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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

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bottled
common

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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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 golubj (1286), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 23, 2007  
Draft. Fruity aroma. Pretty good palate, but a little too much carbonation. Good flavor, initially of fruit and then followed by bittering hops. Well done bitter.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 21, 2007  
Sweet malt aroma.Pours a medium copper with a large off white head.Got some hops and sweet malt in the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with a little bit of a hoppy finish.


 CigarsLoveBeer (153), Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Mar 14, 2007  
Bottle: Aroma has strong ham, pine, cinnamon, smoke, and breakfast pastry notes, which I found very pleasing. Started out with muted biscuit malts, which were followed by a building sourdough aspect that combined quite nicely towards the finish with the hops. The finish is really nice, however. The hops start out mild, but then build to a very dry, clean, long bitter finish, with some mild fruitiness. As the beer warms, I tasted more sweet malts and some nuttiness, all balanced out quite well by the finish. Very nice.


JohnnyZ (80), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 10, 2007  
Great beer. Refreshing. nice bitter balance. Better taste than aroma. Aroma is not very evident. Smooth, well carbonated.


 ogglethorp (886), Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 6, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a copper color with a decent sized beige colored head. Aroma is caramel malts, floral hops, light citrus. Flavor is the same. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, bitter finish, crisp and refreshing. Good session.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 1, 2007  
Clear light amber body with a small frothy white head. Sweet caramel aroma. Sweet malty flavor with some caramel and a bit of light citrus and floral bitter.


 Foxbush (454), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/511/20
Feb 27, 2007    Updated: Sep 7, 2009
This was steal the glass night at Capital Ale House. The ESB was good. It had a nice head and an inviting deep golden color. The bitterness was mild and could have been stronger. It is a balanced beer that is drinkable at anytime of day. This was purchased by bottle on 9/4 form Total Wine. It is better ale than last time.


 jonwayne4883 (401), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/102/58/20
Feb 27, 2007  
bottle, easy to drink but no real memorable taste to speak of. passed it on to the roommate after a few sips.



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