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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6533.21/5.03.21/5.04.75%72.6English pint
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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 larsniclas (3383), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2007  
Bottled. Hazy amber with a small, off-white head. Fruity and grassy in both aroma and flavour. Light and fresh. Citric and flowery hoppiness. Fine bitterness.


 fishingnet (1045), Brandon, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a one finger off-white head that lasts leaving good lacing. Aroma of floral hops, light caramel, and fresh biscuits. Taste is light caramel, floral hops, and light biscuit. Medium mouthfeel and well balanced bitterness. Very good.


estoves2 (98), Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Bottle.Pours a clear amber body with a three finger creamy/fizzy head that fades to a thin layer of foam. Aroma of floralhops and caramellmalt. Flavors is of mostly citrus hops and little weaker tones of floraly hoppines. A great tone of caramel is there to. Some metallic in it. Palate is thin and chewy and pretty sweet.


 ekstedt (2420), Göteborg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Aug 1, 2007    Updated: Sep 12, 2007
Bottle (355 ml) bought at Systembolaget. Deep clear amber, medium fluffy off-white head. Caramelly and slightly earthy malt aroma, with floral and citric hops. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. Lingering bitterness. A good try at an English style ale, but rather a Special Bitter than an ESB.


 wcampbell (576), Central, South Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Balanced beer. Good flavor, but not enough of it. Not enough hops for a good bitter or ale. Light bodied and very drinkable.


 Brewosk (137), Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 23, 2007  
From a bottle at Old Chicago. Pours amber with a decent white head. Some caramel and toasted malt. Nice bitterness but mild for an ESB.


 scottmc (167), Lakewood, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/510/20
Jul 23, 2007  
Tap. A good light ale with an amber colored body and a light white head. I wouldn’t say it was bitter at all really, more of an amber light ale.


 walter (359), Staunton, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2007  
Bottle, courtesy my wife’s cousins in CO. Deep amber with offwhite head. Nose of fresh toasty malt, really quite nice and inviting. Flavor is fresh toasty-sweet malt with a nice underlying bitterness throughout. Full and creamy on the palate, this was quite enjoyable-- went well with a drunken evening of pool and darts.



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