 dmtroyer (409), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 16, 2007 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.
MrBunn (1524), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 15, 2007 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.
Quake1028 (633), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 9, 2007 12oz bottle from Degarth. Amber colored body with a small off white head. Fades to a layer of foam on top of the beer, and leaves some lacing. Nose of citrus and floral hops, caramel malt, aspirin, grass and a bit of skunk, but not too bad. Initial taste is hops, citrus, doughy malts and toffee/caramel. Back of the tongue brings some floral notes into play, and more hoppy spice and malt sweetness. Medium bodied, heavily astringent. Slick, oily mouthfeel. Leaves lots of hop oil resin on the tongue. Finish is somewhat bitter, then fading into caramel and then a watery distant ending. Decent for what it is.
obguthr (1010), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 1/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 8, 2007 Hay, grapefruit, and caramel malt nose, rather well blended. Very cloudy ochre, medium tan head, inconsistent lacing. Nutty cashew with a generic bitter end. Velvety mouthfeel. This is a bitter with a little character. The taste is not dissimilar to an english brown.
JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 5, 2007 Bottle. Clear amber color with a thin broken white head. Light biscuity malt and very light grassy hop touch. Taste is mostly toasted malts with a lightly hoppy dry finish. Pretty low-key and the hop characted was muted.
Angeloregon (2024), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 19, 2007 Updated: Aug 11, 2008Poured a burnt copper hue with a bubbly off-white head. Malty nose and flavor. Crisp and dry yet spicily hopped , mildly oily. Not that bad to say the least. Not that great either.
robforbes (1085), Bremerton, Washington, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 18, 2007 pours a clear amber with a small off-white head, good lacing.
smell is sweet malts, nuts, some hops, caramel, spice hiding in the background.
taste is creamy, with hops, sweetness of caramel or brown sugar, definite malt flavor, leaves the mouth on the oily side.
overall nice well balanced beer that becomes more bitter you drink.
RiverHorse (454), New Jersey, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 17, 2007 Pours an amber color into the pint glass. A quick scent of hops and clove go away quickly. A very forgetable ESB.
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