Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

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.

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.

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.

Poured 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.

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.

Pours an amber color into the pint glass. A quick scent of hops and clove go away quickly. A very forgetable ESB.

12 oz bottle from a six pack from John’s Grocery (Iowa City, IA). Poured into a conical pint. Pours a nice medium amber with a very apparent head that remains at about a fingers thickness. Smells of floral and grain. I definately second the "Bready" smell that eboats found (Even doughy). Reminds me of the brewhouse back at Flossmoor Station. No surprise, the taste is very malty. Finish is hoppy, although not fiercely so and the malty and caramel flavors remain on the finish and even dominate. Head clings to the glass but definately dissipates obviously. Not what I was looking for (More hops, please!) but a fairly balanced brew.

Bottled. Pours amber with a dirty white head. Aroma is a very pleasant citrus hop aroma, mostly grapefruit with some spices. Flavor was slightly hoppy citrus fruit, crisp, and breaded malt. The bread was very prominent in the flavor while the hops were in the aroma. Superbly balanced brew.