3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at HDG. Deep copper in color with a little head. Bready, malty hoppy aroma. Fruity and malty flavor. Caramel spicey clove notes. Citrusy hops. Finish is fruity. Medium bodied. Drinkable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from State Line. Pours hazy copper-white head. Aroma of bready malt, caramel, almonds, sour fruit. Tastes caramel malty, with some sour fruit and tannic brown sugar. Stays more sweet than bitter.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle (12oz). Bright clear deep copper, small foamy head. Sweet light roast malt aroma, floral/perfumy hops, dry, a hint of yeast and dried rose petals. Taste is ... I don’t know, I almost want to say nasty; the malt seems cardboardy, the hops are harshly bitter and herbal, the (long-lingering) aftertaste is medicinal - not nice. Average body, light carbonation, bitter - aroma’s too sweet, taste is bitter in the wrong way.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
There is a light spicey aroma and a pour that is golden with a white head. The flavor is lighly spicey with a considerable fruity background.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at RFD before the RBSG RFD tasting. Hazed amber. Nose is hoppy and spicy. Taste is sweet with lots of spicy hops, light toffee, big fruit notes (orange/tangerine, melon and pear). Body is medium with light to medium carbonation. Finishes with more bitter and hoppy notes and lots of fruit (big melon, pear and tangerine).
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Light red color with a beige head. Aroma of caramel malt and a little hops. Flavor of sweet malts with some hops and a little sourness in the finish. Good.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle pours amber with a short offwhite creamy head that stays briefly and laces some. Aromas of caramel malts and light grassy hops. Flavor is pretty malty as well. Caramel, light grains and a somewhat bitter hop finish. Medium bodied and pretty well balanced. Quite drinkable and not bad.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled on 3/08/06, Lot #1867. Clear and copper with a small head. Faint aroma of caramel malt and a little hoppiness. Not too much. Flavor is simple and refreshing. Nice bready and caramel malt with a small toastiness in the background. There’s a slight bittering from the hops, but it’s subtle. Finishes toasty and slightly sweet ... kind of like it begins. Basically, it’s a nice and simple ESB.
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