Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Longmont, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint

12oz bottle. Pours mostly clear (slightly hazy) copper with gold highlights and a soft, pillowy, medium-sized, off-white head. The head laces the glass in thick, egg-white rings and a few pockets of foam floating on the beer never fully subside. The aroma is very malty with a touch of caramel. There is a touch of roast (very subtle chocolate character) and a light note of earthy hops (disappointingly light). The flavor starts malty and bready with a touch of residual sweetness around mid-palate. I think it has a bit too much crystal malt character and not enough hop flavor for an ESB, but it is still tasty and drinkable. The breadiness takes on notes of toast by mid-palate and a touch of fruity esters and some hops begin to become evident. The finish is malty with a balancing level of earthy hop bitterness. The mouthfeel is slick and medium in body. The carbonation is relatively low, but just right for bottled examples of the style (which is to say more than a cask-conditioned example of this style). Overall, a decent, drinkable ale, but not up to the same standard of most of Left Hand’s other beers (which tend to be fantastic).

Bottle- Pours a dark copper color with a small head and some lacing. Aroma of pine and citrus with mild roasted malt, fresh grain and bit of herbs. Solid flavor of roasted malt with a trace of sweetness, some grain and herbs. There is a nice bitterness and a dry finish. Medium body, smooth and creamy. Very good balance. Very easy drinker, good for more than a few. Very enjoyable ESB. Check it out.

Pours a fairly light copper with a thin white head. It has a sweet, citrusy aroma. The taste is of lightly toasted malt with slightly bitter, citrus hops. The mouthfeel is a little light for my tastes, but it’s a pretty good beer.

Very satisfying. Yeasty and balanced. Malty and dry. Delicious. Love it.

Bottle bought home from Tap East, Stratford City. Pours an amber / light caramel with a bubbly off white head. Quite a bready, malty aroma, a hint of raisin with a faint citrus hop aroma. Quite drying on the palate. Taste comes with caramel malt hit then a banana, almost banoffee flavour drying quckly into a doughy bready sftertaste thats also a little sweet and treacley. This beer reminds me very much of a ghost of a banana bread dessert topped with a little caramel sauce. Tasty, but lacking a little presence.

A: Amber body.. thin offwhite head.. moderate lacing.. S: Soft floral hops... coffee malts.. some grain/bready smells.. T: Caramel malts dominate... grain and bready add some depth... thats about it though... M: Medium-light body... could be a bit smoother O: An alright beer...

Bottle from my Secret Santa, many thanks. Amber color with small white head. Malty, fruity aroma with hints of toffee and vanilla. Taste, roasted malt, caramel, red fruit, pines, bitter hops. Light bitter finish. Good beer.

On nitro tap. Nose like a classic ESB. Head white and thick color red amber. Initial taste is clean slighlty hoppy building on a more hoppy note on the end. Easy drinking I could drink this all day. Well balanced not overpowering in any aspect.

Bottle from variety pack. Rusty copper color with a thin off white head. Sweet caramel and toasted grain aroma. Malty flavor with hints of nuts and caramel and an earthy, hop finish. Watery texture with average carbonation. Very well balanced and easy drinking...my favorite from the variety pack.