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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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iswain1914 (19), USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Decent american beer from a decent american microbrewery. Certainly better than most microbrews....a decent ESB. The mil stout, however, rocked.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1062), New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 13, 2007  
interesting hop character. citrus with some latin fruit. touch of straw in the light malt backing. receded hop character that fades while the brew is in mouth and finishes with the malt so cleanly. like a multicolored jawbreaker. what is it about colorado and beer?!


 pforei (338), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/511/20
Oct 13, 2007  
Amber color with great big frothy head that rises over the glass without spilling over. Hop aroma of grapefruit, ear wax, and shampoo, with malty bread and caramel undertones. Earhty english style ESB taste.


 TheBeerMaster (100), Little Falls, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/513/20
Oct 12, 2007  
An excellent aroma and a really, really pleasing fruit taste to boot. Just an excellent beer. The boys at Left Hand have shown once again that they’re some of the best in the business in the USA.


TheBeerGod909 (43), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 12, 2007  
Fruity, nut aroma, and the taste is no departure. Deep, heavy-bodied with a wide aftertaste. Quite enjoyable.


 RSRIZZO (1332), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 10, 2007  
Had this beer on 5/7/1999. Color is a deep rich brownish gold with very light carbonation and light head. Unlike there Pale it’s crystal clear with no sediment at all. Aroma is malty with a light hint of hops. Taste is sharp and clean. Starting with a light body it goes down crisp with a very light malt flavor. The finish is a sharp malt taste followed by a medium hop bitterness. It’s a refreshing brew with a good clean finish. A great beer any time you feel like a refreshing bitter brew.


 Theis (3617), Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Oct 10, 2007    Updated: Aug 28, 2009
Bottle at Oliver Twist. Clear red/brown - white head. Medium malty, berries, red berries, light fruity, grassy, light sweetness. light light chokolate. OK.


 JonnyC22 (162), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 9, 2007  
This is a great late night finishing beer. As its description says, as it warms, more flavor comes out. Leave it out of the fridge for 30 minutes or so and a distinct chocolate flavor comes out.



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