Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

Pours copper with a small white head. Malty nose, with an earthy hop and nutty aroma. Kinda reminded me of a scotch ale with some of the earthy/meaty malt flavors, hops were mellow, but provided enough bitterness to balance.

Good aroma, had a few sips of anothers beer and liked it. Wouldn’t buy again immediately but wouldn’t avoid either.

Decent aroma. Poured a light golden. Medium hop character. Nothing special about this beer but it was middle grade. Would buy again but not to show off to anyone.

Poured from a bottle. Poured a deep copper-orange color with a white head. Muted malt aroma with some citrus hops. Flavor of caramel malts with some nutty flavors leads into a muted hop finish. Decent body, but somewhat thin. Overall it was ok, but I am not a big ESB guy to begin with.

Pours a hazy dark orange color with offwhite fizzy head. Aroma is a real nice sweeter citrus hop presence. Flavor is a slight bit sweet caramel but mostly more citric tartness that mellows with more earthy hop presence. Overall, enjoyable.

Bottle: Amber pour topped by an off-white, whispy head. Earthy cracker malt aroma, with light sweet hints and a subtle citrus component. Simple flavor. Has a light caramel sweetness upfront, which leads to some seedy qualities later, and a metallic hint as well. The finish has a very mild nutty note, and the slightest, restained fuggle character. A simple E.S.B., that needs more bitterness, in my humble opinion.

12oz 9/19/07 bottling. Hazy dark amber with a thin beige head. Not too much of an aroma, great body with awesome cereal malt and some candy throughout the flavor profile. Surprisingly long finish.

Bottle. Pour is a dark amber color with about one finger of foamy head. Aromas have a little bit of a grapefruit peel scent to them and a malty sweetness. The hops presence comes through nicely in the finish... a grapefruit/pine hops with a bit of a caramel malt in the background. That said, the beer comes off as watery and bland.