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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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 mlist55 (210), media, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
May 25, 2007  
A little watery and thin. Lightly hopped. Not good at all when cold, attractive malt flavor begins to show when warm, but just not quite enough ooomph for me.


 zamco17 (134), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/59/20
May 24, 2007  
looks great but doesn’t taste that that good. very malty and not enough hop balance. wont drink again


 mvcramer (229), Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
May 22, 2007  
Pours a copper/caramel color with a nice white head. Musty aroma on first pour, but as the beer warmed slightly, the floral hop notes became more pronounced and wonderful. Tasty bitterness rolling across my palate. Bitterness was pleasant and not overdone. I enjoyed this beer tremendously and was shocked to see it scoring so poorly in here. This is a complex brew that I thought was fabulous.


 BeerVirgin72 (778), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
May 19, 2007  
Had on tap. Poured a pretty copper color, nice cream head. Taste was pretty much caramel and hops. Too much hops for my liking...But an okay beer.


 zebracakes (1212), Washington DC, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/510/20
May 16, 2007  
Bottled on 12.06.06. Pours slightly hazy orange, white head. Aroma is earth, caramel, hops, slight tomato and slight wet barn yard smell. Flavor is caramel, earth, hops, malt, wet barnyard.


 FatPhil (3443), Espoo, Finland
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
May 14, 2007  
355ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki , American Week 2007). Usual US tasty sweet bitter smell - cascade meets candifloss. Taste has a harsh quality, almost metallic that spoils the rich bitterness. Not worthy of the "ESB" moniker. Do I taste saccharin? Some strawberry sweetness - and that’s not a positive thing in this context.


 ghostmonkey (182), budd lake, New Jersey, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
May 3, 2007  
bottle . . pours dark copper with foamy white head . . aroma is slight hops, caramel, slight citrus . . taste is caramel, grassy, slight fruit and slightly bitter . . eh not my thing


 TaktikMTL (2739), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 26, 2007  
Bouteille de 12 oz achetée chez Oak Tree Discount (South Plainfield, NJ). Arôme: Odeur de malt torréfié et de caramel avec une pointe de miel. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée légèrement voilée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de noix rôtis et de caramel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de fruité en arrière goût. (Rating #995)



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