Lucky Labrador Hellraiser ESB

Brewed by Lucky Labrador Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint

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Nice dark orange color with a thick head that sticks around. Very nice palate. I am really enjoying this beer.

Out of a to go bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a white head. It has a pleasant hoppy aroma and an excellent bitter taste. Not too bitter but just right. One of the better beers from Lucky Lab and they are all very good.

poured from tap at Lucky Labrador. Pours a nice amber color with a good foamy head to it. Very good aromas of bitter hops, toffee, and caramel. It’s lacking some depth though. Extremely good medium/full body with a really nice smooth feel. Balanced with good notes of toffee and caramel with some malty tones and a very nice bitter finish. This was a very enjoyable ESB. Well balanced with just the right amount of bitterness in the taste.

Tap at Hawthorne location - clear copper pour - thick, soapy lace - flavor is lightly bready, with a lot of bring fruitiness underneath - fairly crisp, american hoppiness (citrus, pepper) - not all that traditional, but crisp and quaffable - a little bit of buttery character on the tail end - decent.

Draft at the brewpub. Deep amber color. Aroma of light pine and subtle caramel. Taste starts as caramel, bitter finish.

Draught at brewpub. While fine and drinkable, I’m not getting a profile that sticks out in anyway. A drinkable beer, but mediocre for taste.

Draught. Poured red/gold with medium white head. Moderate lacing. Faint but pleasant malty aroma. Malty sweetish flavour, a bit of hop in the finish. A not very bitter bitter.

On tap early 2009. Definitely not the "Hell Raisin" that’s also in the database. Thin sweet caramel malts with a mild bitter finish. Not much going on.