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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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 oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 1, 2006  
Pours a nice reddish orange color. Aromas of nice citrus/grapefruit hops and sweet malts. Flavor starts nice crisp bitter hop and then mellows to a nice dry finish.


 theshocker (329), Marietta, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/512/20
Feb 25, 2006  
Dark reddish tan in color with a small off white head. Spicey but minimal aroma. Smooth flavor but with some bitterness in the backend. Its ok but doesn’t do too much for me.


 dkoonce (879), People’s Republic of Athens, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/57/104/514/20
Feb 14, 2006  
Bottle. Sour yeast aroma. Nice amount of hops but, the finish is a bit flat. Good body and a bit of fizzyness. Very drinkable!


 2beerguys (299), North Shore, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 9, 2006  
Sawtooth has a nice aroma, and tastes a very bitter, hoppy beer. There is a hint of chocolate without the sweet. It develops a full foamy head that lingers on the glass.


 mnurda (434), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Feb 9, 2006  
A great tasting beer. Just bitter enough. Just enough hops. Just enough carbonation. Wish we could get it here.


 gnoff (3559), Göteborg, Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/510/20
Feb 7, 2006  
Bottle at The Rover, February 7, 2006. Dark amber color. Very hoppy scent and flavor. I must praise it due to the hoppy character, only problem is that this kind of hops is not my cup of tea at all. Well worth sampling though!


 barleyPops (1078), Quad-Cities, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Feb 4, 2006  
commercial description is pretty accurate on this one. problam was I ordered this at Old Chicago. After being served the beer without a glass and then having to wait 10 minutes to finally get it, I was brought a frosted mug! By the time it was at the "proper" temperature, it was almost time to leave. amber color with a good foamy head, toasty malt and decent hop bitterness.


 tronraner (1905), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 16, 2006  
Bottle. Pours clear copper with a soapy off-white ehad. The aroma is smooth malt and faint earthy hops. The flavor is mostly sweet malt, but not very strong. There are also some earthy hops and a general ashiness that especially comes out in the aftertaste. Not bad, but no tparticulaly satisfying.



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