste is malty and a bit nutty upfront with some light hop bitterness in the finish. Watery mouthfeel, fizzy carbonation.


 GJF (480), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 22, 2008  
Nice deep golden color, small white head. The palate is creamy and the flavor is thick, a nice mellow bitterness on the finish. It’s quite good, but it’s a fairly safe, standard version of an ESB.


 shackinetics (132), Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Feb 22, 2008  
Amber/copper color with thin head. A somewhat hoppy citrus nose. Well balanced, smooth biscuit malt flavoring. Not as hoppy as my favorites, but a solid beer. Gonna have to find more left hand offerings.


 popephred (193), Plainfield, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/511/20
Feb 22, 2008  
Poured from the bottle into a pint glass. Pour produced a dark amber body with a medium off-white head which lingered throughout. Caramel and hops notes in its aroma, with signs of malt. Medium mouthfeel, with moderate bitterness, along with medium carbonation. Good hops flavor with a slight nutty sweetness. Not bad, a little metallic, though not bad at all.


 dp (512), uniontown, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 21, 2008  
on tap, good somewhat sweet tasting malt, carbonated about right, did not particularly notice the hops that they are talking about, first left hand in some time, usually a good brewery



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