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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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 Furseth (1328), Kungälv, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Aug 31, 2007  
Bottle: Clear red colour, with a nice head. Aroma is coffee,dark chocolate,toffee,nice hopy nose,and a nice maltynes who is well balnced in the aroma. Flavor is almost the same, nice smooth citric,flowery mouth feeling. nice!


nickspies (76), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 27, 2007  
Slight caramel and floral aroma notes. Nice copper color and great head retention. A good hop balance with a decent amount of mouthfeel, however it may benefit from more body.


 DaMenace123 (250), Houston, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 24, 2007  
I enjoyed this beer. Amber appearance with no head. Strong sweet caramel aroma, malty caramel flavor, doesn’t sound too special but very enjoyable.


 lgklotet (420), Singapore, Singapore
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 22, 2007  
Bottle. So very, very mediocre. Well balanced to the point of oblivion and that’s where it fails. This beer left absolutely no impression on me whatsoever.


 nick76 (2634), Tampa, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/510/20
Aug 20, 2007    Updated: Apr 29, 2008
The aroma is caramel like with nuts and toffee. The appearance is amber with a decent head. The flavor is like the aroma and quite bitter. The palate is OK but overall it’s a good beer.


 screwball (796), Motala, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Aug 20, 2007  
Copper-coloured and a begie head. Body is hazy. The head is first big and creamy but soon falls down. Aroma has nuts, dark fruits and toffee. Also some strawberrys. Flavor brings nuts, burnt malt. Also little grassy and sweet.


 Marsiblursi (1628), Göteborg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 17, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours dark amber. Nice hop aroma with soft tones of flowers up front but also notes of apricot, tea and mild grapefruit. The malt tones are also quite soft with hints of caramel and maybe some roasted notes. Undertones of wood, unripe pineapple and other more subtle fruits. Soft hoppy flavour with tones of flowers and mild grapefruit. Toffee like malt in the background. Soft mouthfeel, maybe just a tiny bit to clean and watery. Light to medium bitter. Light sweet. Light acid. Light to medium body.


 Moz (613), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 17, 2007  
Bottle. Amber colour with a stable off-white head. Hoppy aroma with notes of peach. Nice fruity flavour with a rising bitterness towards the finish.



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