3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20341 mL bottle. A pleasant surprise. Dark amber brown with a nice head. Lovely caramel-malty aroma that’s not too sweet and has a touch of nuttiness. No hops in the aroma. The taste is great as well - quite full for the style, and with the perfect amount of bitterness to balance the malt flavours that carry through from the aroma. The only negative I found is that it is perhaps a little heavily carbonated for the style. I’d love to try this one on tap.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a clear dark copper amber with a light brown head that last for a while. Aroma of grassy hops, caramel, earthiness and some light floral esthers. Taste is grassy earthy hops, with a light caramel and a night smooth light bitterness throughout. Excellent sessionable bitter, one of the best I’ve had in the style.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a dark copper colour with a long lasting thin off white head leaving some good lace. Aroma is toast, toffee, and grass. Flavour is toffee, caramel, toast, medium bitterness, grassy, earthy and a dry finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
The beer pours a murky brown color with an off-white head. The aroma is full of toffee with a hint of grass thrown in. Definitely a malty beer. The flavor is similar. I get some toffee and biscuit malt, with a bit of grass and earth mixed in. Low bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. A nice ESB.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a deep copper/amber with a nice 2-finger head and thick white foam. Nice chunky lacing. Heavy aroma of citrus and caramel sweetness. Heavy nose of yeasty earthiness as well. Medium carbonation followed by floral bitterness, resinous notes and a strong malt foundation. Medium bitter finish. A nice beer and a proper English ESB.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured from 12oz bottle at Stout in Toronto. Clear amber colour with a slight foamy head. Nicely balanced flavours, very drinkable.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
341ml bottle. Coppery brown with small head. Created good lace. Ample fruity, malty aroma. Tastes great! Robust malts and equally generous treatments of sweet fruit hops. Rounds out to a burnt/roasted flavour on the finish. Superb palate - great carbonation. A spectacular ESB
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Amazing bitter from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Extra Special Bitter is a good every day beer with good personality and taste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 31, 2012 Aug 29, 2012. 341ml bottle pours clear, bright mahogany with an inch off white head and good carbonation. Head diminishes to a ring but manages to leave good lacing. Aroma is all malts, more roasted than sweet, with hints of nuts and grains. Taste is same up front settling into a sweet chocolate coffee and earthy oats, and finishing with a slight bitter mouthfeel. Roasted nutty malts are dominant throughout. Palate is watery and a tad thin but very well balanced and enjoyable. More flavour than better rated ESBs but lacking in body.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 22oz.
Pours clear brown with low beige head. Some lacing. Aroma is of caramel, sugar, malt, earthy notes. Taste is of malt, bitterness. Overall: opposite of bold. Decent beer.
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