 blankboy (2939), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Feb 13, 2007
Bottle. Warning: Be careful opening this mother! I should give this fuggin’ beer 0.5 just for shooting out all over the damn place -- and that’s just from opening it, I didn’t even try to pour it yet! Godamn ridiculous! Now I have to let it sit for a while...We’re back, a while later, I’ll try not to let the beer’s prior "actions" taint my review (grumble, grumble). Pours a hazy orange-amber with lots of black floaties and a huge lasting foamy off-white head. Aroma is bready with some light sourness, fruit, spices and herbal hops -- maybe a little skunky? Damn clear bottles. Flavour of sweet malt, yeast, a little lactic, some lightly tart fruit and spices and a light bitter, dry finish. Alcohol for the most part is well hidden. Medium bodied, quite carbonated. Wow, I thought this would be much better, it’s not bad but it’s not very good either.
RichJ7 (1134), Cullman, Alabama, USA
Jul 2, 2009 Orange-amber pour with a half-inch white head. Tangy hops and malt in the nose ... very English. Must be the Goldings. Flavor is earthy and tangy, sweet with a pleasantly bitter bite in the finish. Nice.
slitcher (47), Freeport, Illinois, USA
Jun 22, 2009 Pours a beautiful amber with a medium-thick head. Malty nose with slight hops in the background. Flavor of English malt with a nice amount of hop bitterness. A very nice English ale.
MarkBarnes (256), Waterville, New York, USA
Jun 21, 2009 June 21, 2009; bottle sampled in English pint glass. Taste follows aroma -- sweet malts with bitter finish and buttery mouthfeel. At 6.5% ABV, it appears to straddle whatever imaginary line there may be between an ESB and an ESA. In any event, I really enjoyed this & consider it way underrated here at a 55th percentile.
gracefullypunk (109), Washington, USA
Jun 19, 2009 smells of typical beer the way Americans are brought up to think of beer--sweet malts and hops. Orangey amber, poured with a head that quickly faded, can see plenty of carbonation. Overly carbonated. Caramel malts with bitter citrus hop finish.
jerc (3625), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 14, 2009 2009-06-14. Crisp dark amber body with a modest foamy beige head. (3+) Light essence of clear bottle up front in the aroma mostly blows off, leaving behind a very English profile. Mild malts and hops, lightly grainy character. Flavour is similar, grainy English malts, light bitterness throughout but not a lot of hop character. Surprising amount of alcohol presence in the finish. Average palate suits the beer. Just okay, the grainy character of the malt doe not suit my tastes and the beer does not have sufficient depth to back up the alcohol. Bottle from Wine Centre, Cork
daknole (2143), Plantation, Florida, USA
Jun 12, 2009 Thanks to Paul for letting me have enough to rate this. Amber pour. Light colored head. Aroma is very malty with tons of caramel. Hops are present in the nose. Flavor is malty and has a nice bitter hop finish. Better than I thought it would be.
FishManLA (257), Abita Springs, Louisiana, USA
May 28, 2009 Pours an orange-amber with a big off white head that produces plenty of lacing. Nose of bread, toffee, and some hard to identify funk. Taste is better than the nose promises with a nice balance of malt and hop with some caramel notes. A nice full bodied mouth feel. Pleasant bitter hop finish. I approached this one with a little trepidation since the last Greene King beer I sampled (Tanner’s Jack) in the clear bottle was so skunked it was a drain pour. Despite the clear bottle, this one was fine. No trace of "skunk" (thank goodness).
joe19612 (560), camberley, Surrey, England
May 9, 2009 Bottle. Nice, medium-brown beer with good off-white head. The aroma was toffee, caramel, and a hint of dry bread.
Nice sweet English toffee notes, backed by light breadiness with a bittersweet finish.
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