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RATINGS: 920   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.21   IBU: 27   EST. CALORIES: 159   ABV: 5.3%
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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.
2000 to 2009 vintages - 4.75% abv
2010 vintage - 5.3% abv


3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
fonefan (25125) - VestJylland, DENMARK - OCT 3, 2008
Bottle 12 fl.oz. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008.
Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, berry, moderate hoppy, orange, spicy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020808)

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Ungstrup (24024) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - OCT 11, 2005
[At Stockholm Beer Festival 2005] A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is simply sweet malty, while the flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and toffee, with a grassy dry finish. OK flavor.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Papsoe (23023) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAR 21, 2006
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear amber with a creamy, off-white head leaving a neat lacework. Lovely nose full of aroma hops. Medium body with a caramelish sweetness and some great hops leaving more flavour and aroma than bitterness. Great brew. 200306

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yespr (22245) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - JUN 26, 2007
12 oz bottle. Pours clear orange golden with a creamy/crispy slight off white head. Malty sweet grapefruit aroma. Flavour is more dry than the aroma, giving a dry malt base with the fruitiness mildly adding in on top. Soft malty finish.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
oh6gdx (16084) - Vasa, FINLAND - OCT 3, 2005
Bottled. Orange/copperish colour, small beige head. Weak fruit in aroma. Mild hops and fruit in flavour. Weak long hoppy aftertaste. Very mild beer in flavour overall.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
omhper (15965) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - FEB 25, 2002
Orange-brown. Malty, soft & balanced.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
joergen (14992) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - OCT 17, 2008
Draught at the brewery. Clear orange coloured with a small white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, fruits, hops and grass. Fruity flavour of malts, caramel, hops and grass. Hoppy finish.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
MiP (11783) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - FEB 3, 2008
Bottle, 4.8%. Nice hoppy aroma, fresh hops with caramel notes. Hazy caramel/brown colour. Small tan head. The flavour is almost as good as the aroma, nice bitterness and along the same lines as the aroma. Thin mouthfeel and unfortunately a watery aftertaste. OK as a summer beer, I guess.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fiulijn (10421) - Como, ITALY - JAN 15, 2007
Draught at Flying Saucer, Addison TX
Amber color. Ordinary Ale, a bit sweetish, with caramel and fudge flavor. Average bitterness.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
kp (10404) - Woodstock, Georgia, USA - SEP 1, 2007
Date: 11/08/1997
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival

amber, whispy head, light body, faint sweet fruity malt aroma, mild sweet malt flavor, touch of bitterness
-------- /> Date: 05/12/2006
Mode: cask
Source: taco mac decatur

hazy orange, headless, light malt aroma with a touch of hops, slightly sweet carmel malt flavor, nice long bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4


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