Maritime Pacific Salmon Bay ESB

Brewed by Maritime Pacific Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in English pint

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Tap@The Jolly Roger. Everything seemed to be in its right place with this beer. Carame and nuts, and then some orangey tea like hops, pretty tasty and balanced.

Tap pour. Dark amber with a thin head. Subtle, yet malty nose. Bits of caramel and toffee on the palate. Good bitter finish, but not overwhelming with hops. Tasty.

Verry good beer.

Maritime Pacific Brewing Company--Salmon Bay Best Bitter Ale--1999 22 oz. Bottle Release. 5.50% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) ESB--Clear bronze red color. Toasted bread fruit nose with light floral hop aroma. Rich crisp roasted malty body with light fruit flavor and clean crispy character. Ends light with mild hops. Sampled 7/5/1999. Maritime Pacific Brewing Company--Salmon Bay E.S.B. Extra Special Bitter Ale--Seasonal Release 2002 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) ESB--Light dark sediment. Hazy rich copper amber color. Light lacy head. Toasted floral hop front. Malty crusty toasted biscuit mild sweet caramel fruit body with creamy yeast hint. Tantalizing ESB hop malt end. Sampled 8/20/2002. Maritime Pacific Brewing Company--Salmon Bay ESB--Extra Special Bitter--Seasonal Release 2004 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV--45 IBU’s? (4.25 / 5.0) ESB--Hazy rich amber color. Mild lacy head. Malty floral hop front. Tangy rich toasted doughy biscuit malty caramel dry sweet mild fruit body. Crusty texture. Earthy hop bitter dry mild citrus end. Bottle Conditioned. Sampled 4/3/2004. FRESH!

Tap at columbia city ale. Loghtly cloudy orange with tons of lacing, ef. Malt presence to go with a bigger than expected hop nose that doesn’t falter.

On tap at the Jolly Roger Taproom. Deep amber color, good clarity with a smooth white head. Doughy malts, fruity and a soft citrus hop character. Malts didn’t provide the depth and character that I associate with an ESB, more like a sweeter NW pale.

Draught @ Jolly Roger Taproom, Seattle. Pours a clear amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a malty hoppy caramel aroma. Slightly sweetish malty hoppy bitter caramel flavor. Has a malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

Pint - Eastside Tavern - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Nice fruity malt with a light hops aroma.
Appearance – Amber in color, hazy with a thin head.
Flavor – A decent beer this was far from a ESB. The flavors where just more like a good amber ale. Very light with bitter hops.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, decent texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – This was a nice beer just not a ESB to style. Very easy to drink for a warm night it was good not to style this beer was off.

On nitro draught at the Jolly Roger brewery/taproom grill in suburban Seattle, WA. Pours a clear copper amber brew with a creamy and thick off-white head that has some nice retention and sticky lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, a touch of pear, white pepper and some flowery hops. Taste is smooth and creamy (from nitro draw), with flavors of light toasted dark malts, and a hint of citrus. Finish is slightly metallic, with a mild bitterness and toasted malt aftertaste. The nitro pour was a nice touch.

Nitro pour at Maritime in Seattle. Deep copper color, fluffy head with perfect lacing. Just a bit sweeter than the typical ESB. The hops swept evenly along the tongue however, balancing out the maltiness rather well. I wanted to sample this non-nitro, but other brews beckoned. I’ll just say: if you can sample this on nitro, do it that way. Really tasty!

On cask. Light aroma of caramel, toffee, pale malts, and some pepper and floral hops. Pours copper with a nice fluffy cask head. Flavors of caramel, toffee, a little bread, English malts, and some peppery floral hops in the finish. Nice drinkable cask ale.